Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was not only one of the greatest composers of the Classical period, but one of the greatest of all time. Surprisingly, he is not identified with radical formal or harmonic innovations, or with the profound kind of symbolism heard in some of Bach's works. Mozart's best music has a natural flow and irresistible charm, and can express humor, joy or sorrow with both conviction and mastery. His operas, especially his later Read more efforts, are brilliant examples of high art, as are many of his piano concertos and later symphonies. Even his lesser compositions and juvenile works feature much attractive and often masterful music.
Mozart was the last of seven children, of whom five did not survive early childhood. By the age of three he was playing the clavichord, and at four he began writing short compositions. Young Wolfgang gave his first public performance at the age of five at Salzburg University, and in January, 1762, he performed on harpsichord for the Elector of Bavaria. There are many astonishing accounts of the young Mozart's precocity and genius. At the age of seven, for instance, he picked up a violin at a musical gathering and sight-read the second part of a work with complete accuracy, despite his never having had a violin lesson.
In the years 1763 - 1766, Mozart, along with his father Leopold, a composer and musician, and sister Nannerl, also a musically talented child, toured London, Paris, and other parts of Europe, giving many successful concerts and performing before royalty. The Mozart family returned to Salzburg in November 1766. The following year young Wolfgang composed his first opera, Apollo et Hyacinthus. Keyboard concertos and other major works were also coming from his pen now.
In 1769, Mozart was appointed Konzertmeister at the Salzburg Court by the Archbishop. Beginning that same year, the Mozarts made three tours of Italy, where the young composer studied Italian opera and produced two successful efforts, Mitridate and Lucio Silla. In 1773, Mozart was back in Austria, where he spent most of the next few years composing. He wrote all his violin concertos between 1774 and 1777, as well as Masses, symphonies, and chamber works.
In 1780, Mozart wrote his opera Idomeneo, which became a sensation in Munich. After a conflict with the Archbishop, Mozart left his Konzertmeister post and settled in Vienna. He received a number of commissions now and took on a well-paying but unimportant Court post. In 1782 Mozart married Constanze Weber and took her to Salzburg the following year to introduce her to his family. 1782 was also the year that saw his opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail staged with great success.
In 1784, Mozart joined the Freemasons, apparently embracing the teachings of that group. He would later write music for certain Masonic lodges. In the early- and mid-1780s, Mozart composed many sonatas and quartets, and often appeared as soloist in the fifteen piano concertos he wrote during this period. Many of his commissions were for operas now, and Mozart met them with a string of masterpieces. Le nozze di Figaro came 1786, Don Giovanni in 1787, Così fan tutte in 1790 and Die Zauberflöte in 1791. Mozart made a number of trips in his last years, and while his health had been fragile in previous times, he displayed no serious condition or illness until he developed a fever of unknown origin near the end of 1791. Read less

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Eugene Ormandy conducts Mozart Wind Concertos

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Mozart: Flute Quartets 1-4 / Gérard, Ensemble Villa Musica

Release Date: 02/15/1994 Label: Naxos
Catalog: 8550438 Number of Discs: 1

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Mozart: Vesperae Solennes De Confessore; Coronation Mass

Release Date: 04/10/2012 Label: Delphian
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Bach, Handel, Telemann & Mozart: Encores / Maksymiuk, Polish Chamber Orchestra [Vinyl]

Release Date: 01/20/2017 Label: Md&g (Dabringhaus & Grimm)
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Music For Oboe & Strings - Mozart, Crusell, J.c. Bach

Release Date: 11/16/2004 Label: Naxos
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The Argo Years / Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Label: Decca Catalog: 002081902 Release Date: 06/03/2014 Number of Discs: 28
Composer: George Frideric Handel, Arcangelo Corelli, Giuseppe Torelli, Pietro Antonio Locatelli ...
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Mozart: Requiem

Label: Rco Live Catalog: 14002 Release Date: 05/27/2014 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Gerald Finley, Mark Padmore, Genia Kühmeier
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Sir Colin Davis - The Complete RCA Legacy

Label: Rca Catalog: 300607 Release Date: 04/15/2014 Number of Discs: 51
Composer: Richard Wagner, Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jean Sibelius ...
Performer: Jan-Hendrik Rootering, Barbara Fleckenstein, Ben Heppner, Heinrich Weber ...
Conductor: Sir Colin Davis
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Bavarian State Opera Chorus ...

