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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The Tokyo String Quartet plays Haydn & Mozart
The Tokyo String Quartet plays Haydn & Mozart
Release Date: 11/13/2015   Label: Rca  
Catalog: 88875124582   Number of Discs: 5
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Mozart: Da Ponte Operas / Harnoncourt, Zurich Opera House
Mozart: Da Ponte Operas / Harnoncourt, Zurich Opera House
Release Date: 07/29/2016   Label: Arthaus Musik  
Catalog: 109235   Number of Discs: 6
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Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Die Zauberflote / Royal Opera House
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, Die Zauberflote / Royal Opera House
Release Date: 10/28/2014   Label: Opus Arte  
Catalog: 7155   Number of Discs: 5
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Mozart: Don Giovanni / Krips, Siepi, Della Casa, Berry, Vienna PO
Mozart: Don Giovanni / Krips, Siepi, Della Casa, Berry, Vienna PO
Release Date: 03/31/2009   Label: Decca  
Catalog: 001268502   Number of Discs: 3
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Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro / Giulini, Taddei, Moffo, Wachter
Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro / Giulini, Taddei, Moffo, Wachter
Release Date: 03/26/2013   Label: Warner Classics  
Catalog: 359592   Number of Discs: 2
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    The #1 Tenor Album / Alagna, Bergonzi, Björling, Et Al
    The #1 Tenor Album / Alagna, Bergonzi, Björling, Et Al
    Label: Decca   Catalog: 470021 Release Date: 07/10/2001   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Francesco Cilèa,  Gioachino Rossini,  Ruggero Leoncavallo,  Giacomo Puccini  ... 
    Performer:  José Carreras,  Luciano Pavarotti,  Mario Del Monaco,  Jussi Björling  ... 
    Conductor:  Zubin Mehta,  Piero Gamba,  Francesco Molinari-Pradelli,  Maurizio Benini  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Rome Opera Teatro Reale Orchestra,  Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra,  Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra  ... 
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    Lebendige Vergangenheit - Modest Menzinsky
    Lebendige Vergangenheit - Modest Menzinsky
    Label: Preiser Records   Catalog: 89199 Release Date: 09/26/2000   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Ruggero Leoncavallo,  Jan Karol Gall,  Mykola Lysenko,  Richard Wagner  ... 
    Performer:  Modest Menzinsky
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    The Best Of Opera Vol 4
    The Best Of Opera Vol 4
    Label: Naxos   Catalog: 8554682 Release Date: 06/13/2000   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Gioachino Rossini,  Ruggero Leoncavallo,  Pietro Mascagni,  Georges Bizet  ... 
    Performer:  Ewa Podles,  Thomas Harper,  Teresa Ringholz,  Katarina Dalayman  ... 
    Conductor:  Piergiorgio Morandi,  Alexander Rahbari,  Michael Halász,  Arnold Östman  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Hungarian State Opera Orchestra,  Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra,  Slovak State Opera Chorus  ... 
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    The Civil War / Douglas Jimerson
    The Civil War / Douglas Jimerson
    Label: Amerimusic   Catalog: 21005 Release Date: 04/18/2000   Number of Discs: 4
    Composer:  Sidney M. Grannis,  W. S. Mygrant,  Daniel Butterfield,  David T. Shaw  ... 
    Performer:  Shawn Myers,  Douglas Jimerson,  Harvey Jacobson,  Rob Prosser  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Wildcat Regiment Band
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    Great Tenors Of The Century - Cura, Seiffert, Alagna, Et Al
    Great Tenors Of The Century - Cura, Seiffert, Alagna, Et Al
    Label: Teldec   Catalog: 429403 Release Date: 03/07/2000   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Ruggero Leoncavallo,  Giuseppe Verdi,  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Richard Wagner  ... 
    Performer:  Placido Domingo,  Enrico Caruso,  Joseph Schmidt,  Helge Rosvaenge  ... 
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  • 81.
    Music for Two Clarinets and Bassoon by Mozart and Lasalle
    Music for Two Clarinets and Bassoon by Mozart and Lasalle
    Label: Antes Edition   Catalog: 319150 Release Date: 03/03/2000   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Rick LaSalle,  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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  • 82.
    Lincoln's Favorite Music / Douglas Jimerson
    Lincoln's Favorite Music / Douglas Jimerson
    Label: Amerimusic   Catalog: 21002 Release Date: 06/08/1999   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Sidney M. Grannis,  Daniel Butterfield,  David T. Shaw,  Stephen Foster  ... 
