Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-91)
Composer
Possibly the most talented musician to have ever lived.
Born in Salzburg he was paraded through Europe as a child prodigy, not limited to a single instrument but as one that could do everything. He none the less worked hard in establishing himself as the foremost composer of the Classical period.
After his travels he took a position at the court of Archbishop of Salzburg but Mozart found him too demanding an employer. He then based himself in Vienna for the rest of his life, struggling to survive as a freelance composer at a time when court patronage was the norm.
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Further Reading: Mozart
Recording of the Week, Mozart's La clemenza di Tito from Yannick Nézet-Séguin
13th July 2018
Marina Rebeka and Joyce DiDonato strike sparks off one another as Vitellia and Sesto in a terrific new recording of Mozart's final opera, with Rolando Villazón as the idealistic emperor against whom they conspire.
Interview, Ian Page on Mozart in London
23rd April 2018
The conductor talks to Katherine about his new recording exploring the music which the young composer is likely to have encountered on his visit to the city in the mid-1760s.
Popular Works: Mozart
- Ave verum corpus, K618 (348)
- Bastien und Bastienne, K50 (9)
- Clarinet Concerto in A major, K622 (208)
- Clarinet Quintet in A major, K581 (182)
- Clarinet Trio in E flat major, K498 "Kegelstatt-Trio" (71)
- Così fan tutte, K588 (127)
- Der Schauspieldirektor, K486 (18)
- Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K384 (80)
- Die Zauberflöte, K620 (136)
- Don Giovanni, K527 (184)
- Exsultate, jubilate, K165 (109)
- Flute & Harp Concerto in C major, K299 (120)
- Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major, K313 (112)
- Flute Quartets Nos. 1-4 (34)
- Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major, K495 (121)
- Horn Concertos Nos. 1-4 (68)
- Horn Quintet in E flat, K407 (56)
- Idomeneo, K366 (48)
- La clemenza di Tito, K621 (31)
- La finta giardiniera, K196 (15)
- Le nozze di Figaro, K492 (172)
- Masonic Funeral Music in C minor, K477 (73)
- Mass in C major, K317 'Coronation Mass' (76)
- Mass in C minor, K427 'Great' (85)
- Mitridate, rè di Ponto, K87 (15)
- Notturno in D major K286 (18)
- Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K271 "Jeunehomme" (159)
- Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466 (336)
- Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K467 'Elvira Madigan' (274)
- Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K488 (274)
- Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K491 (215)
- Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K595 (199)
- Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K331 'Alla Turca' (224)
- Piano Sonatas 1-18 (38)
- Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat, K452 (100)
- Regina coeli in B flat, K127 (18)
- Requiem in D minor, K626 (268)
- Serenade No. 7 in D major, K250 'Haffner' (46)
- Serenade No. 13 in G major, K525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' (255)
- Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola & Orchestra in E flat major, K364 (148)
- Sinfonia concertante in E flat for Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon & Orchestra, K297b (71)
- Six Quartets dedicated to Haydn (Quartets 14-19) (12)
- String Quartet No. 17 in B flat major, K458 'The Hunt' (87)
- String Quartet No. 19 in C major, K465 'Dissonance' (104)
- String Quartet No. 20 in D major, K499 'Hoffmeister' (37)
- String Quartet No. 23 in F Major, K590 'Prussian No. 3' (51)
- String Quartets (Complete) (12)
- String Quintets Nos. 1-6 (17)
- Symphonies (Complete) (17)
- Symphony No. 29 in A major, K201 (174)
- Symphony No. 31 in D, K297 'Paris' (75)
- Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385 'Haffner' (212)
- Symphony No. 36 in C major, K425 'Linz' (140)
- Symphony No. 38 in D major, K504 'Prague' (191)
- Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K543 (252)
- Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550 (349)
- Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter' (322)
- Vesperae solennes de confessore in C, K339 (47)
- Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K216 (213)
- Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K218 (197)
- Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K219 'Turkish' (256)
- Violin Concertos Nos. 1-5 (42)
