Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Born: Jan 27, 1756; Austria   Died: Dec 5, 1791; Austria   Period: Classical
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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Lili Kraus plays Mozart Piano Concertos
Lili Kraus plays Mozart Piano Concertos
Release Date: 06/16/2017   Label: Sony  
Catalog: 88985302582   Number of Discs: 12
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Mozart: Haydn Quartets / Auryn Quartet
Mozart: Haydn Quartets / Auryn Quartet
Release Date: 04/20/2018   Label: Tacet  
Catalog: 972   Number of Discs: 3
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Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik / Sobotka, Istropolitana
Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik / Sobotka, Istropolitana
Release Date: 06/30/1992   Label: Naxos  
Catalog: 8550026   Number of Discs: 1
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Mozart: Violin Sonatas Vol 1 / Takako Nishizaki, Jenö Jandó
Mozart: Violin Sonatas Vol 1 / Takako Nishizaki, Jenö Jandó
Release Date: 11/21/1995   Label: Naxos  
Catalog: 8553110   Number of Discs: 1
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Vol. 4
Mozart: Piano Concertos Vol. 4
Release Date: 02/15/1994   Label: Naxos  
Catalog: 8550204   Number of Discs: 1
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    Mozart Vol 2 - Arias / Pierrette Alarie, Léopold Simoneau
    Mozart Vol 2 - Arias / Pierrette Alarie, Léopold Simoneau
    Label: Hafg   Catalog: 10334 Release Date: 05/14/2007   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer:  Léopold Simoneau,  Pierrette Alarie
    Conductor:  André Jouve
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Champs-Élysées Theater Orchestra
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    Mozart/Went: Opera Excerpts For Flute And String Trio Vol 2
    Mozart/Went: Opera Excerpts For Flute And String Trio Vol 2
    Label: Nimbus   Catalog: 5805 Release Date: 04/10/2007   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer:  Christophe Pantillon,  Peter Sagaischek,  Sebastian Gürtler,  Hansgeorg Schmeiser
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Volksoper Soloists
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  • 78.
    Cafe Mozart
    Label: Tonal Reality   Catalog: 5637406660 Release Date: 12/05/2006   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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  • 79.
    Le Nozze Di Figaro - Romance On The Piano / Babette Dorn
    Le Nozze Di Figaro - Romance On The Piano / Babette Dorn
    Label: Genuin Classics   Catalog: 86067 Release Date: 11/12/2006   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Frederic Kalkbrenner,  Ludwig van Beethoven,  Johann Nepomuk Hummel  ... 
    Performer:  Babette Dorn
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    Mozart Jubileum / Isokoski, Garanca, Et Al
    Mozart Jubileum / Isokoski, Garanca, Et Al
    Label: Ondine   Catalog: 1078 Release Date: 06/27/2006   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer:  Elina Garanca,  Jorma Hynninen,  Kari Kriikku,  Soile Isokoski  ... 
    Conductor:  Alexander Vilumanis,  Eri Klas,  John Storgårds,  Peter Schreier  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Latvian National Symphony Orchestra,  Estonian State Symphony Orchestra,  Tapiola Sinfonietta  ... 
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  • 81.
    Mozart In Love / Paula Robison
    Mozart In Love / Paula Robison
    Label: Pergola   Catalog: 1033 Release Date: 06/06/2006   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer:  Paula Robison,  Mark Gainer
    Conductor:  Bundit Ungrangsee
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Charleston Symphony Orchestra
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    Enchantment / Magdalena Kozená
    Enchantment / Magdalena Kozená
    Label: Deutsche Grammophon   Catalog: 000657612 Release Date: 05/09/2006   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Jean-Philippe Rameau,  Johann Christoph Bach,  Johann Sebastian Bach,  Josef Myslivecek  ... 
    Performer:  Magdalena Kozená,  Barbara Maria Willi,  Claire Delgado-Boge,  Edwige Parat  ... 
    Conductor:  Marc Minkowski,  Reinhard Goebel,  Paul McCreesh,  Michel Swierczewski  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Les Musiciens du Louvre,  Musica Antiqua Cologne,  Gabrieli Players  ... 
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  • 83.