    Performer:  Shawn Myers,  Douglas Jimerson,  Harvey Jacobson,  Mark Elrod  ... 
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  • 83.
    Andras Molnar, Tenor
    Label: Hungaroton   Catalog: 31773 Release Date: 12/15/1998   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Charles Gounod,  Georges Bizet,  Giacomo Puccini,  Richard Wagner  ... 
    Performer:  András Molnár
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  • 84.
    A Portrait Of Mozart
    A Portrait Of Mozart
    Label: Nimbus   Catalog: 1756 Release Date: 10/20/1998   Number of Discs: 6
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer:  Martyn Hill,  Julia Bernheimer,  Gundula Janowitz,  David Thomas  ... 
    Conductor:  Roy Goodman,  Barry Wordsworth,  Yan Pascal Tortelier
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Hanover Band Chorus,  Hanover Band,  Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra  ... 
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    Siegfried Jerusalem - Great Tenor Arias
    Siegfried Jerusalem - Great Tenor Arias
    Label: Sony   Catalog: 60526 Release Date: 09/22/1998   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Carl Maria von Weber,  Jaromir Weinberger,  Erich Wolfgang Korngold,  Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky  ... 
    Performer:  Siegfried Jerusalem,  Lucia Popp,  Hermann Prey
    Conductor:  Gabriel Chmura,  Josef Schmidhuber,  Marek Janowski
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra,  Bavarian Radio Chorus
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    Magic Flutes / Jean-pierre Rampal, Claudi Arimany
    Magic Flutes / Jean-pierre Rampal, Claudi Arimany
    Label: Delos   Catalog: 3226 Release Date: 08/25/1998   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  François Devienne,  Georg Philipp Telemann,  Michel Blavet,  Wilhelm Friedemann Bach  ... 
    Performer:  Jean-Pierre Rampal,  Claudi Arimany
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  • 87.
    Von Der Königlichen Hofoper Zur Staatsoper Unter Den Linden
    Von Der Königlichen Hofoper Zur Staatsoper Unter Den Linden
    Label: Preiser Records   Catalog: 89403 Release Date: 07/21/1998   Number of Discs: 4
    Composer:  Carl Maria von Weber,  Ruggero Leoncavallo,  Richard Wagner,  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  ... 
    Performer:  Tiana Lemnitz,  Josef Mann,  Ludwig Suthaus,  Paula Buchner  ... 
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    Mozart: Die Zauberflote Highlights / Solti, Burrows, Deutekom
    Mozart: Die Zauberflote Highlights / Solti, Burrows, Deutekom
    Label: London/Decca Opera Gala Series   Catalog: 458213 Release Date: 06/09/1998   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer:  Stuart Burrows,  Pilar Lorengar,  Hans Sotin,  René Kollo  ... 
    Conductor:  Sir Georg Solti
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,  Vienna State Opera Chorus
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    Mozart: The Magic Flute (Highlights) /Halász, Lippert, Et Al
    Mozart: The Magic Flute (Highlights) /Halász, Lippert, Et Al
    Label: Naxos   Catalog: 8553438 Release Date: 09/30/1997   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer:  Herbert Lippert,  Georg Tichy,  Hellen Kwon,  Elisabeth Norberg-Schulz  ... 
    Conductor:  Michael Halász
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Failoni Orchestra Budapest,  Hungarian Festival Chorus
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    Four Scandinavian Tenors Of The Past
    Four Scandinavian Tenors Of The Past
    Label: Preiser Records   Catalog: 89986 Release Date: 08/19/1997   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Eugène d' Albert,  Giacomo Puccini,  Giuseppe Verdi,  Wilhelm Kienzl  ... 
    Performer:  Torsten Ralf,  Josef Herrmann,  Gunnar Graarud,  Björn Talén  ... 
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    Lebendige Vergangenheit - Richard Tauber
    Lebendige Vergangenheit - Richard Tauber
    Label: Preiser Records   Catalog: 89144 Release Date: 05/20/1997   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Carl Maria von Weber,  Richard Strauss,  Wilhelm Kienzl,  Eugène d' Albert  ... 
    Performer:  Richard Tauber,  Percy Kahn
    Conductor:  Frieder Weissmann,  Ernst Hauke,  Henry Ernest Geehl,  Walter Goehr  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra
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  • 92.
