Mozart: Piano Sonatas K. 310-311 & 330-333
Angela Hewitt’s voyage of discovery through Mozart’s piano sonatas is proving a joy, the works sounding newly minted in vital, alert accounts which respect their scale and sensibility while revealing influences of Mozart’s orchestral and concerto writing of the period. ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Mozart: Piano Concertos Vol. 8
Volume 8 of Jean-Efflam Bavouzet’s survey of Mozart’s piano concertos with Gábor Takács-Nagy and Manchester Camerata features two late concertos – Nos 26 and 27 – along with the overtures to Così fan tutte, Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), and La clemenza di Tito. Concerto No. 26, the ‘Coronation’, was completed in ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Mozart has been part of the core repertoire of the Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne since its founding in 1942, and the orchestra's extensive discography includes acclaimed recordings of the composer's complete piano concertos and serenades. Now, however, the reading of the violin concertos also reflects the relationship between the violinist ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
How time flies... If the pianist Matthias Kirschnereit had the task of expressing his life and career to date in music, then this "playlist" would probably be the result. Each of the 36 pieces on this double album contains a personal story and was chosen by him because memories and incidents are connected with it. ...
Composer: Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583-1643), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), George Gershwin (1898-1937), Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Tōru Takemitsu (1930-1996), Bedrich Smetana (1824–1884), Franz Liszt (1811-1886), Leoš Janáček (1854-1928), Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Helmut Lachenmann (1935), Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Mozart y Mambo: La Bella Cubana
My dream of recording all four of the Mozart horn concertos has been fulfilled at last. Little did I know that this long-held dream would come true in Cuba of all places and with a Cuban orchestra! I have learned so much about Cuban music and how to dance Mozart along the way and, as a result, feel changed as a person ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Edgar Olivero (1985), Jose White Lafitte (1836-1918), Joseito Fernandez (1908-1979)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 24
The early death of award-winning pianist and conductor Lars Vogt on September 5, 2022 shocked profoundly the international music world. Some 16 months earlier, already aware of his diagnosis and in the middle of his treatment sessions, the artist had an urgent desire to record a Mozart piano concerto album together with the ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Mozart for Two - Sonata for Piano 4 Hands K. 497, Variations K. 501, Fantasia K. 594, Sonata K. 357
The Sonata in F major for piano duet was written in 1786. Mozart often played four hand literature with his sister, Nannerl. There were occasions where they were called upon to perform this type of literature. This work is a substantial sonata with an Adagio introduction and frequent use of contrapuntal textures instead ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Three of these marvellous quartets for flute and string trio were composed in 1777/78 during Mozart’s first extended tour without his father. The three quartets K. 285, 285a, 285b are undoubtedly among the most outstanding works in the genre. They share a lightsome, carefree quality with the typical shades of melancholy ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter" (Remastered)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completed his Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, on 10 August 1788. The longest and last symphony that he composed, it is regarded by many critics as among the greatest symphonies in classical music. The work is nicknamed the Jupiter Symphony, probably coined by the impresario Johann Peter Salomon. ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 –1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
This Is the Day: Music on Royal Occasions
Music on royal occasions. Includes John Rutter's anthem, written for the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton. This album recollects and celebrates some of the choral music heard on royal occasions during the lifetime of HM Queen Elizabeth II. The music chosen reflects the personal choices and commissions by the Royal ...
Composer: John Rutter (1945), Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Edward Elgar (1857-1934), Maurice Durufle (1902-1986), Benjamin Britten (1913-1976), George Friedrich Handel (1685-1759), William Walton (1902-1983), Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Doktor Lichtenthals MOZART - Symphonies
The second volume of the series by the title “Doktor Lichtenthals MOZART” by Pandolfis Consort playing on period instruments pre-sents symphonies by W. A. Mozart in chamber music arrangements. Peter Lichtenthal, born Wolfgang Mayer in 1779 in Bratislava, was not only a physician, but also a composer and author, including of two Mozart ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Mozart: String Quartets, K. 387 & 458 (Dedicated to Joseph Haydn)
Vienna, 1782. Mozart had not composed a string quartet for almost ten years, a remarkably long period within such a short lifespan. The two string quartets K.387 and K.458 belong to the group of six so-called “Haydn Quartets”. Mozart dedicated the work to his fatherly friend Joseph Haydn, who was in many cases also ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550 (Remastered)
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550 was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1788. It is sometimes referred to as the "Great G minor symphony", to distinguish it from the "Little G minor symphony", No. 25. The two are the only extant minor key symphonies Mozart wrote. ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
The Mozarteumorchester Salzburg looks back on a history of more than 180 years. It was founded in 1841 with the involvement of Constanze Mozart. Today it enjoys a worldwide reputation for its lively and purposeful Mozart interpretations. Its permanent guest conductors include ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Following a highly successful series of concerts in the summer of 2022, Francesca Dego, Timothy Ridout, Laura van der Heijden, and Federico Colli headed into the studio to record Mozart's Piano Quartets. Whilst he may not have been the first composer to add a ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E-Flat Major, K. 543 (Remastered)
Symphony No. 39 is the first of a set of three (his last symphonies) that Mozart composed in rapid succession during the summer of 1788. No. 40 was completed on 25 July and No. 41 on 10 August. Nikolaus Harnoncourt argues that Mozart composed the ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
"All of these Mozart recordings featuring the remarkable young violinist Julia Fischer have been favorably reviewed on this site and elsewhere. Now Pentatone is issuing them in this boxed set that also includes a DVD of excerpts from recording sessions for Violin Concerto No. 2 and the Sinfonia Concertante. ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 –1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 504 "Prague" (Remastered)
Mozart was all the rage in Prague at the end of 1786. His latest opera, The Marriage of Figaro, had thrilled music lovers there and won rave reviews: "No piece (so everyone here asserts) has ever caused such a sensation as the Italian opera The Marriage of Figaro, which has already been given several times here to boundless applause," reported the ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Mozart: Symphony No. 36 in C Major, K. 425 "Linz"
The Symphony No. 36 in C major, K. 425, also known as the Linz Symphony, was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart during a stopover in the Austrian town of Linz on his and his wife's way back home to Vienna from Salzburg in late 1783. The entire symphony was written in four days to accommodate the local count's ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