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Bruno Walter conducts Mozart

Label: Sony Catalog: 7906832 Release Date: 03/25/2014 Number of Discs: 6
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Zino Francescatti, Irmgard Seefried, Léopold Simoneau, Jennie Tourel ...
Conductor: Bruno Walter
Orchestra/Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Westminster Choir

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Mozart: Requiem / Butt, Dunedin Consort

Label: Linn Records Catalog: 449 Release Date: 03/25/2014 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Joanne Lunn, Rowan Hellier, Thomas Hobbs, Matthew Brook
Conductor: John Butt
Orchestra/Ensemble: Dunedin Consort

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem; Adagio & Fugue

Label: Linn Records Catalog: 211 Release Date: 02/25/2014 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Timothy Robinson, Susan Gritton, Peter [Bass Vocal] Rose
Conductor: Sir Charles Mackerras

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The Westminster Legacy

Label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalog: 001999302 Release Date: 02/18/2014 Number of Discs: 40
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Joseph Haydn, Gustav Mahler ...
Performer: Sena Jurinac, Lucretia West, Hans Loeffler, Frederick Guthrie ...
Conductor: Hermann Scherchen, Pierre Monteux, René Leibowitz, Erich Leinsdorf ...
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Mozart - 1781-91, The Decade of Masterpieces

Label: Harmonia Mundi Catalog: 2908409 Release Date: 01/14/2014 Number of Discs: 8
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Bernarda Fink, Graciela Oddone, Marcel Boone, Werner Güra ...
Conductor: René Jacobs, Philippe Herreweghe, Gottfried Von der Goltz, Andrew Manze
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Erato - 50 CD Collection

Label: Erato Catalog: 46441 Release Date: 11/19/2013 Number of Discs: 50
Composer: Tomaso Albinoni, Giuseppe Tartini, Georg Philipp Telemann, Giuseppe Torelli ...
Performer: Maurice André, Pierre Pierlot, Paul Hongne, Jacques Chambon ...
Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner, Jean-François Paillard, Frigyes Sándor, Kent Nagano ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ens., Paillard Chamber Orchestra, Vienna Soloists ...

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Mozart: Requiem / Harnoncourt, Yakar, Wenkel, Equiluz, Holl

Label: Arthaus Musik Catalog: 107295 Release Date: 11/19/2013 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Ortrun Wenkel, Rachel Yakar, Kurt Equiluz, Robert Holl
Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna Concentus Musicus, Vienna State Opera Chorus Konzertvereinigung

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Mozart: Requiem / Prohaska, Mingardo, Schmitt, Pape, Abbado

Label: Accentus Catalog: 20258 Release Date: 08/27/2013 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: René Pape, Sara Mingardo, Anna Prohaska, Maximilian Schmitt
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus, Swedish Radio Chorus, Lucerne Festival Orchestra

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Mozart: Requiem / Prohaska, Mingardo, Schmitt, Pape, Abbado [blu-ray]

Label: Accentus Catalog: 10258 Release Date: 08/27/2013 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Maximilian Schmitt, Sara Mingardo, Anna Prohaska, René Pape
Conductor: Claudio Abbado
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus, Swedish Radio Chorus, Lucerne Festival Orchestra

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W. A. Mozart: Requiem

Label: United Recordings Catalog: 2013006 Release Date: 08/27/2013 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Julia Kleiter, Klaus Mertens, Daniel Sans
Conductor: Ralf Otto

