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Music for Dreaming

Strength is to be found in serenity. An old wisdom, which in our time of the general hectic of "higher - faster - further" apparently only plays a subordinate role. Cell phones and emails are our constant companions, total availability around the clock is almost law, rushing around the globe at breakneck ...

Composer: Eduard Nápravník (1838-1916), Edward Elgar (1857-1934), Leoš Janáček (1854-1928), Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945), Camillie Saint-Saëns (1835–1921), Arthur Foote (1853-1937), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Orchestral

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Salzburg Relation

Today, the musical city of Salzburg basks in the glory of its most famous son, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He was born into a very music-friendly environment: from 1753 to 1771, the city was ruled by Archbishop Sigismund III, who particularly promoted music and generously sponsored the travels of the young Mozart and his family - in contrast to his thrifty ...

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Leopold Mozart (1719-1787)

Genre: Classical

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Pocket Mozart

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 ...

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Chamber Music

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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 24 KV 491 & 17 KV 453

Mozart’s piano concertos form a set that is not just exceptional but absolutely unique in the history of music: from No. 9 to No. 27, all are definitive masterpieces. According to H.C. Robbins Landon, an eminent specialist in the composer’s life and work, ‘It is above all their immense stylistic diversity that places Mozart’s piano ...

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Concertos

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Mozart: String Quartets, Vol. V

Boredom (in German: “long whiling”) is apparently what drove Wolfgang to compose one of his string quartets at the inn at Bolzano. And yes, he was doing well, as father Leopold assured Mozart’s mother in a letter dated 28 October 1772. ...

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Chamber Music

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New Repertoire for Bassoon, Vol. 2: Wonderful Friendship

Composer: Francois Devienne (1759-1803), James Stephenson (1969), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Jean Françaix (1912-1997)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Chamber Music

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Bonbons

This is a collection of some of the musical “lollipops” which are as agreeable to play as they are to listen to; maybe it is because of their simplicity that these jewels get straight to the hearts of their listeners. The album includes favourites such as Pachelbel’s Canon, Mozart’s Serenade from Eine Kleine Nachtmusik and Purcell’s Chaconne as well as Marcello’s Concerto for Oboe, Strings and Continuo. ...

Composer: Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762), Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706), Henry Purcell (1659-1695), Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714-1787)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Chamber Music

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Benda, Graun, Saint-Georges, Sirmen: Violin Concertos

Il Pomo d'Oro and Zefira Valova focus here on the little-known violin concertos of the second half of the eighteenth century. Bringing together the works of Franz Benda and Johann Gottlieb Graun (in a world premiere recording), pillars of the orchestra at the court of Frederick II of Prussia, as well as those of the Venetian ...

Composer: Franz Benda (1709-1786), Johann Gottlieb Graun (1703-1771), Joseph Bologne Saint-Georges (1745-1799), Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen (1745-1818), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 –1791)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Concertos

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Mozart: Nannerl Notenbuch, Pt. 1

The early Mozart's compositions, penned by his father Leopold, were inserted in the "Nannerl Notenbuch", a music book destinated to the Mozart' sister Maria Anna Mozart, known as "Nannerl". The catalog numbers of these pieces starts from K. 1 to K. 5. ...

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Instrumental

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Mozart: Early Works from the Nannerl’ Book [part 2]

The early Mozart's compositions, penned by his father Leopold, were inserted in the "Nannerl Notenbuch", a music book destinated to the Mozart' sister Maria Anna Mozart, known as "Nannerl". The catalog numbers of these pieces starts from K. 6 to K. 8 and includes the piano transcriptions from the early violin sonatas. ...

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Instrumental

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Sopranista

Decca Classics is thrilled to announce the signing of Samuel Mariño, the sensational Venezuelan male soprano. As a teen, Mariño was bullied for his high speaking voice. Now his voice has taken him around the world with a sparkling opera career underway and his first album on a major label to be released on 27 May. With his music, Mariño hopes to spread a message of acceptance and self-expression. ...

