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The Genius of Mozart

Suzy Klein is joined by special guest Simon Callow in a programme focusing on Mozart's astonishing early musical skills. The music includes some of Mozart's earliest pieces and Mark Swartzentruber pulls out a vintage recording, plus your emails and musical queries.

2 hours

Last on

Sun 2 Jan 2011 10:00

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Minuet in F, K2; Allegro in B, K3; Minuet in F, K4; Minuet in F, K5

    Performers: Pierre Hanta茂 (harpsichord)

    • OPS 30-9003.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Church Sonata in D, K144

    Performers: I Musici de Montreal, Yuli Turovsky (conductor)

    • Chandos CHAN 8745.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Church Sonata in F, K145

    Performers: I Musici de Montreal, Yuli Turovsky (conductor)

    • Chandos CHAN 8745.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Abendempfindung, K523

    Performers: Elizabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Walter Gieseking (piano)

    • EMI CDC 7 47326.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Fra gli amplessi (Cosi fan tutte, K588)

    Performers: Charlotte Margiono (Fiordiligi), Deon van der Walt (Ferrando), Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)

    • Apex2564 61498 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    In diesen heil'gen Hallen (Die Zauberflote, K620)

    Performers: Kurt Moll (Sarastro), Vienna Philharmonic, Georg Solti (conductor)

    • Decca 433 212 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 40 in G minor, K550 (first version, without clarinets)

    Performers: Academy of Ancient Music, Jaap Schr枚der (concert master), Christopher Hogwood (continuo)

    • L鈥橭iseau Lyre 417557 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata in A minor K 310 [Allegro maestoso]

    Performers: Artur Schnabel (piano)

    • Arabesque Z6593.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Regina coeli, K108

    Performers: Trine Wilsberg Lund (soprano), Immortal Bach Ensemble, Leipziger Kammerorchester, Morton Schuldt-Jensen (conductor)

    • Naxos 8.570231.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Minuet in A, K. 103 No 18

    Performers: Vienna Mozart Ensemble, Willi Boskovsky

    • Philips 422 642 2.

Broadcast

  • Sun 2 Jan 2011 10:00