Essential Mozart
All of Mozart, one might say, is essential. Few composers produced music in such quality and abundance, from such an early age to so tragically early a death. Mozart composed in all major genres and helped bring humanity, warmth and flexibility to the musical idioms of his age: where others showed fluency, he showed genius.Read more…
- Mozart • Symphony No. 29 in A major KV 201 • I. Allegro moderatoSymphony No. 29 in A major KV 201
I. Allegro moderatoJérémie Rhorer, Le Cercle de l'Harmonie℗ 2009 - Mozart • Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 23 in A major KV 488 • II. AdagioConcerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 23 in A major KV 488
II. AdagioLondon Mozart Players
Howard Shelley (Piano)March 1991, Morden, St Peter’s Church, Morden - Mozart • Don Giovanni KV 527: 'Madamina, il catalogo è questo' (Leporello, Act I) • Madamina, il catalogo è questoDon Giovanni KV 527: 'Madamina, il catalogo è questo' (Leporello, Act I)
Madamina, il catalogo è questoBryn Terfel (Bass-baritone), James Levine
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra℗ 1996 - Mozart • Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 9 in E flat major KV 271 “Jeunehomme” • I. AllegroConcerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 9 in E flat major KV 271
I. AllegroLeif Ove Andsnes (Piano), Leif Ove Andsnes
Det Norske Kammerorkester℗ 2004 - Mozart • Don Giovanni KV 527: 'Là ci darem la mano' (Don Giovanni, Zerlina, Act I) • Là ci darem la manoDon Giovanni KV 527: 'Là ci darem la mano' (Don Giovanni, Zerlina, Act I)
Là ci darem la manoCecilia Bartoli (Mezzo-soprano), Bryn Terfel (Bass-baritone), Myung-Whun Chung
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia℗ 2005 - Mozart • Quintet for Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Piano in E flat major KV 452 • I. Largo - Allegro moderatoQuintet for Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Piano in E flat major KV 452
I. Largo - Allegro moderatoEnglish Chamber Orchestra
Murray Perahia (Piano), Anthony Halstead (Horn), Thea King (Clarinet), Neil Black (Oboe), Graham Sheen (Bassoon)℗ 1986 - Mozart • Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in B flat major KV 39 • II. Andante staccatoConcerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in B flat major KV 39
II. Andante staccatoMurray Perahia (Piano), Murray Perahia
English Chamber Orchestra℗ 1991 - Mozart • Le nozze di Figaro KV 492: 'Porgi amor' (Contessa, Act II) • Porgi amorLe nozze di Figaro KV 492: 'Porgi amor' (Contessa, Act II)
Porgi amorDame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano), Sir Georg Solti
London Philharmonic Orchestra℗ 1999 - Mozart • Così fan tutte KV 588 • Act I • No. 8a Quintetto 'Di scrivermi ogni giorno' (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Guglielmo, Ferrando, Don Alfonso)Così fan tutte KV 588
Act I • No. 8a Quintetto 'Di scrivermi ogni giorno' (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Guglielmo, Ferrando, Don Alfonso)Lisa della Casa (Soprano), Christa Ludwig (Mezzo-soprano), Anton Dermota (Tenor), Erich Kunz (Baritone), Paul Schöffler (Bass-baritone), Emmy Loose (Soprano), Karl Böhm
Wiener Philharmoniker, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper1955, Wien, Redoutensaal - Mozart • Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A major KV 622 • II. AdagioConcerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A major KV 622
II. AdagioSabine Meyer (Basset Horn), Claudio Abbado
Berliner PhilharmonikerDecember 1998, Berlin, Berliner Philharmonie - Mozart • Così fan tutte KV 588 • Act I • No. 10 Terzettino 'Soave sia il vento' (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Don Alfonso)Così fan tutte KV 588
