Browse: Mozart - Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–91)Genres:
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... — More…
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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…... — More…
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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... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Opus Klassik, 2022, Ensemble/Orchestra of the Year
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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... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2019, Orchestral Choice
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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... — More…
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They certainly play with precision and verve, with a nod towards period practice in their approach to Mozart, but also with an implication that ‘Mozart’s music must be completely alive and continue... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Presto Editor's Choice, December 2018
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Bernstein's electrifying account of No. 40 is keenly dramatic, individual and stylish, with the finale delightfully airy and fresh. If anything, the Jupiter is even finer: it is both exhilarating... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 29 & 40, Oboe Concerto
Ivan Podyomov (oboe), Il Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
In the Oboe Concerto, the supple and beautiful tone conjured by Ivan Podyomov (from a modern copy of a period instrument) is as appealing as his poised musicianship. — More…
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Surprisingly crisp and spry these readings may be, but the result sounds and feels authentically Mozartian, Jacobs coaxing alert and alive playing from a band on the very top of their form. — More…
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Building a Library, February 2020, Recommended Recording
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