Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer)
Born: 27th January 1756, Salzburg
Died: 5th December 1791, Vienna
Nationality: Austrian
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period.
Born in Salzburg, in the Holy Roman Empire, Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty, embarking on a grand tour. At 17, Mozart was engaged as a musician at the Salzburg court but grew restless and travelled in search of a better position.
While visiting Vienna in 1781, he was dismissed from his Salzburg position.
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Mozart and Strauss Lieder from Sabine Devieilhe & Mathieu Pordoy
The French coloratura soprano and her new recital-partner draw all manner of illuminating parallels between the two composers in a recital which includes Mozart's Das Kinderspiel and Abendempfindung & Strauss's Mädchenblumen, Morgen! and Amor.
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Maxim Emelyanychev on Mozart
In the wake of the second instalment of his Mozart symphonies series with Il Pomo d'Oro, the Russian conductor and harpsichordist recounts how he fell under the composer's spell aged four - and was thrown in at the deep end to conduct the Overture to Le nozze di Figaro just eight years later...
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Popular Works: Mozart
- Ave verum corpus, K618 (394)
- Clarinet Concerto in A major, K622 (229)
- Clarinet Quintet in A major, K581 (187)
- Don Giovanni, K527 (159)
- Fantasia in C minor, K475 (282)
- Fantasia in D minor, K397 (230)
- Le nozze di Figaro, K492 (150)
- Le nozze di Figaro, K492: Overture (232)
- Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K271 "Jeunehomme" (183)
- Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K414 (163)
- Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K453 (153)
- Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466 (320)
- Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K467 'Elvira Madigan' (251)
- Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K488 (285)
- Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K491 (218)
- Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K503 (187)
- Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K595 (202)
- Piano Sonata No. 5 in G, K283 (147)
- Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K310 (221)
- Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major, K330 (210)
- Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K331 'Alla Turca' (252)
- Piano Sonata No. 12 in F major, K332 (211)
- Piano Sonata No. 13 in B flat major, K333 (182)
- Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K457 (245)
- Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major, K545 'Facile' (195)
- Piano Sonata No. 17 in B flat major, K570 (166)
- Piano Sonata No. 18 in D major, K576 'Hunt' (172)
- Requiem in D minor, K626 (270)
- Rondo in A minor, K511 (161)
- Serenade No. 13 in G major, K525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' (258)
- Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola & Orchestra in E flat major, K364 (161)
- Symphony No. 29 in A major, K201 (159)
- Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385 'Haffner' (200)
- Symphony No. 38 in D major, K504 'Prague' (179)
- Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K543 (234)
- Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550 (378)
- Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter' (335)
- Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K216 (243)
- Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K218 (221)
- Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K219 'Turkish' (270)
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