Act I • No. 10 Terzettino 'Soave sia il vento' (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Don Alfonso)Lisa della Casa (Soprano), Christa Ludwig (Mezzo-soprano), Anton Dermota (Tenor), Erich Kunz (Baritone), Paul Schöffler (Bass-baritone), Emmy Loose (Soprano), Karl Böhm
Wiener Philharmoniker, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper1955, Wien, Redoutensaal - Mozart • Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major KV 581 • IV. Allegretto con VariazioniQuintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major KV 581
IV. Allegretto con VariazioniArcanto Quartett
Jörg Widmann (Clarinet), Antje Weithaas (Violin), Daniel Sepec (Violin), Tabea Zimmermann (Viola), Jean-Guihen Queyras (Violoncello)℗ 2013 - Mozart • Le nozze di Figaro KV 492: 'Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio' (Cherubino, Act I) • Non so più cosa son, cosa faccioLe nozze di Figaro KV 492: 'Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio' (Cherubino, Act I)
Non so più cosa son, cosa faccioMarianne Crebassa (Mezzo-soprano), Marc Minkowski
Mozarteumorchester Salzburg℗ 2016 - Mozart • Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major KV 379 • II. Tema con variazioni. Andantino cantabileSonata for Violin and Piano in G major KV 379
II. Tema con variazioni. Andantino cantabileAugustin Dumay (Violin), Maria João Pires (Piano)℗ 1991 - Mozart • Sonata for Piano No. 11 in A major KV 331 “Alla Turca” • III. Alla Turca. Allegretto "Turkish March"Sonata for Piano No. 11 in A major KV 331
III. Alla Turca. Allegretto "Turkish March"Mitsuko Uchida (Piano)℗ 2000 - Mozart • Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 5 in A major KV 219 “Turkish” • I. Allegro apertoConcerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 5 in A major KV 219
I. Allegro apertoIsabelle Faust (Violin), Giovanni Antonini
Il Giardino Armonico℗ 2016 - Mozart • Le nozze di Figaro KV 492 • Act II • No. 15 Finale 'Esci ormai, garzon malnato' (Count, Countess, Susanna)Le nozze di Figaro KV 492
Act II • No. 15 Finale 'Esci ormai, garzon malnato' (Count, Countess, Susanna)Renato Girolami (Bass), Judith Halász (Soprano), Bo Skovhus (Baritone), Marina Mescheriakova (Soprano), Michelle Breedt (Mezzo-soprano), Janusz Monarcha (Bass), Gabriele Sima (Soprano), Michael Roider (Tenor), Alexander Klinger (Tenor), Orsolya Sáfár (Soprano), Péter Köves (Bass), Michael Halász
Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia, Hungarian State Chorus2002, Budapest, Hall of Phoenix - Mozart • Le nozze di Figaro KV 492 • Act II • No. 15.1 Finale 'Signore! Cos'è quel stupore?' (Susanna, Countess, Count, Figaro)Le nozze di Figaro KV 492
Act II • No. 15.1 Finale 'Signore! Cos'è quel stupore?' (Susanna, Countess, Count, Figaro)Renato Girolami (Bass), Judith Halász (Soprano), Bo Skovhus (Baritone), Marina Mescheriakova (Soprano), Michelle Breedt (Mezzo-soprano), Janusz Monarcha (Bass), Gabriele Sima (Soprano), Michael Roider (Tenor), Alexander Klinger (Tenor), Orsolya Sáfár (Soprano), Péter Köves (Bass), Michael Halász
Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia, Hungarian State Chorus2002, Budapest, Hall of Phoenix - Mozart • Le nozze di Figaro KV 492 • Act II • No. 15.2 Finale 'Conoscete, signor Figaro' (Count, Figaro, Countess, Susanna, Antonio)Le nozze di Figaro KV 492
Act II • No. 15.2 Finale 'Conoscete, signor Figaro' (Count, Figaro, Countess, Susanna, Antonio)Renato Girolami (Bass), Judith Halász (Soprano), Bo Skovhus (Baritone), Marina Mescheriakova (Soprano), Michelle Breedt (Mezzo-soprano), Janusz Monarcha (Bass), Gabriele Sima (Soprano), Michael Roider (Tenor), Alexander Klinger (Tenor), Orsolya Sáfár (Soprano), Péter Köves (Bass), Michael Halász
Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia, Hungarian State Chorus2002, Budapest, Hall of Phoenix - Mozart • Le nozze di Figaro KV 492 • Act II • No. 15.3 Finale 'Voi signor, che giusto siete' (Bartolo, Marcellina, Don Basilio, Count, Countess, Figaro, Susanna)Le nozze di Figaro KV 492
Act II • No. 15.3 Finale 'Voi signor, che giusto siete' (Bartolo, Marcellina, Don Basilio, Count, Countess, Figaro, Susanna)Renato Girolami (Bass), Judith Halász (Soprano), Bo Skovhus (Baritone), Marina Mescheriakova (Soprano), Michelle Breedt (Mezzo-soprano), Janusz Monarcha (Bass), Gabriele Sima (Soprano), Michael Roider (Tenor), Alexander Klinger (Tenor), Orsolya Sáfár (Soprano), Péter Köves (Bass), Michael Halász
Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia, Hungarian State Chorus2002, Budapest, Hall of Phoenix - Mozart • Divertimento for Violin, Viola and Violoncello in E flat major KV 563 • II. AdagioDivertimento for Violin, Viola and Violoncello in E flat major KV 563
II. AdagioJonathan Crow (Violin), Douglas McNabney (Viola), Matt Haimovitz (Violoncello)September 2005, Saint-Augustin, Église Saint-Augustin - Mozart • String Quartet No. 19 in C major KV 465 “Dissonance” • I. Adagio - AllegroString Quartet No. 19 in C major KV 465
I. Adagio - AllegroQuartetto Italiano
Paolo Borciani (Violin), Elisa Pegreffi (Violin), Piero Farulli (Viola), Franco Rossi (Violoncello)℗ 2000 - Mozart • Vesperae solennes de confessore KV 339: Laudate Dominum • Laudate DominumVesperae solennes de confessore KV 339: Laudate Dominum
Laudate DominumMária Zádori (Soprano), Iván Fischer
Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Jeunesses Musicales Chorus1980 - Mozart • Sinfonia concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E flat major KV 364 • II. AndanteSinfonia concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E flat major KV 364
II. AndanteJulia Fischer (Violin), Gordan Nikolić (Viola), Yakov Kreizberg
Nederlands Kamerorkest2006, Haarlem, Doopsgezinde Kerk - Mozart • Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) KV 620 • OuvertureDie Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) KV 620
OuvertureWilfried Gahmlich (Tenor), Hellen Kwon (Soprano), Lotte Leitner (Soprano), Herbert Lippert (Tenor), Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz (Soprano), Kurt Rydl (Bass), Georg Tichy (Baritone), Julia Faulkner (Soprano), Waltraud Winsauer (Soprano), Anna Gonda (Alto), Peter Jelosits (Tenor), Péter Köves (Bass), Michael Halász
Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Hungarian Festival ChorusJune 1993, Budapest, Italian Institute - Mozart • Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 24 in C minor KV 491 • I. AllegroConcerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 24 in C minor KV 491
I. AllegroEnglish Chamber Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim (Piano)℗ 2008 - Mozart • Mass in C minor KV 427 "Great Mass" (completed by A. Schmitt & J.E. Gardiner) • Kyrie • Kyrie eleisonMass in C minor KV 427 "Great Mass" (completed by A. Schmitt & J.E. Gardiner)
Kyrie • Kyrie eleisonSylvia McNair (Soprano), Diana Montague (Mezzo-soprano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Tenor), Cornelius Hauptmann (Bass), Sir John Eliot Gardiner
English Baroque Soloists, Monteverdi Choir℗ 2005 - Mozart • Symphony No. 39 in E flat major KV 543 • I. Adagio - AllegroSymphony No. 39 in E flat major KV 543
I. Adagio - AllegroSir John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists℗ 1990 - Mozart • Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 20 in D minor KV 466 • I. AllegroConcerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 20 in D minor KV 466
I. AllegroMartha Argerich (Piano), Alexandre Rabinovitch
Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto℗ 2016 - Mozart • Don Giovanni KV 527 • Act II • No. 24.2 Finale 'Don Giovanni, a cenar teco' (Il Commendatore, Don Giovanni, Leporello, Coro) –Don Giovanni KV 527
Act II • No. 24.2 Finale 'Don Giovanni, a cenar teco' (Il Commendatore, Don Giovanni, Leporello, Coro) –Joan Sutherland (Soprano), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Soprano), Graziella Sciutti (Soprano), Luigi Alva (Tenor), Eberhard Wächter (Baritone), Gottlob Frick (Bass), Giuseppe Taddei (Baritone), Piero Cappuccilli (Baritone), Carlo Maria Giulini
Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus℗ 1989 - Mozart • Requiem in D minor KV 626 • Introitus • Requiem aeternam (Chorus, Soprano)Requiem in D minor KV 626
Introitus • Requiem aeternam (Chorus, Soprano)Sibylla Rubens (Soprano), Annette Markert (Mezzo-soprano), Ian Bostridge (Tenor), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (Baritone), Philippe Herreweghe
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, La Chapelle Royale Choir, Collegium Vocale Gent℗ 2005 - Mozart • Requiem in D minor KV 626 • Kyrie • Kyrie (Chorus)Requiem in D minor KV 626
Kyrie • Kyrie (Chorus)Sibylla Rubens (Soprano), Annette Markert (Mezzo-soprano), Ian Bostridge (Tenor), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (Baritone), Philippe Herreweghe
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, La Chapelle Royale Choir, Collegium Vocale Gent℗ 2005 - Mozart • Requiem in D minor KV 626 • Sequentia • 1. Dies irae (Chorus)Requiem in D minor KV 626
Sequentia • 1. Dies irae (Chorus)Sibylla Rubens (Soprano), Annette Markert (Mezzo-soprano), Ian Bostridge (Tenor), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (Baritone), Philippe Herreweghe
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, La Chapelle Royale Choir, Collegium Vocale Gent℗ 2005 - Mozart • Requiem in D minor KV 626 • Sequentia • 2. Tuba mirum (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)Requiem in D minor KV 626
Sequentia • 2. Tuba mirum (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)Sibylla Rubens (Soprano), Annette Markert (Mezzo-soprano), Ian Bostridge (Tenor), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (Baritone), Philippe Herreweghe
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, La Chapelle Royale Choir, Collegium Vocale Gent℗ 2005 - Mozart • Requiem in D minor KV 626 • Sequentia • 3. Rex tremendae (Chor)Requiem in D minor KV 626
Sequentia • 3. Rex tremendae (Chor)Sibylla Rubens (Soprano), Annette Markert (Mezzo-soprano), Ian Bostridge (Tenor), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (Baritone), Philippe Herreweghe
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, La Chapelle Royale Choir, Collegium Vocale Gent℗ 2005 - Mozart • Requiem in D minor KV 626 • Sequentia • 4. Recordare (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)Requiem in D minor KV 626
Sequentia • 4. Recordare (Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass)Sibylla Rubens (Soprano), Annette Markert (Mezzo-soprano), Ian Bostridge (Tenor), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (Baritone), Philippe Herreweghe
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, La Chapelle Royale Choir, Collegium Vocale Gent℗ 2005 - Mozart • Requiem in D minor KV 626 • Sequentia • 5. Confutatis (Chorus)Requiem in D minor KV 626
Sequentia • 5. Confutatis (Chorus)Sibylla Rubens (Soprano), Annette Markert (Mezzo-soprano), Ian Bostridge (Tenor), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (Baritone), Philippe Herreweghe
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, La Chapelle Royale Choir, Collegium Vocale Gent℗ 2005 - Mozart • Requiem in D minor KV 626 • Sequentia • 6. Lacrimosa (Chorus)Requiem in D minor KV 626
