WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

Referred to as “A Very Little Night Music”, the Serenade in C K 648 for two violins and bass is a previously unknown piece of music that was discovered by researchers of the International Mozarteum Foundation in the Carl Ferdinand Becker collection of the Municipal Music Library in Leipzig, Germany, while compiling the latest edition of the Köchel catalogue, the authoritative survey of Mozart’s oeuvre. Composed by Mozart when he was in his early teens, the piece dates back to the mid to late 1760s and consists of seven miniature movements for string trio. It was introduced to the public on 19 September 2024 by the International Mozarteum Foundation Salzburg which oversaw the research and authentification under the direction of Dr. Ulrich Leisinger. 

This chamber recording was realized by Unitel with the ensemble that gave the first live performance of the rediscovered work in Salzburg on 19 September 2024 in the context of the presentation of the new Köchel catalogue, featuring Haruna Shinoyama, Neža Klinar (violins), Philipp Comploi (cello) and Florian Birsak (cembalo). This version was pre-released already on 4 October 2024, on Apple Music and Apple Music Classical.