这张唱片收录莫扎特的长笛作品，包括：第一、二号长笛协奏曲、4首长笛四重奏、长笛和竖琴协奏曲、为长笛和乐队而做到C大调行版，和为管乐而作的交响协奏曲。可以说这是我买的小双张里面最最最超值的一张了，如果不买小双张去买正价碟要收齐这些细小琐碎的曲目至少得花四张正价的钱，而且不一定能凑齐，PHLIPS做了件大善事，一套小双张就将莫扎特的长笛作品一网打尽，里面几乎都是作曲家最悦耳动听的曲目，企鹅唱片指南评这张唱片为三星保留一星，评语如下：

奥雷尔·尼科莱演奏的《长笛协奏曲》和《长笛与乐队行版》很正规，贯穿全曲的独奏由大家风范。第二长笛协奏曲是双簧管协奏曲的改变版.巴尔瓦塞和埃利斯的《长笛和竖琴协奏曲》流光溢彩，第二乐章优美绝伦,而又高洁之极,有让人升入天堂之感,科林·戴维斯爵士的伴奏活跃而妥帖，如果他们还3个人还算不上最佳排档的话，那么威廉·贝内特和格鲁米欧三重奏组肯定是，他们好比装在一只核桃壳里小面人儿，精巧、紧凑、协作无间；录音也十分出色。在《交响协奏曲》中，单簧管和双簧管以及长笛和双簧管轮番交替出现。这段音乐与其说是莫扎特藏片集中之精品，还不如说是一次颇为引人入胜的探索性试验。录音的再处理平稳流畅，音质优良。

一个美国人听了这张后如是说：

“I gave this two-volume CD of Mozart’s flute music as a birthday present to my ladyfriend. We listened to portions of it together, and I became so taken with the music that I borrowed the CD back to hear in detail. I spent a relaxed evening listening to this compilation in its entirety.

Mozart claimed to dislike the flute and, for that matter, the harp as well which also plays a prominent role in this compilation. But in spite of that, he produced music for the flute in a variety of genres all of which is delightful and much of which is masterful. This release on Philips’s “duo” series presents an excellent opportunity for an overview of Mozart’s works for flute, well played. It also offers a rare opportunity to hear a variety of performers on the flute and other instruments and orchestras.

I want to start with the Sinfonia concertante in E flat, K. 297b. This is a large-scale ambitious early work performed here on flute, oboe, horn, and bassoon with the academy of St Martin in the Fields conducted by Sir Neville Marriner. Aurele Nicolet plays the flute and the other soloists include the renowned bassoonist, Klaus Thunemann. This is a virtuoso work in which each of the four wind soloists are given opportunites to display their skills against a brilliant, expansive orchestra. The final movement consists of a lengthy set of ten variations in which the soloists perform in a variety of combinations. This is less a work for solo flute than a work for showing the exuberance and skill Mozart invariably displayed in music for the wind band.

Shortly after the Sinfonia concertante, Mozart composed his famous Concerto for Flute and Harp, K. 299. The performance on this CD features the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Colin Davis with Hubert Barwahser on the flute and Osian Ellis playing the harp. Mozart wrote this concerto for two talented amateurs rather than for virtuosos. It is salon, aristocratic music par excellance, gallant and graceful throughout. The flute tends to predominate in the solo writing, with the harp frequently accompaning or offering commentary on the flute part. The first movement has a lightness and a swing that is difficult to resist. The slow movement has a slow serene theme in which the flute and harp alternate with orchestral passages. The finale is a lively writing full of solo passages for the two instruments. The flute and harp concerto is a special, if light, work and remains my favorite of the works on this CD.

Mozart composed two flute concertos, K. 313 and 314, and both are included on this CD performed by Aurele Nicolet on flute with the Royal Concergebouw Orchestra conducted by David Zinman. The K. 314 concerto in D is the earlier of the two and is a reworking of a concerto Mozart originally wrote for the oboe. It is for the most part a bubbly, lively work in which the soloist is always predominant.

The flute concerto K. 313 in G is a considerably more ambitious work with an opening “maestoso” movement of a lengthy and elevated character. The vigorous, march-like orchestral passages are contrasted with a great deal of filigree and grace in the flute. The slow movement of this work has been widely praised and consists of a flowing, idiosyncratic theme in the flute, full of ornamentation and with many twists and turns in the melodic line. The rondo finale is light and bubbly in contrast to the character of the opening two movements.

Mozart wrote what appears to be an alternative slow movement in a pastoral character for the K. 313 concerto, the andante in C K. 315, also performed here. I was surprised with how little of Mozart’s flute music is pastoral beyond the andante. (How easy it is to think of the flute as played by shepherds). Most of it is highly urbane and sophisticated, as is Mozart’s music on the whole.

The final works on this CD are a series of four flute quartets performed by William Bennett, flute, together with the Grumiaux Trio. Two of these works are short, consisting of two brief movements each, while one of the remaining quartets, K. 298 was uncharitably and uncharacteristically described by Alfred Einstein as a “parody”.

The remaining quartet, K. 285 in D major, pleases the most fastidious listeners. There is close interplay throughout this quartet between the solo flute and the string trio. The quartet opens with a lively theme in the flute over brushing strings followed by a close exchange of parts between the flute and violin. There is a brief section in the minor key and a surprising, brief coda. The second movement seems to me almost a sicilienne as the flute sings a long, plaintive melody over plucked strings. The work comes to a sprightly close with a rondo finale with the flute in the lead.

This CD will please lovers of the flute, such as my ladyfriend, and, of course, lovers of Mozart. I am sorry to have to give the CD back. ”

Robin Friedman(Washington, D.C. United States)