    Fritz Wunderlich - Opernarien - Mozart, Rossini, Et Al
    Fritz Wunderlich - Opernarien - Mozart, Rossini, Et Al
    Label: Orfeo D'or   Catalog: 445961 Release Date: 02/18/1997   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Gioachino Rossini,  Ruggero Leoncavallo,  Giuseppe Verdi,  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  ... 
    Performer:  Fritz Wunderlich
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra
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    Lebendige Vergangenheit - Herbert Ernst Groh
    Lebendige Vergangenheit - Herbert Ernst Groh
    Label: Preiser Records   Catalog: 89140 Release Date: 02/18/1997   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Peter Cornelius,  Gioachino Rossini,  Wilhelm Kienzl,  Jacques Offenbach  ... 
    Performer:  Herbert Ernst Groh,  Emmy Bettendorf,  Gitta Alpar
    Conductor:  Frieder Weissmann,  Otto Dobrindt,  Robert Heger
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra,  Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra,  Odeon-Künstler Orchestra  ... 
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    Lebendige Vergangenheit - Leo Slezak Vol 2
    Lebendige Vergangenheit - Leo Slezak Vol 2
    Label: Preiser Records   Catalog: 89136 Release Date: 10/15/1996   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  François Boieldieu,  Giacomo Meyerbeer,  Jacques Halévy  ... 
    Performer:  Leo Slezak,  Friedrich Weidemann
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    Mozart: Die Zauberflöte - Highlights / Harnoncourt, Et Al
    Mozart: Die Zauberflöte - Highlights / Harnoncourt, Et Al
    Label: Teldec   Catalog: 894849 Release Date: 09/03/1996   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer:  Antti Suhonen,  Thomas Moser,  Hans-Peter Blochwitz,  Barbara Bonney  ... 
    Conductor:  Nikolaus Harnoncourt
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Zurich Opera Chorus,  Zurich Opera Orchestra
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    Der Junge Richard Tauber - Arien Und Duette 1919-1926
    Der Junge Richard Tauber - Arien Und Duette 1919-1926
    Label: Preiser Records   Catalog: 89219 Release Date: 05/21/1996   Number of Discs: 2
    Composer:  Erich Wolfgang Korngold,  Gioachino Rossini,  Giuseppe Verdi,  Giacomo Puccini  ... 
    Performer:  Richard Tauber,  Benno Ziegler,  Lotte Lehmann,  Emmy Bettendorf  ... 
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    Grosse Mozartsänger Vol 1 - Opernarien 1922-1942
    Grosse Mozartsänger Vol 1 - Opernarien 1922-1942
    Label: Orfeo D'or   Catalog: 394101 Release Date: 09/19/1995   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer:  Res Fischer,  Hans Hotter,  Helena Braun,  Irma Beilke  ... 
    Conductor:  Clemens Krauss,  Josef Krips,  Bruno Walter,  Arturo Toscanini  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra,  Philharmonia Orchestra
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    Grosse Mozartsänger Vol 2 - Opernarien 1949-1960
    Grosse Mozartsänger Vol 2 - Opernarien 1949-1960
    Label: Orfeo D'or   Catalog: 394201 Release Date: 09/19/1995   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer:  Walter Berry,  Eberhard Wächter,  Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,  Léopold Simoneau  ... 
    Conductor:  Herbert von Karajan,  George Szell,  Karl Böhm,  Sir Georg Solti  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
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    Immortal Voices Of The Vienna Opera
    Immortal Voices Of The Vienna Opera
    Label: Preiser Records   Catalog: 89999 Release Date: 02/07/1995   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Ruggero Leoncavallo,  Richard Wagner,  Giuseppe Verdi,  Richard Strauss  ... 
    Performer:  Leo Slezak,  Hilde Konetzni,  Hans Hermann Nissen,  Franz Völker  ... 
    Conductor:  Manfred Gurlitt,  Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt,  Bruno Seidler-Winkler,  Franz Alfred Schmidt  ... 
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Orchestra
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    Lebendige Vergangenheit - Franz Völker Vol 2
    Lebendige Vergangenheit - Franz Völker Vol 2
    Label: Preiser Records   Catalog: 89070 Release Date: 02/07/1995   Number of Discs: 1
    Composer:  Carl Maria von Weber,  Richard Wagner,  Bedrich Smetana,  Ruggero Leoncavallo  ... 
    Performer:  Franz Völker,  Irmgard Langhammer
    Conductor:  Gerhard Steeger,  Johannes Schüler,  Alois Melichar,  Franz Alfred Schmidt
    Orchestra/Ensemble:  Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra,  Berlin State Opera Orchestra
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