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Mozart: Requiem Realisations / Cleobury

Label: King's College Choir Catalog: 2 Release Date: 04/09/2013 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Duncan Druce, Michael Finnissy, Robert D. Levin ...
Performer: Christine Rice, Elin Manahan Thomas, James Gilchrist, Christopher Purves
Conductor: Stephen Cleobury
Orchestra/Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music, Cambridge King's College Choir
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Mozart: Requiem; Bruckner: Te Deum / Barenboim

Label: Warner Classics Catalog: 332932 Release Date: 02/26/2013 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Anton Bruckner, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Robert Tear, Don Garrard, Anne Pashley, Dame Janet Baker ...
Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
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Mozart: Requiem

Label: Warner Classics Catalog: 352962 Release Date: 02/12/2013 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Nancy Argenta, Alastair [Bass Vocal] Miles, John Mark Ainsley
Conductor: Roger Norrington

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Mozart 111 [55-CD Set]

Label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalog: 001766872 Release Date: 11/13/2012 Number of Discs: 55
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Géza Anda, Emil Gilels, Elena Gilels, Maurizio Pollini ...
Conductor: Trevor Pinnock, James Levine, Herbert von Karajan, Marc Minkowski ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: English Concert, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ...

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Austria, Belgium - - A Musical Visit To Salzburg And Vienna, Brussels And Tournai

Label: Naxos Catalog: 2110333 Release Date: 08/28/2012 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Haydn: Insanae Et Vanae Curae; Mozart: Requiem; Ave Verum Corpus

Label: Apex Catalog: 660707 Release Date: 06/26/2012 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Frances Bourne, Carys Lane, Paul Badley, Matthew Brook
Conductor: Nigel Short
Orchestra/Ensemble: Tenebrae, Chamber Orchestra of Europe

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The Early Years - Bohm Conducts Mozart

Label: Philips Catalog: 438956 Release Date: 06/17/2012 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Waldemar Kmentt, Ira Malaniuk, Kurt Böhme, Teresa Stich-Randall
Conductor: Karl Böhm
Orchestra/Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

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Great Sacred Masterpieces

Label: Naxos Catalog: 8501062 Release Date: 04/24/2012 Number of Discs: 10
Composer: Thomas Tallis, Gregorio Allegri, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ...
Performer: Anna Gonda, Julia Faulkner, Nicholas Gedge, Lisa Beckley ...
Conductor: Jeremy Summerly, Michael Halász, Johannes Wildner, László Kovács ...
Orchestra/Ensemble: Oxford Camerata, Schola Cantorum Oxford, Camerata Budapest ...
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Mozart: Requiem, Exultate Jubilate / Giulini, Marriner

Label: Warner Classics Catalog: 6787022 Release Date: 03/26/2012 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Unspecified, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Robert [Bass Vocal] Lloyd, Christa Ludwig, Robert Tear, Helen Donath ...
Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini, Sir Neville Marriner

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Mozart: Requiem

Label: Archipel Catalog: 169 Release Date: 01/01/2012 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Celibidache Vol 4 - Sacred Music & Opera / Munich Phiharmonic

Label: Warner Classics Catalog: 85617 Release Date: 11/29/2011 Number of Discs: 11
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johannes Brahms, Richard Wagner ...
Performer: Anton Scharinger, Yaron Windmuller, Peter Schreier, Barbara Bonney ...
Conductor: Sergiu Celibidache
Orchestra/Ensemble: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Munich Philharmonic Choir, Munich Bach Choir

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Choral Classics - Mozart

Label: Brilliant Classics Catalog: 94264 Release Date: 11/15/2011 Number of Discs: 11
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Barbara Werner, Robert Morvai, Thomas Pfeiffer, Pamela Heuvelmans ...
Conductor: Nicol Matt
Orchestra/Ensemble: South German Chamber Philharmonia, Chamber Choir of Europe, Kurpfälzisches Chamber Orchestra ...
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