Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 29 & 40

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Release Date: 5th Jul 2010
Catalogue No: 6285892
Label: Erato
Series: Virgo
Length: 77 minutes

Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550

Work length29:35

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Northern Sinfonia
Heinrich Schiff
Recorded: 1990-09-30
Recording Venue: September 1990, All Saints Church, Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne

Molto allegro

Track length7:02

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Andante

Track length9:23

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Menuetto

Track length3:53

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Allegro assai

Track length9:17

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Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A major, K201

Work length27:40

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Northern Sinfonia
Heinrich Schiff
Recorded: 1990-09-30
Recording Venue: September 1990, All Saints Church, Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne

Allegro moderato

Track length10:27

Album only

Andante

Track length7:10

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Menuetto

Track length3:18

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Allegro con spirito

Track length6:45

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Mozart: Serenade No. 13 in G major, K525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik'

Work length19:49

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Northern Sinfonia
Heinrich Schiff
Recorded: 1990-09-30
Recording Venue: September 1990, All Saints Church, Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne

I. Allegro

Track length7:42

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II. Romanze (Andante)

Track length5:32

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III. Menuetto (Allegretto)

Track length2:23

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IV. Rondo (Allegro)

Track length4:12

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The symphonies Mozart wrote in his youth bear witness to the remarkable assurance of a composer whose genius was already in full flower. In 1773, on returning to Salzburg after spending several months in Italy, the seventeen-year-old Mozart resumed his position as Konzertmeister at the court of the archbishop. He had brought back from his stay in Italy a profound grasp of the art of instrumental writing, and it is from this period that his four-movement Symphony No.29 in A major (K201) dates. By turns energetic, nostalgic and witty, this work is imbued with a new spirit.

The celebrated Symphony No.40 in G minor (K550) dates from 1788 and is one of the most dramatic of all Mozart’s works. This symphony dispenses with any kind of slow introduction, plunging the listener straight into a dark-toned and restless Molto allegro that is full of contrasts, sparely orchestrated and shot through with bold modulations. This is followed by a meditative, almost desolate Andante. The down-to-earth humour of the robust Menuetto was remarked on by Berlioz, and the symphony ends with an Allegro assai that is permeated by an anguish and a profundity that look forward to German romanticism.

Completed on 10 August 1787, Eine kleine Nachtmusik (K525) is one of Mozart’s most frequently played serenades. Its four movements are models of balance, elegance and poetry.

Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 29 & 40

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