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787), Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801), Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1745-1799)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Vocal

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Musa Italiana

Decca Classics presents the new album by Riccardo Chailly conducting the Filarmonica della Scala. Due for release on 20 May, 'Musa Italiana' celebrates the influence of Italian style on three Austro-German composers: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert and Felix Mendelssohn. Recorded in Dolby Atmos at La Scala during the pandemic, this album enhances the theatre's ...

Composer: Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Orchestral

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My Paris

Flautist Ana de la Vega’s fourth PENTATONE album My Paris is a declaration of love to the glorious French capital and its rich flute history, as well as a trip down memory lane, featuring some of the greatest gems of French music history, including works by Debussy, Ravel, Fauré, Massenet, Saint-Saëns, Satie, Poulenc, Mozart, Chaminade, Lili Boulanger, Von Paradis, as well as Bizet....

Composer: Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Gabriel Faure (1845-1924), Jules Massenet (1842-1912), Cecile Chaminade (1857-1944), Francis Poulenc (1899-1963), Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759-1824), Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921), Lili Boulanger (1893-1918), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Instrumental

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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (Trio Version)

Die Zauberflöte: Er ist die heimliche Hauptfigur in Mozarts Zauberflöte. Mögen die hochherrschaftlichen Gestalten ihre Intrigen und Affären noch so dramatisch ausbreiten, das Herz des Publikums hängt doch am liebenswerten Vogelhändler Papageno, der aus Versehen in den Krieg zwischen der Königin der Nacht und dem Priester Sarastro ...

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Chamber Music

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Mozart: Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 1

Praised by Gramophone as ‘one of the more original thinkers of his generation’, the Italian pianist Federico Colli is internationally recognised for his highly imaginative and philosophical interpretations and impeccable technique. This album is the first instalment of a new, intensely personal project for the pianist: an exploration of selected piano works by Mozart. ...

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Instrumental

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Moments musicaux

This is a live recording of Josep Colom's concert at the Fundación Juan March in Madrid on 10 October 2018. The programme, designed to encourage an original way of listening to music, consists of a coherent sequence of individual movements or pieces. Together they form an uninterrupted whole that reveals analogies between Schubert and seven other composers. ...

Composer: Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951), Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Josep Colom (1947)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Instrumental

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Rekreation

Following the tradition of Arnold Schönberg (1874–1951) and his society for private musical performances, all the pieces in this production were completely redesigned and masterfully arranged by the principal horn player of the Vienna Philharmonic, Josef Reif, in order to make them performable in a reduced formation and in smaller venues. ...

Composer: Georges Bizet (1838-1875), Léo Delibes (1836-1891), Franz Lehár (1870-1948), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), Gioachino Rossinis (1792-1868), Robert Stolz (1880-1975), Johann Strauss (1804-1849), Josef Strauss (1827-1870)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Vocal

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Mozart: Coronation Mass, Ave Verum Corpus, Missa Brevis & Exsultate, Jubilate

On this album, the Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge performs alongside four soloists and the period instrument ensemble St John’s Sinfonia. The tenor Sam Furness and bass George Humphreys both started their careers as Choral Scholars with this very choir. The mezzo-soprano Frances Bourne is in great demand on the concert platform and has sung with many of Europe’s leading ...

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Vocal

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A Retrospective

In 2007 Frank Peter Zimmermann was able to realize his long-cherished dream to establish a string trio, together with Antoine Tamestit and Christian Poltéra. Three individually superb string players do not necessarily add up to a top-flight trio – even if they all play on instruments by Stradivarius, as here – but Trio Zimmermann immediately made a ...

Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Paul Hindemith (1895-1963), Arnold Schönberg (1874-1951)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Chamber Music

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Pop Songs

As a cellist, Jan Vogler is always on the lookout for interesting repertoire expansions for his instrument. After the world premiere recording of the "Three Continents" cello concerto written for him by three composers for his last album, Jan Vogler now lets his cello "sing" the "pop songs" of past centuries. His partners are the BBC ...

Composer: Claudio Monteverdi (1567–1643), Henry Purcell (1659-1695), Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741), Christoph Willibald von Gluck (1714-1787), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835), Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868), Georges Bizet (1838-1875), Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), Richard Wagner (1813-1883), George Gershwin (1989-1937)

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Concertos

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