Mozart - Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter'
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Orchestral » Symphonies
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These performances come from the first ever complete set of Mozart symphonies (reviewed above), and they still represent 'big orchestra' Mozart at its most congenial. The contrast between Böhm's... —
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Building a Library, November 2002, Mid-Price Choice
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Mackerras doesn't short-change us on the tenderness and often painful lyricism… nor is he afraid to relax the tempo as a festive or belligerent motif gives way to a gentler one, with the strings…... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2008, Orchestral Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2009, Disc of the Year & Orchestral Award Winner
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Building a Library, February 2020, Also Recommended
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Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39, 40 & 41
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Herbert Blomstedt
[Blomstedt] must be the oldest conductor still at work with some of the world’s major orchestras, but there’s nothing old-fashioned about these warm and heartfelt performances of Mozart ’s last... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Mozart: The Symphonies
The Beginning & The End
Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev (fortepiano/director)
Il Pomo d’Oro’s period style and approach suits a work which, like this one [Symphony No. 1], perches on the cusp between the Baroque and Classical eras...Given the underlying premise, the orchestral... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Conductor of the Year & Young Talent
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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For someone who had such a long career as a period-instrument violinist, Manze’s interpretations with the NDR Radiophilharmonie (of which he is now principal conductor) are surprisingly Romantic... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2019, Orchestral Choice
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Building A Library, November 2024, Recommended Recording (Symphony No. 40)
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These are generally no-nonsense accounts, with brisk tempos of a kind favoured these days in period-instrument performances...these are impressive, if somewhat unyielding performances, and they... —
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Mozart: Symphony No. 41 'Jupiter' - Haydn: Symphony No. 104 'London'
Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone
Dantone is able to build excitement not through extremes of tempo or eccentric expressive tweaks but by building the contrapuntal edifice patiently and allowing its symphonic rigour to make... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Editor's Choice
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The strings have a particularly inviting elastic, ‘gutty’ sound, free of the sparkle and sharp attack of metal-strung instruments. The mellow-toned period woodwind are particularly beautiful,... —
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New. Nikolaus Harnoncourt & The Royal Concertgebouw: The Complete Teldec Recordings
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
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42 CDs
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