Mozart: Symphonien Nr. 39, 40 & 41

For today's musicologists, performers and concert-going audiences, Mozart's final symphonies are still a veritable miracle. Why they were written remains a mystery, and no-one knows whether Mozart ever heard them performed during his lifetime. One thing is certain: Mozart created three individual, distinctive and unique works here, which complement each other despite their extreme diversity.\nThe symphonies in E Major, K 543 (no. 39), G minor, K. 550 (no. 40), and C Major, K. 551 (no. 41, also known as "The Jupiter") are the ones that most represent Mozart's symphonic legacy to later generations of musicians. With its slow introduction, the Symphony in E flat major also opens the entire cycle, already giving the listener a sense of its highs and lows.\nAs early as 1800, the popular "Great" G minor Symphony was praised as the "painting of a passion-stricken soul". Like its big sister, the "Jupiter" Symphony in C Major, it numbers among the most-played works in classical music and has been immortalized in countless recordings. Nevertheless, these symphonies - probably the most profound ones before Beethoven - reveal themselves as something quite new in every interpretation. "Mozart placed all the dark sides of human existence into his G minor Symphony", says Herbert Blomstedt, adding that its "passion" continues to fascinate him.\n\nThe eminent Swedish conductor Herbert Blomstedt, a close associate and regular guest conductor of the BRSO, conducted the E Major Symphony on December 18 and 19, 2019 in the Philharmonie at the Munich Gasteig, the G minor Symphony in concerts on January 31 and February 1, 2013 and the "Jupiter" Symphony on December 21 and 22, 2017 in the Herkulessaal of Munich's Residenz. The new 2-CD set from BR-KLASSIK now presents these great cornerstones of Mozart's symphonic oeuvre -in the very best sound quality.

Disc 1
1: I. Adagio - Allegro
2: II. Andante Con Moto
3: III. Menuetto. Allegretto - Trio
4: IV. Finale. Allegretto
5: I. Molto Allegro
6: II. Andante
7: III. Menuetto. Allegretto - Trio
8: IV. Allegro Assai

Disc 2
1: I. Allegro Vivace
2: II. Andante Cantabile
3: III. Menuetto. Allegretto - Trio
4: IV. Molto Allegro

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt

Number of Discs: 2

Orchestra: Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

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