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Mozart: The Symphonies
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CD DetailsComposer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer: Leopold Mozart Conductor: Karl Bohm Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Edition: Music CD Format: Box set CD Release Date: 2006-10-10 Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon Soundtracks: Music CD 1- Symphony No.1 in E flat, K.16 - 1. Molto allegro
- Symphony No.1 in E flat, K.16 - 2. Andante
- Symphony No.1 in E flat, K.16 - 3. Presto
- Symphony No.4 in D, K.19 - 1. Allegro
- Symphony No.4 in D, K.19 - 2. Andante
- Symphony No.4 in D, K.19 - 3. Presto
- Symphony No.5 in B flat, K.22 - 1. Allegro
- Symphony No.5 in B flat, K.22 - 2. Andante
- Symphony No.5 in B flat, K.22 - 3. Molto allegro
- Symphony No.43 in F, K.76 - 1. Allegro maestoso
- Symphony No.43 in F, K.76 - 2. Andante
- Symphony No.43 in F, K.76 - 3. Menuetto
- Symphony No.43 in F, K.76 - 4. Allegro
- Symphony No.6 in F, K.43 - 1. Allegro
- Symphony No.6 in F, K.43 - 2. Andante
- Symphony No.6 in F, K.43 - 3. Menuetto
- Symphony No.6 in F, K.43 - 4. Allegro
- Symphony No.7 in D, K.45 - 1. Molto allegro
- Symphony No.7 in D, K.45 - 2. Andante
- Symphony No.7 in D, K.45 - 3. Menuetto
- Symphony No.7 in D, K.45 - 4. Molto allegro
- Symphony No.7a in G, K.App. 221, "Alte Lambacher" - 1. Allegro maestoso
- Symphony No.7a in G, K.App. 221, "Alte Lambacher" - 2. Andante
- Symphony No.7a in G, K.App. 221, "Alte Lambacher" - 3. Presto
Music CD 2- Symphony in G "Neue Lambacher", K.deest - 1. Allegro
- Symphony in G "Neue Lambacher", K.deest - 2. Andante un poco allegretto
- Symphony in G "Neue Lambacher", K.deest - 3. Menuetto
- Symphony in G "Neue Lambacher", K.deest - 4. Allegro
- Symphony No.55 in B flat, K.App.214 - 1. Allegro
- Symphony No.55 in B flat, K.App.214 - 2. Andante
- Symphony No.55 in B flat, K.App.214 - 3. Menuet
- Symphony No.55 in B flat, K.App.214 - 4. Allegro
- Symphony No.8 in D, K.48 - 1. Allegro
- Symphony No.8 in D, K.48 - 2. Andante
- Symphony No.8 in D, K.48 - 3. Menuetto
- Symphony No.8 in D, K.48 - 4. Molto allegro
- Symphony No.9 in C, K.73 - 1. Allegro
- Symphony No.9 in C, K.73 - 2. Andante
- Symphony No.9 in C, K.73 - 3. Menuetto
- Symphony No.9 in C, K.73 - 4. Molto allegro
- Symphony No.10 in G, K.74 - 1. Allegro
- Symphony No.10 in G, K.74 - 2. Andante
- Symphony No.10 in G, K.74 - 3. Allegro
- Symphony No.44 in D, K.81 - 1. Allegro
- Symphony No.44 in D, K.81 - 2. Andante
- Symphony No.44 in D, K.81 - 3. Allegro molto
Music CD 3- Symphony No.11 in D, K.84 - 1. Allegro
- Symphony No.11 in D, K.84 - 2. Andante
- Symphony No.11 in D, K.84 - 3. Allegro
- Symphony No.45 in D, K.95 - 1. Allegro
- Symphony No.45 in D, K.95 - 2. Andante
- Symphony No.45 in D, K.95 - 3. Menuetto
- Symphony No.45 in D, K.95 - 4. Allegro
- Symphony No.47 in D, K.97 - 1. Allegro
- Symphony No.47 in D, K.97 - 2. Andante
- Symphony No.47 in D, K.97 - 3. Menuetto
- Symphony No.47 in D, K.97 - 4. Presto
- Symphony No.42 in F, K.75 - 1. Allegro
- Symphony No.42 in F, K.75 - 2. Andantino
- Symphony No.42 in F, K.75 - 3. Menuetto
- Symphony No.42 in F, K.75 - 4. Allegro
- Symphony No.12 in G, K.110 - 1. Allegro
- Symphony No.12 in G, K.110 - 2. Andante
- Symphony No.12 in G, K.110 - 3. Menuetto
- Symphony No.12 in G, K.110 - 4. Allegro
- Symphony No.46 in C, K.96 - 1. Allegro
- Symphony No.46 in C, K.96 - 2. Andante
- Symphony No.46 in C, K.96 - 3. Menuetto
- Symphony No.46 in C, K.96 - 4. Molto allegro
Music CD 4- Symphony No.13 in F, K.112 - 1. Allegro
- Symphony No.13 in F, K.112 - 2. Andante
- Symphony No.13 in F, K.112 - 3. Menuetto
- Symphony No.13 in F, K.112 - 4. Molto allegro
- Symphony No.14 in A, K.114 - 1. Allegro moderato
- Symphony No.14 in A, K.114 - 2. Andante
- Symphony No.14 in A, K.114 - 3. Menuetto
