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DW staff (kjb)September 20, 2007

Beethoven's Rondino for two oboes, two clarinets, two horns and two bassoons was written in the same year as the E-flat Woodwind Octet, 1792. Some suspect that the Rondino may have been intended as part of the Octet.

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Listen for the horns at the end of the piece. They echo the refrain with specially made mutes modelled after originals from the period.

Ensemble Zefiro performed the Rondino in the La Redoute villa near Bonn as part of the 2007 Beethovenfest. The Italy-based group specializes in 18th century woodwind music and plays on original instruments or replicas of period instruments.

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The Zefiro Ensemble Performs Beethoven's Rondino for Woodwind Octet in E-flat Major, WoO 25 (MP3, 8:25)

englisch: Rondino für 2 Oboen, 2 Klarinetten, 2 Hörner und 2 Fagotte Es-du - Produziert: 20.09.2007 - 13:07:06 von Beethoven, Ludwig van
September 20, 200708:25 min
Der Dirigent Kurt Masur, aufgenommen am Dienstag (08.04.2008) während einer Probe in der Beethovenhalle in Bonn. Masur war viele Jahre Gewandhauskapellmeister in Leipzig. Von 1991 bis 2002 wirkte er zudem als Chefdirigent des New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Von 2000 bis 2007 war er Musikdirektor des London Philharmonic Orchestra. Seit 2002 hat Masur die musikalische Leitung des Orchestre National de France in Paris inne. Foto: Felix Heyder dpa/lnw +++(c) dpa - Report+++

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