Die Zauberflöte:
Der Vogelfänger
Du feines Täubchen
Bey Männern
Der Hölle Rache
Ach, ich fühls
Soll ich dich Theurer
Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen
Die Zauberflöte arrangé pour Deux Violons ou Deux Flutes par Mr. Mozard (B. Schott, Mainz 1794)

Duetto No. V in A minor after 'Piano Sonata No. 8, K 310' - Douze Duos pour deux Violons Opus 70 (Jean André, Offenbach 1800)

Le nozze di Figaro:
Non so piu cosa son
Non piu andrai
Porgi amor
Voi, che sapete
L. Hagenaar in´t Muziek Magazijn (Amsterdam, 1800)

Duetto No. VI in D major:
Allegro maestoso after String Quartet, K 575
Andantino con Variazioni after Piano Sonata K 284
Douze Duos pour deux Violons Opus 70 (Jean André, Offenbach 1800)

Duo No. 3 after Piano Sonata No. 11, K 331
Trois Duos pour deux Violons par Mozart (Pleyel, Paris 1899)

While today it is easy to listen to almost any piece at any time and in almost any place, before the invention of recordings it was quite complicated: you had to go to a concert or to the opera or: you played yourself... In the emerging bourgeoisie, arrangements of the most popular works in instrumentations suitable for chamber music were popular and, of course, Mozart's famous operas were at the top of the popularity scale. In many places, publishers set about transcribing Mozart's works for small and very small ensembles.

The two violinists Florian Deuter and Mónica Waisman have found a whole series of such contemporary arrangements of Mozart's operas and piano sonatas in "pocket format" for violin duo, which bring the well-known melodies into the new form with much wit and finesse. In the process, the listener can grin and observe the reduction of the full sound and delve into delightful details of house music around 1800.

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Recording: 24 – 26 March 2021 at Weißenbrunn Castle, Ebern (Germany). Florian Deuter & Mónica Waisman play on violins by Matthieu Besseling, Amsterdam.