    Mozart For My Baby
    Mozart For My Baby
    Label: Erato   Catalog: 51793 Release Date: 05/02/2006   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Bernhard Flies
    Performer:  Dagmar Schellenberger,  Semeon Skigin,  Andreas Schmidt,  Catherine Pierard  ... 
    Conductor:  Sir Neville Marriner,  Franz Welser-Möst,  Roger Norrington,  Jean-Bernard Pommier  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Academy of St. Martin in the Fields,  Stockholm Chamber Orchestra,  London Classical Players  ... 
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  • 84.
    Evelyn Lear - An 80th Birthday Tribute
    Evelyn Lear - An 80th Birthday Tribute
    Label: Vai Audio   Catalog: 1245 Release Date: 03/28/2006   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Sergei Rachmaninov,  Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky,  Gabriel Fauré,  Reynaldo Hahn  ... 
    Performer:  Evelyn Lear,  Rudolf Jansen,  Martin Katz,  Thomas Stewart  ... 
    Conductor:  Richard Kraus,  Dean Dixon,  Winfried Zillig,  Carlos Kleiber  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,  Hessian Radio Orchestra Frankfurt,  Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra  ... 
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  • 85.
    Alain Marion - A Life In Music
    Alain Marion - A Life In Music
    Label: Analekta   Catalog: 298502 Release Date: 03/21/2006   Number of Discs: 3
    Composer:  Johann Sebastian Bach,  George Frideric Handel,  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Ludwig van Beethoven  ... 
    Performer:  Louis Noël Belaubre,  Alain Marion,  Jean Barthe,  Angèle Dubeau  ... 
    Conductor:  Karl Ristenpart,  Raymond Guiot
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Sarre Chamber Orchestra,  Orchestre Symphonique
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  • 86.
    Mozart 250 - A Celebration
    Mozart 250 - A Celebration
    Label: Sony   Catalog: 75944 Release Date: 02/07/2006   Number of Discs: 3
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer:  Lin Cho-Liang,  Jaime Laredo,  Alicia de Larrocha,  James Galway  ... 
    Conductor:  Raymond Leppard,  Sir Colin Davis,  Eduardo Mata,  Erich Leinsdorf  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Chamber Orchestra,  London Symphony Orchestra,  New Philharmonia Orchestra  ... 
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  • 87.
    Mozart - The Supreme Decorator / Mackerras, Hanover Band
    Mozart - The Supreme Decorator / Mackerras, Hanover Band
    Label: Opera Rara   Catalog: 232 Release Date: 01/10/2006   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Johann Christian Bach,  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer:  Elizabeth Futral,  Majella Cullagh,  Diana Montague,  Rachel Brown  ... 
    Conductor:  Sir Charles Mackerras
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Hanover Band
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  • 88.
    The Very Best Of Mozart
    The Very Best Of Mozart
    Label: Naxos   Catalog: 8552111-12 Release Date: 10/18/2005   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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  • 89.
    Frederica Von Stade Sings Mozart & Rossini Arias
    Frederica Von Stade Sings Mozart & Rossini Arias
    Label: Pentatone   Catalog: 5186158 Release Date: 08/16/2005   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Gioachino Rossini,  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer:  Frederica Von Stade
    Conductor:  Edo de Waart
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
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  • 90.
    Essential Opera
    Essential Opera
    Label: Decca   Catalog: 000491402 Release Date: 08/09/2005   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Gioachino Rossini,  Charles Gounod,  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Giacomo Puccini  ... 
    Performer:  Cecilia Bartoli,  Leo Nucci,  Michael Kraus,  Mirella Freni  ... 
    Conductor:  Giuseppe Patané,  Richard Bonynge,  Sir Georg Solti,  Herbert von Karajan  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra,  Ambrosian Opera Chorus,  London Symphony Orchestra  ... 
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  • 91.
    El Efecto Mozart: Música Para Niños Vol 2
    El Efecto Mozart: Música Para Niños Vol 2
    Label: Children's Group   Catalog: 84387 Release Date: 04/19/2005   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Cambridge Buskers,  Salzburg Chamber Orchestra,  Northern Chamber Orchestra  ... 
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  • 92.
