The works on this album take us on a journey exploring Mozart’s diverse musical horizons. It opens with the dramatic Adagio and Fugue, K546, a work with an almost primeval expressive power that can still shock today. The Sinfonia concertante is one of Mozart’s greatest masterpieces, its luminous world of elegance and clarity delivering a message of hope amidst the most profound melancholy. The programme ends with Mozart’s youthful Symphony no.27 in which an intensity of expression and air of enigmatic mystery hides behind a gloss of graceful playfulness.

The Ferruccio Busoni Chamber Orchestra, founded in 1965, is one of the first chamber orchestras created in Italy after the war and oldest in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region. The orchestra has performed worldwide, including Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Germany, Switzerland, Russia, Tunisia and Italy with renowned soloists. The orchestra has made recordings on Amadeus and Brilliant Classics. They also organise the International Musical Mornings festival. Notably, they received the 14th Century Seal by the Municipality of Trieste.

Massimo Belli, a distinguished violinist and conductor, is the director of the Ferruccio Busoni Chamber Orchestra. He has performed solo and conducted in the most important halls throughout Europe, the former Soviet Union, Turkey and South America. Belli has recorded for various radio stations and labels, including Concerto Classics, Brilliant Classics and Warner Classics.