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Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39, 40 & 41 / Blomstedt, BRSO
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Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39, 40 & 41 / Blomstedt, BRSO

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Details

Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Artist
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Format
CD
Label
BR Klassik
Released
Mar 24, 2023
Catalog #
BRK900196
UPC
4035719001969

About

For today’s musicologists, performers and concert-going audiences, Mozart’s final symphonies are still a veritable miracle. Why they were written remains a mystery, and no-one knows whether Mozart ever heard them performed during his lifetime. One thing is certain: Mozart created three individual, distinctive and unique works here, which complement each other despite their extreme diversity. The symphonies in E Major, K 543 (no. 39), G minor, K. 550 (no. 40), and C Major, K. 551 (no. 41, also known as “The Jupiter”) are the ones that most represent Mozart’s symphonic legacy to later generations of musicians. With its slow introduction, the Symphony in E flat major also opens the entire cycle, already giving the listener a sense of its highs and lows. As early as 1800, the popular "Great" G minor Symphony was praised as the “painting of a passion-stricken soul”. Like its big sister, the "Jupiter" Symphony in C Major, it numbers among the most-played works in classical music and has been immortalized in countless recordings. Nevertheless, these symphonies - probably the most profound ones before Beethoven - reveal themselves as something quite new in every interpretation.

"Mozart placed all the dark sides of human existence into his G minor Symphony", says Herbert Blomstedt, adding that its “passion” continues to fascinate him. The eminent Swedish conductor Herbert Blomstedt, a close associate and regular guest conductor of the BRSO, conducted the E Major Symphony on December 18 and 19, 2019 in the Philharmonie at the Munich Gasteig, the G minor Symphony in concerts on January 31 and February 1, 2013 and the "Jupiter" Symphony on December 21 and 22, 2017 in the Herkulessaal of Munich’s Residenz. The new 2-CD set from BR-KLASSIK now presents these great cornerstones of Mozart's symphonic oeuvre –in the very best sound quality.

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Adagio - Allegro 10:01
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Adagio - Allegro
    Duration
    10:01
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Herbert Blomstedt
  3. 2 II. Andante con moto 07:38
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante con moto
    Duration
    07:38
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Herbert Blomstedt
  4. 3 III. Menuetto: Allegretto 04:12
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Menuetto: Allegretto
    Duration
    04:12
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Herbert Blomstedt
  5. 4 IV. Finale: Allegro 08:03
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Finale: Allegro
    Duration
    08:03
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Herbert Blomstedt
  6. 5 I. Molto allegro 07:52
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Molto allegro
    Duration
    07:52
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Herbert Blomstedt
  7. 6 II. Andante 12:18
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    12:18
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Herbert Blomstedt
  8. 7 III. Menuetto: Allegretto 04:30
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Menuetto: Allegretto
    Duration
    04:30
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Herbert Blomstedt
  9. 8 IV. Allegro assai 09:29
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Allegro assai
    Duration
    09:29
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Herbert Blomstedt
  10. Disc 2
  11. 1 I. Allegro vivace 10:59
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    10:59
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Herbert Blomstedt
  12. 2 II. Andante cantabile 10:34
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante cantabile
    Duration
    10:34
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Herbert Blomstedt
  13. 3 III. Menuetto: Allegretto 05:10
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Menuetto: Allegretto
    Duration
    05:10
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Herbert Blomstedt
  14. 4 IV. Molto allegro 11:47
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Molto allegro
    Duration
    11:47
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Herbert Blomstedt