Uwaga! & Max Klaas - Mozartovic! (2017)

Little has been conveyed so far about the debaucherous journey Mozart long ago has undertaken along the Danube river heading for the Balkans. Shrouded in myths, much is narrated about the trip. Legend has it, that wild parties took place, as well as whining and dancing, and some bottles of Slobovitz were emptied. Mozart so naturally merged with the local culture, his nick name became „Mozartovic“.

Mozart´s works created in that period were shut away for a long time, since they represented too much of a radical discontinuity in regard to Vienna classical music, too much of an anomaly regarding instrumentation. In that period, Mozart exclusively composed for two violins, accordion, contrabass and percussion instruments. In addition, too anomalous were the demands placed on the players of the instruments at that time: Daring changes from original Balkan stylistics to Vienna classical music were intended, fierce jazz improvisations, often driven forward by grooves resembling disco style, representing the energy of a rock band paired with the attention to detail of a chamber music ensemble. All the lust for life Mozart sensed in the Balkans in what seems to have been the happiest phase of his life is reflected in these works.

However, he was ahead of his time, time had not yet come for that kind of music. Fortunately, the genuine copies of the scripts reappeared - and as coincidence wants it, with regard to Uwaga!, they fit like a second skin.

TRACKLIST

01. Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331: I. Theme and Variations. Andante grazioso (Arr. for Chamber Ensemble) - Uwaga! & Max Klaas
02. Reggae Violinkonzert (After Mozart) - Uwaga! & Max Klaas
03. Haos Kolo (Arr. for Chamber Ensemble) - Uwaga!
04. Konsole / Kyrie (After Mozart) - Uwaga! & Max Klaas
05. Percussion Interlude - Uwaga! & Max Klaas
06. Kein Weltuntergang - Uwaga! & Max Klaas
07. Kopanica Petar Ralchev (Arr. for Chamber Ensemble) - Miroslav Nisic
08. Zauberflöte (After Mozart) - Uwaga! & Max Klaas
09. Lacrimosa (After Mozart) - Uwaga! & Max Klaas
10. Alla turca (After Mozart) - Uwaga! & Max Klaas
11. Efimias Tanz - Uwaga! & Max Klaas
12. Klavierkonzert No. 23 (After Mozart) - Uwaga! & Max Klaas
13. Grohl - Uwaga! & Max Klaas