Mozart & Gatti Mohamed Hiber, Sindy Mohamed, Celine Moinet, Tim Park

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791): Quartet in F Major, KV370:
• 1 Mozart: Quartet in F Major, KV370: I. Allegro 06:50
• 2 Mozart: Quartet in F Major, KV370: II. Adagio 03:06
• 3 Mozart: Quartet in F Major, KV370: III. Rondeau. Allegro 04:37
• Luigi Gatti (1740 - 1817): Quartet in C Major:
• 4 Gatti: Quartet in C Major: I. Allegro con Brio 06:43
• 5 Gatti: Quartet in C Major: II. Adagio 04:53
• 6 Gatti: Quartet in C Major: III. Allegro Moderato 06:31
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: II. Andante Cantabile:
• 7 Mozart: II. Andante Cantabile: Piano Sonata No. 10 in C Major, KV330 (Arr. For Oboe Quartet by C. Moinet) 06:25
• Luigi Gatti: Quartet in F Major:
• 8 Gatti: Quartet in F Major: I. Allegro 06:32
• 9 Gatti: Quartet in F Major: II. Adagio Cantabile 03:35
• 10 Gatti: Quartet in F Major: III. Rondo. Allegro 03:07
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio in C Major, KV580:
• 11 Mozart: Adagio in C Major, KV580 06:37
• Total Runtime 58:56

Info for Mozart & Gatti

Powerful high notes from Salzburg: French oboist Céline Moinet releases her fourth album on the Berlin Classics label. On this album, Moinet presents an exquisite collection of chamber music works by the Salzburg masters Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Luigi Gatti. She is accompanied by her long-time musical collaborators Mahamed Hiber (violin), Sindy Mohamed (viola), and Tim Park (cello). Together, they open up a fascinating sound world for the listeners, featuring both well-known and lesser-known works by these two composers.

The album's repertoire includes Mozart's famous Oboe Quartet in F major, K. 370, as well as the Andante cantabile K. 330, arranged for oboe quartet by David Walter. Additionally, the Adagio K. 580 is performed in a version for English horn. Luigi Gatti, a contemporary of Mozart, is featured with his quartets in C major and F major. These works provide a rare opportunity to discover Gatti's innovative approaches and his virtuosity with the oboe. The F major quartet, in particular, is known for its challenging passages that push the technical boundaries of the oboe.

Céline Moinet, whose oboe playing is described by the trade magazine Fono Forum as "a true delight," brings her exceptional ability to vary tonal colors and timbres to this recording. Her previous releases on Berlin Classics have consistently been praised for their musicality and technical brilliance. The Süddeutsche Zeitung describes her interpretations as "a feast for the ears," while the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung praises her "mastery of the instrument."

Céline Moinet, oboe
Mohamed Hiber, violin
Sindy Mohamed, viola
Tim Park, cello

Céline Moinet
is regarded as one of the finest oboists of her generation making her highly in demand as a soloist, chamber musician and recitalist. She brings an extraordinary variety of tone colours and timbres to the art of oboe playing.

Her international career has allowed her to perform as a soloist with the Staatskapelle Dresden, Prag Philharmonia, New Japan Philharmonic, Berliner Symphoniker, Rheinische Philharmonie, Orchestre de Chambre de Toulouse, Hofer Symphoniker, Dresdner Kapellsolisten, Orchestre National de Lille, Antalya State Symphony Orchestra, Meininger Hofkapelle, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia, Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin, Kyoto Symphony, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony, Hiroshima Symphony, Daegu Symphony, Ensemble Resonanz, Symphoniker Hamburg, among others.

Moinet has toured throughout Europe, Asia and Latin America performing in the most prestigious concert halls in the world such as Festspielhaus Salzburg, Wiener Konzerthaus, Suntory Hall Tokyo, Wigmore Hall London, Semperoper Dresden and Gewandhaus Leipzig.

She is a regular guest at festivals of great international resonance in particular Osterfestspiele Salzburg, Wigmore Hall Series, Bath Mozartfest, Colmar Festival, Pacific Music Festival Sapporo, Molyvos Festival, Mozart Festival Johannesburg, Moritzburg Festival, Schostakowitsch Tage Görlitz, International Pharos Chamber Music Festival Cyprus, Nuits Romantiques Aix les Bains, Festival "Classix Kempten" and “Mondsee Festival“, as well as others.

Moinet has developed a strong and creative partnership with many artists, especially with Kit Armstrong, Matthias Goerne, Florian Uhlig and the bassoonist Sophie Dervaux. Her work is reflected in a discography that includes albums devoted to Bach's oboe concertos (Berlin Classics) and the chamber repertoire, alongside Sophie Dervaux and Florian Uhlig (Berlin Classics) or with Sarah Christ (Harmonia Mundi). Her latest recording is dedicated to the oboe quartets of Luigi Gatti and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Berlin Classics, 2025).

In addition to her concert schedule, Céline Moinet is a dedicated teacher. She was appointed as a professor at the Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden in 2013 and also she has been teaching at the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo (Japan), Academie Internationale d’Ete de Musique in Nice (France), Thüringer Landesmusikakademie Sondershausen (Germany) and at the Grafenegg Academy and the Musikademie Tirol in Austria. She constantly gives masterclasses around Europe and Asia. In 2020 she founded the “Rudolf Hiebendahl scholarship” to offer financial support to oboe students in Dresden.

Céline Moinet was born in Lille in 1984 in northern France. She began playing oboe at the age of seven and ten years later she enrolled at the Conservatoire de Paris studying oboe with David Walter and chamber music with Maurice Bourgue.

Her early career contains the experience of playing in the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester under the direction of Claudio Abbado, as well as with the Nationaltheate-Orchester in Mannheim, where she was appointed Principal Oboe in 2006. At the age of 23, she became the principal oboist of the Staatskapelle Dresden, a coveted position that marked a turning point in her career. Since then, she has performed under the direction of esteemed conductors such as Christian Thielemann, Zubin Mehta, Claudio Abbado, Daniele Gatti and Andris Nelsons, while also being a regular guest with renowned orchestras including the Vienna Philharmonic, the London Symphony Orchestra and the Gewandhaus Orchestra, among others.

Moinet plays an oboe and english horn by Marigaux Paris.

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