- Symphony No.14 in A, K.114 - 4. Molto allegro
- Symphony No.15 in G, K.124 - 1. Allegro
- Symphony No.15 in G, K.124 - 2. Andante
- Symphony No.15 in G, K.124 - 3. Menuetto
- Symphony No.15 in G, K.124 - 4. Presto
- Symphony No.16 in C, K.128 - 1. Allegro maestoso
- Symphony No.16 in C, K.128 - 2. Andante grazioso
- Symphony No.16 in C, K.128 - 3. Allegro
- Symphony No.18 in F, K.130 - 1. Allegro
- Symphony No.18 in F, K.130 - 2. Andante grazioso
- Symphony No.18 in F, K.130 - 3. Menuetto
- Symphony No.18 in F, K.130 - 4. Molto allegro
Music CD 5- Symphony No.17 in G, K.129 - 1. Allegro
- Symphony No.17 in G, K.129 - 2. Andante
- Symphony No.17 in G, K.129 - 3. Allegro
- Symphony No.19 in E flat, K.132 - 1. Allegro
- Symphony No.19 in E flat, K.132 - 2. Andante
- Symphony No.19 in E flat, K.132 - 3. Menuetto
- Symphony No.19 in E flat, K.132 - 4. Allegro
- Symphony No.19 in E flat, K.132 - (Addendum: Andantino grazioso)
- Symphony No.20 in D, K.133 - 1. Allegro
- Symphony No.20 in D, K.133 - 2. Andante
- Symphony No.20 in D, K.133 - 3. Menuetto
- Symphony No.20 in D, K.133 - 4. Allegro
- Symphony No.21 in A, K.134 - 1. Allegro
- Symphony No.21 in A, K.134 - 2. Andante
- Symphony No.21 in A, K.134 - 3. Menuetto
- Symphony No.21 in A, K.134 - 4. Allegro
Music CD 6- Symphony No.22 in C, K.162 - 1. Allegro assai
- Symphony No.22 in C, K.162 - 2. Andantino grazioso
- Symphony No.22 in C, K.162 - 3. Presto assai
- Symphony No.23 in D, K.181 - 1. Allegro spirituoso
- Symphony No.23 in D, K.181 - 2. Andantino
- Symphony No.23 in D, K.181 - 3. Presto assai
- Symphony No.24 in B flat, K.182 - 1. Allegro spiritoso
- Symphony No.24 in B flat, K.182 - 2. Andantino grazioso
- Symphony No.24 in B flat, K.182 - 3. Allegro
- Symphony No.25 in G minor, K.183 - 1. Allegro con brio
- Symphony No.25 in G minor, K.183 - 2. Andante
- Symphony No.25 in G minor, K.183 - 3. Menuetto
- Symphony No.25 in G minor, K.183 - 4. Allegro
- Symphony No.27 in G, K.199 - 1. Allegro
- Symphony No.27 in G, K.199 - 2. Andantino grazioso
- Symphony No.27 in G, K.199 - 3. Presto
Music CD 7- Symphony No.26 in E flat, K.184 - 1. Molto presto
- Symphony No.26 in E flat, K.184 - 2. Andante
- Symphony No.26 in E flat, K.184 - 3. Allegro
- Symphony No.28 in C, K.200 - 1. Allegro spiritoso
- Symphony No.28 in C, K.200 - 2. Andante
- Symphony No.28 in C, K.200 - 3. Menuetto (allegretto)
- Symphony No.28 in C, K.200 - 4. Presto
- Symphony No.29 in A, K.201 - 1. Allegro moderato
- Symphony No.29 in A, K.201 - 2. Andante
- Symphony No.29 in A, K.201 - 3. Menuetto
- Symphony No.29 in A, K.201 - 4. Allegro con spirito
- Symphony No.30 in D, K.202 - 1. Molto allegro
- Symphony No.30 in D, K.202 - 2. Andantino con moto
- Symphony No.30 in D, K.202 - 3. Menuetto - Trio
- Symphony No.30 in D, K.202 - 4. Presto
Music CD 8- Symphony No.31 in D, K.297 - "Paris" - 1. Allegro assai
- Symphony No.31 in D, K.297 - "Paris" - 2. Andante
- Symphony No.31 in D, K.297 - "Paris" - 3. Allegro
- Symphony No.32 in G, K.318 (Overture in G) - 1. Allegro spiritoso
- Symphony No.32 in G, K.318 (Overture in G) - 2. Andante
- Symphony No.32 in G, K.318 (Overture in G) - 3. Tempo I
- Symphony No.33 in B flat, K.319 - 1. Allegro assai
- Symphony No.33 in B flat, K.319 - 2. Andante moderato
- Symphony No.33 in B flat, K.319 - 3. Menuetto
- Symphony No.33 in B flat, K.319 - 4. Finale (Allegro assai)
- Symphony No.34 in C, K.338 - 1. Allegro vivace
- Symphony No.34 in C, K.338 - 2. Andante di molto
- Symphony No.34 in C, K.338 - 2a. Minuet K.409
- Symphony No.34 in C, K.338 - 3. Finale (Allegro vivace)
Music CD 9- Symphony No.35 in D, K.385 "Haffner" - 1. Allegro con spirito
- Symphony No.35 in D, K.385 "Haffner" - 2. Andante
- Symphony No.35 in D, K.385 "Haffner" - 3. Menuetto
- Symphony No.35 in D, K.385 "Haffner" - 4. Finale (Presto)
- Symphony No.36 in C, K.425 - "Linz" - 1. Adagio - Allegro spiritoso
