Album guide
Mozart Paradox (Extended Version)
- Composer
- Mozart
- Released
- 2025
- Label
- Fireflies Music
- Forces
- Piano, Solo
- Personnel
- Thomas Enhco solo piano
Thomas Enhco entered Studio Gil Evans intending to record solo improvisations on Mozart, but the early takes felt stiff. At his engineer’s suggestion, he invited about ten listeners into the studio and played two private concerts; most of Mozart Paradox comes from those evenings.
Enhco approaches Mozart’s themes as a jazz musician approaches standards, varying their rhythm, harmony and form in the moment. The extended edition adds two further transformations and alternate takes of the Lacrimosa and Clarinet Concerto, preserving the sense that no interpretation has to be final.
Hear both
The classical side contains only the source pieces used on the album, in album order. The jazz side presents the complete album whenever a dependable copy can be embedded.
The Lacrimosa and Clarinet Concerto recordings each serve an original take and its alternate, while tracks 9 and 13 each carry both the opening movement of the “Dissonance” Quartet, K. 465, and the finale of Symphony No. 40, K. 550; every other track has one recording of its own.
Spotify’s player is here for convenience; the full track listing below remains available to everyone.
Source works
The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.
- Don Giovanni Overture - after the ‘Overture’ of the opera Don Giovanni, K. 527Don Giovanni, K. 527: Overture
- Nachtmusik - after the fourth movement of Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Serenade No. 13 for strings in G major, K. 525Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525: IV. Rondo, Allegro
- Violin Sonata in E minor - after the second movement of the Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 21 in E minor, K.304Sonata for Piano and Violin No. 21 in E minor, K. 304: II. Tempo di menuetto
- Ave verum corpus - after the motet Ave verum corpus, K. 618Ave verum corpus, K. 618
- Piano Sonata in A minor - after the first movement of the Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K. 310Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K. 310: I. Allegro maestoso
- Piano Sonata in A major - after the first movement of the Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331: I. Andante grazioso
- Kyrie - after the ‘Kyrie’ from the Great Mass in C minor, K. 427Great Mass in C minor, K. 427: Kyrie
- Waltz of the Priests - after ‘March of the Priests’ from the opera The Magic Flute, K. 620Die Zauberflöte, K. 620: March of the Priests
- Dissonance Symphony - after the First Movement of String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, K. 465 “Dissonance” and the Fourth Movement of Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K. 465 “Dissonance”: I. Adagio — Allegro; Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550: IV. Finale, Allegro assai
- Là ci darem la mano - after the Duet from Don Giovanni, K. 527Don Giovanni, K. 527: Là ci darem la mano
- Lacrimosa - after ‘Lacrimosa’ from the Requiem in D minor, K. 626Requiem, K. 626: Lacrimosa
- Clarinet Concerto - after the second movement of the Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622: II. Adagio
- Dissonance Vice Versa - after the fourth movement of the Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 and the first movement of the String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K. 465 “Dissonance”Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550: IV. Finale, Allegro assai; Mozart: String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K. 465 “Dissonance”: I. Adagio — Allegro
- Recordare - after the ‘Recordare’ from the Requiem in D minor, K. 626Requiem, K. 626: Recordare
- Lacrimosa - after ‘Lacrimosa’ from the Requiem in D minor, K. 626 - Alternate TakeRequiem, K. 626: Lacrimosa
- Clarinet Concerto - after the second movement of the Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622 - Alternate TakeClarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622: II. Adagio