Sequentia • 6. Lacrimosa (Chorus)Sibylla Rubens (Soprano), Annette Markert (Mezzo-soprano), Ian Bostridge (Tenor), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (Baritone), Philippe Herreweghe
Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, La Chapelle Royale Choir, Collegium Vocale Gent℗ 2005 - Mozart • Piano Quartet in G minor KV 478 • II. AndantePiano Quartet in G minor KV 478
II. AndanteChristian Zacharias (Piano), Frank Peter Zimmermann (Violin), Tabea Zimmermann (Viola), Tilmann Wick (Violoncello)℗ 2003 - Mozart • Symphony No. 40 in G minor KV 550 • I. Molto AllegroSymphony No. 40 in G minor KV 550
I. Molto AllegroLeonard Bernstein, Wiener Philharmoniker℗ 2017 - Mozart • Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) KV 620: 'Ach, ich fühl's, es ist verschwunden' (Pamina, Act II) • Ach, ich fühl's, es ist verschwundenDie Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) KV 620: 'Ach, ich fühl's, es ist verschwunden' (Pamina, Act II)
Ach, ich fühl's, es ist verschwundenDame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soprano), Sir Colin Davis
London Symphony Orchestra℗ 2010 - Mozart • Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) KV 620 • Act II • No. 21.4 Finale 'Papagena! Papagena! Papagena!' (Papageno, Three Child-Spirits, Papagena) –Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) KV 620
Act II • No. 21.4 Finale 'Papagena! Papagena! Papagena!' (Papageno, Three Child-Spirits, Papagena) –Wilfried Gahmlich (Tenor), Hellen Kwon (Soprano), Lotte Leitner (Soprano), Herbert Lippert (Tenor), Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz (Soprano), Kurt Rydl (Bass), Georg Tichy (Baritone), Julia Faulkner (Soprano), Waltraud Winsauer (Soprano), Anna Gonda (Alto), Peter Jelosits (Tenor), Péter Köves (Bass), Michael Halász
Failoni Chamber Orchestra, Hungarian Festival ChorusJune 1993, Budapest, Italian Institute - Mozart • Symphony No. 41 in C major KV 551 “Jupiter” • I. Allegro vivaceSymphony No. 41 in C major KV 551
I. Allegro vivaceSir John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists - Mozart • Symphony No. 41 in C major KV 551 “Jupiter” • II. Andante cantabile con motoSymphony No. 41 in C major KV 551
II. Andante cantabile con motoSir John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists - Mozart • Symphony No. 41 in C major KV 551 “Jupiter” • III. Menuetto. Allegretto – TrioSymphony No. 41 in C major KV 551
III. Menuetto. Allegretto – TrioSir John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists - Mozart • Symphony No. 41 in C major KV 551 “Jupiter” • IV. Molto allegroSymphony No. 41 in C major KV 551
IV. Molto allegroSir John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists
Mozart was born in 1756, at a time when music was disposable, when musicians were seen as little more than the providers of entertainment – he famously complained about having to dine with the other servants while in the employ of the Archbishop of Salzburg. But he came of age as the balance of power in Europe began to shift away from absolutist rulers: he died in 1791, two years after the start of the French Revolution. He was buried in an unmarked grave and the reception of his works has been – and continues to be – coloured by many elements of his biography: the mysteries surrounding both his life and death; the contradiction between his seeming to embody both childlike nature and immortal genius; the troubled relationship with a father who toured him around Europe as a Wunderkind. But Mozart's music bristles with unique invention and brilliance, conveying a new range of emotion and psychological complexity. In it resides humour and mischief, as well as the profoundest sadness and tragedy, all conveyed with a fluency and technical mastery that arguably no other composer has ever matched.