- Symphony No.36 in C, K.425 - "Linz" - 2. Andante
- Symphony No.36 in C, K.425 - "Linz" - 3. Menuetto
- Symphony No.36 in C, K.425 - "Linz" - 4. Finale (Presto)
- Symphony No.38 in D, K.504 "Prague" - 1. Adagio - Allegro
- Symphony No.38 in D, K.504 "Prague" - 2. Andante
- Symphony No.38 in D, K.504 "Prague" - 3. Finale (Presto)
Music CD 10- Symphony No.39 in E flat, K.543 - 1. Adagio - Allegro
- Symphony No.39 in E flat, K.543 - 2. Andante con moto
- Symphony No.39 in E flat, K.543 - 3. Menuetto (Allegretto)
- Symphony No.39 in E flat, K.543 - 4. Finale (Allegro)
- Symphony No.40 in G minor, K.550 - 1. Molto allegro
- Symphony No.40 in G minor, K.550 - 2. Andante
- Symphony No.40 in G minor, K.550 - 3. Menuetto (Allegretto) - Trio
- Symphony No.40 in G minor, K.550 - 4. Finale (Allegro assai)
- Symphony No.41 in C, K.551 - "Jupiter" - 1. Allegro vivace
- Symphony No.41 in C, K.551 - "Jupiter" - 2. Andante cantabile
- Symphony No.41 in C, K.551 - "Jupiter" - 3. Menuetto (Allegretto)
- Symphony No.41 in C, K.551 - "Jupiter" - 4. Molto allegro
Music reviews of Mozart: The SymphoniesMusic Review: Hands down the best Complete Symphonies package out there Rating: 5 Stars
For a while I liked Neville Marriner's set, but I ended up growing tired of it. His performances tend to be missing an element of Viennese stateliness that is so important when performing these works. Conversely, this set has Karl Bohm, one of the 20th century's greatest Mozart conductors, conducting the Berlin Philharmonic. Here, we have that stateliness in spades. Bohm coaxes lush string sonorities out of the BPO, conducts with clarity and precision (thus leaving Mozart's dense counterpoint exposed for the listener), and really does an excellent job with tempi. Bohm is often criticized for his sometimes slower pace, however I don't see that problem here. His tempo choices for Mozart tend to fall somewhere in the middle, and oftentimes they sound just right. His 39th is my all-time favorite rendition, with a grandly symphonic tilt on the slow introduction and a lively, aristocratic allegro following; in general he is amongst my top choices for all of Mozart's most important symphonies (25, 28, 29, 31, 33, 34, 35-41). Keep in mind, this is old-school "big-band" Mozart, not the lean, quick style used by many modern conductors of these works...so if your taste falls towards period performances, you may want to look elsewhere. For my taste, Mozart is even more enjoyable when given some time to breathe, and these performances certainly do that (the best example of this would be his unhurried, gorgeous rendition of No. 29). Bohm does omit exposition repeats, for those that care.
The sound is absolutely fantastic, as DG applied its Original Image Bit-Processing technique to all of these symphonies. The result is a resurrected sound, with great definition and presence, if slightly distantly recorded. It's hard to believe these were recorded 40+ years ago, as the recordings really sound almost brand-new.
Really, for the money, this is probably the best value out there. I also enjoyed Mackerras' readings with the Prague Chamber Orchestra, and the aforementioned Marriner set. Still, this is a set I will definitely be coming back to over and over again. Bohm fans should keep an eye out, as DG has been releasing re-mastered editions of a lot of Bohm's Mozart, including the Sinfonia Concertante (with VPO principals as soloists), the Concerto for 2 pianos & Concerto No. 27 (with Gilels and his daughter), his readings of concertos for flute, bassoon and the great clarinet concerto, and his 2fer package with Eine Kleine Nachmusik, divertimenti, and assorted Serenades (notturna, haffner, posthorn). Fans of this style of Mozart ought to snap all of this up, as his Mozart readings are always worthwhile.
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