1773 was a key year for orchestral music. Mozart composed his “little G minor Symphony”, no. 25, and began work on the music for the play Thamos, König in Ägypten. In Paris, Grétry perfected the opéra-comique, a genre combining the light and the serious, and completely renewed the musical drama. Is it a mere coincidence that ...
Composer: Andre Modeste Gretry (1741-1813), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Orchestral
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Quartets & Flute Concerto
An anthology of Mozart’s only original works for flute, initiated by a commission by a ‘Dutchman from the Indies’, an amateur flautist to whom we also owe the Quartet in D and the Concerto in G, taking inspiration from and paying tribute to the instrumentalist-composers pf the Mannheim School, in particular his host, Johann Baptist Wendling ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 –1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin returns to Pentatone together with soprano Christina Landshamer, presenting La Passione, a collection of dazzling concert arias on love, longing and loss by Mozart, Beethoven and Haydn, paired with the latter’s “La Passione” Symphony. Ranging from pastoral simplicity to exuberant outrage, the ...
Composer: Joseph Haydn (1732–1809), Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 –1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
"Textures in Classics" from renowned pianist and music scholar Sang-Hie Lee explores the rich musical possibilities offered by the piano. To do so, Lee performs works from some of the seminal composers in Western music including Mozart, Beethoven, and Brahms. The album captures Lee’s unique pianism at the height of her maturity as an artist. ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
The 6 Piano Trios of W. A. Mozart, which were composed in the years 1776, 1786 and 1788, already show the increasing emancipation of the string instruments - while in the first work (1776) the keyboard instrument still predominates, and the two strings take on a more accompanying role, even though in some cases a ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
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
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
Subgenre:
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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