    100 Best Opera Classics
    100 Best Opera Classics
    Label: Emi Classics   Catalog: 862112 Release Date: 02/15/2005   Number of Discs: 6
    Composer:  Carl Maria von Weber,  Gioachino Rossini,  Richard Wagner,  Georges Bizet  ... 
    Performer:  Gary Lakes,  Maria Callas,  Tito Gobbi,  Nicolai Gedda  ... 
    Conductor:  James Conlon,  Alceo Galliera,  Lamberto Gardelli,  James Levine  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Cologne Philharmonic Orchestra,  Philharmonia Orchestra,  Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  ... 
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  • 93.
    Mozart: Arias / Andrea Rost
    Mozart: Arias / Andrea Rost
    Label: Warner Classics   Catalog: 62030 Release Date: 01/25/2005   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer:  Andrea Rost
    Conductor:  Tamás Pál
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Franz Liszt Academy Chamber Orchestra
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  • 94.
    The Most Relaxing Opera Music In The Universe
    The Most Relaxing Opera Music In The Universe
    Label: Denon Records   Catalog: 17331 Release Date: 09/07/2004   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Gioachino Rossini,  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  George Frideric Handel,  Gaetano Donizetti  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra
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  • 95.
    Mozart, Schubert: Opera & Concert Arias /Elly Ameling, Et Al
    Mozart, Schubert: Opera & Concert Arias /Elly Ameling, Et Al
    Label: Pentatone   Catalog: 5186133 Release Date: 08/17/2004   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Franz Schubert
    Performer:  Elly Ameling,  Dalton Baldwin
    Conductor:  Edo de Waart
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Chamber Orchestra,  Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra
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  • 96.
    Belle Voci - Arias
    Belle Voci - Arias
    Label: Analekta   Catalog: 29762 Release Date: 05/18/2004   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Johann Sebastian Bach,  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  George Frideric Handel,  Ludwig van Beethoven  ... 
    Performer:  Suzie LeBlanc,  Lyne Fortin,  Luc Beauséjour,  Marie-Nicole Lemieux  ... 
    Conductor:  Jeanne Lamon,  Joseph Rescigno
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra,  L'Orchestre Metropolitan,  Montreal Opera Orchestra
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    Una Voce Poco Fa - Portrait Of Teresa Berganza
    Una Voce Poco Fa - Portrait Of Teresa Berganza
    Label: Decca   Catalog: 000233502 Release Date: 05/11/2004   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Jesus Guridi,  Gioachino Rossini,  Jesús y Gárate Arámbarri,  Manuel de Falla  ... 
    Performer:  Teresa Berganza,  Felix Lavilla Munarriz,  Roger Hager,  Geoffrey Parsons
    Conductor:  London Symphony Orchestra,  Sir Alexander Gibson,  Gerardo Gombau,  Benito Lauret  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Sir Alexander Gibson,  London Symphony Orchestra,  Orchestra  ... 
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  • 98.
    Opera Arias / Evelyn Lear, Et Al
    Opera Arias / Evelyn Lear, Et Al
    Label: Vai Audio   Catalog: 1224 Release Date: 03/16/2004   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  George Frideric Handel,  Richard Strauss,  Giuseppe Verdi  ... 
    Performer:  Evelyn Lear
    Conductor:  Karl Böhm,  Lorin Maazel,  Mathias Kunsche,  Carlos Kleiber  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra,  Salzburg Festival Orchestra,  Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra  ... 
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  • 99.
    Malena Ernman - My Love
    Malena Ernman - My Love
    Label: Bis   Catalog: 5020 Release Date: 10/01/2003   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Bo Nilsson,  Nils Lindberg,  Edward "Duke" Ellington,  Franz Schubert  ... 
    Performer:  Magnus Lindgren,  Malena Ernman,  Mats Bergström,  Hans Backenroth
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    The World's Very Best Opera For Kids...in English!
    The World's Very Best Opera For Kids...in English!
    Label: Children's Group   Catalog: 84341 Release Date: 09/23/2003   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Gioachino Rossini,  Giuseppe Verdi,  George Frideric Handel,  Giacomo Puccini  ... 
    Performer:  Erin Thrall,  Daniel Taylor,  Tracy Dahl,  Michael Schade  ... 
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