Fantasy in F Minor, K. 608 The New York Woodwind Quintet Library Series 莫札特 幻想曲 木管五重奏

這兩首莫札特晚期的非凡作品，KV 594 和 KV 608，都是為了完成維也納紀念展的委託而創作的，將在 "機械鐘琴 "中演奏。這些作品後來被稱為 "幻想曲 "或 "幻想曲"，比莫札特在自己的目錄中列出的術語 "Ein Stüke für ein Orgelwerk in ein Uhr "更具描述性，也不那麼累贅。這兩部作品還有不同的標題："Adagio und Allegro in f f für ein Orgelwerk "和 "Allegro und Andante (Fantasie in f f) für eine Orgelwaltze"

作曲家: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
校訂者: William Purvis
樂器: Woodwind Quintet
出版社: Southern Music Co.
原文簡介:
These two extraordinary works of late Mozart, KV 594 and KV 608, were both composed to fulfill a commission for a memorial exhibit in Vienna, to be played in a “mechanical clock organ.” The term “fantasy” or “fantasia” came to be affixed to these works later, and is more descriptive and less cumbersome than the term Mozart listed in his own catalogue, “Ein Stüke für ein Orgelwerk in ein Uhr.” They are also variously titled “Adagio und Allegro in f für ein Orgelwerk” and “Allegro und Andante (Fantasie in f) für eine Orgelwaltze.”

The first of these, composed between the monumental String Quintet in D and the Piano Concerto in Bb KV 595, is an A-B-A form, comprised of an f minor Adagio opening and closing, with a contrapuntal Allegro at its heart. KV 608 is more complicated, opening with an f minor section reminiscent of a French Overture, followed by a fugue in f minor, then an Andante aria, followed by a return to the opening and then a more complex version of the fugue.

Despite the frustration that Mozart expressed (in a letter to Constanze) with the sound world of these mechanical devices, KV 594 and 608 are remarkable works which stand at an intersection, incorporating what he learned about counterpoint studying at the foot of Bach, while looking ahead to the emotional and harmonic poignancy of Schubert.