Great Composers in Words & Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

VARIOUS ARTISTS

42 SONGS • 1 HOUR AND 11 MINUTES • MAY 13 2022

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Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: Sull'aria (Excerpt)

Maria Pia Ionata, Patrizia Pace, Hungarian State Opera Orchestra & Pier Giorgio Morandi

00:32

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I Love Mozart as the Musical Christ

04:47

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Minuet in G Major, K. 1 (Arr. E. Fischer for Piano) [Excerpt]

00:53

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Before He Was Six Years Old

03:21

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La finta semplice, K. 51: Sinfonia (Excerpt)

Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg & Leopold Hager

01:01

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However Complex Its Genesis

02:52

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Symphony No. 24 in B-Flat Major, K. 182: II. Andantino grazioso (Excerpt)

Northern Chamber Orchestra & Nicholas Ward

00:24

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Another Work That Stands Out Among Mozart’s Early Repertoire

00:57

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Missa solemnis in C Minor, K. 139 "Waisenhausmesse": I. Kyrie (Excerpt)

Celina Lindsley, Gabriele Schreckenbach, Werner Hollweg, Walton Grönroos, Rias Kammerchor, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin & Marcus Creed

01:03

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Returning to Salzburg After His Three Italian Sojourns

03:13

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Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K. 183: I. Allegro con brio (Excerpt)

Cappella Istropolitana & Barry Wordsworth

00:46

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In the Summer of 1777

03:35

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Piano Sonata No. 7 in C Major, K. 309: II. Andante un poco adagio (Excerpt)

01:17

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Despite His Demanding Schedule

04:27

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Symphony No. 31 in D Major, K. 297 "Paris": III. Allegro (Excerpt)

Kölner Kammerorchester & Helmut Müller-Brühl

00:42

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Happiness, However Soon Turned to Despair

00:49

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Piano Sonata No. 8 in A Minor, K. 310: II. Andante cantabile (Excerpt)

01:13

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By Way of Mannheim and Munich

01:34

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Mass in C Major, K. 317 "Krönungsmesse" (Excerpts): II. Gloria [Excerpt]

Priti Coles, Anna di Mauro, John Dickie, Andrea Martin, Košice Teachers' Choir, Camerata Cassovia & Johannes Wildner

01:13

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Over Time, Mozart Appears to Have Played

02:49

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Concert Rondo in D Major, K. 382 (Excerpt)

Jenő Jandó, Concentus Hungaricus & Mátyás Antál

01:07

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Mozart’s Keyboard Playing Was Widely Recognised

02:10

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Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K. 384: Martern von aller Arten (Excerpt)

Susanne Elmark, Sønderjyllands Symfoniorkester & Robert Reimer

01:16

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Shortly After the Premiere

04:08

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String Quartet No. 16 in E-Flat Major, K. 428: II. Andante con moto (Excerpt)

Petersen Quartet

01:03

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While Instrumental Genres and Chamber Music

01:48

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Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492: La vendetta, oh, la vendetta! (Excerpt)

Donato Di Stefano, Hungarian State Opera Orchestra & Pier Giorgio Morandi

00:41

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There Are Reports of Encores at the First Performances

01:33

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Don Giovanni, K. 527: Don Giovanni, a cenar teco (Excerpt)

Bo Skovhus, Janusz Monarcha, Renato Girolami, Hungarian Radio Chorus, Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia & Michael Halász

01:13

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On Returning to Vienna, Mozart Received Good News

02:45

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Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter": I. Allegro vivace (Excerpt)

Kölner Kammerorchester & Helmut Müller-Brühl

00:40

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Seemingly Keen for a Change of Scene

01:48

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Così fan tutte, K. 588: Come scoglio (Excerpt)

Joanna Borowska, Cappella Istropolitana & Johannes Wildner

00:49

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Besides Così, Mozart Completed Relatively Few Compositions

02:24

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Die Zauberflöte, K. 620: Der, welcher wandert diese Strasse voll Beschwerden (Excerpt)

Herbert Lippert, Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz, Peter Jelosits, Péter Köves, Budapest Failoni Chamber Orchestra & Michael Halász

01:28

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The Magic Flute Was Not Mozart’s Only Stage Work of 1791

01:27

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Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622: II. Adagio (Excerpt)

Pierre-André Taillard & Concerto Köln

01:15

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The Clarinet Concerto Marked Mozart’s Farewell

01:57

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Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: II. Kyrie (Excerpt)

Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimír Rusó & Zdenek Kosler

01:09

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Having Become Ill Towards the End of November

02:51

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Mass in C Major, K. 317 "Krönungsmesse" (Excerpts): Sanctus [Excerpt]

Košice Teachers' Choir, Camerata Cassovia & Johannes Wildner

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