1781
Donald Macleod concentrates on the year Mozart arrived in Vienna, 1781. In this city he would spend the final decade of his tragically short life.
Donald Macleod explores the year that saw Mozart arrive in Vienna, the city where he would spend the final decade of his tragically short life.
This week, Donald Macleod dips into five key years of Mozart's life, and presents five of his chamber works for solo wind and strings. These works span Mozart's entire career, ranging from his four exquisite flute quartets to the late clarinet quintet - arguably one of the greatest chamber works ever composed.
1781 was the year Mozart finally escaped the petty frustrations of working for his patron, Archbishop Colloredo. He travelled first to Munich and then to Vienna. His opera Idomeneo was Mozart's major success on stage that year, and he also found time to compose several beguiling chamber works, including the second of this week's featured works for wind and strings: his Oboe Quartet in F.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata in D major K.448 for 2 pianos - Allegro con spirito
Performer: Alfred Brendel. Performer: Walter Klien.- VOXBOX.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata in G major K.379 for violin and keyboard
Performer: Arthur Grumiaux. Performer: Walter Klien.- Philips.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Idomeneo, re di Creta, ossia Ilia ed Idamante - opera K.366
Conductor: Marc Minkowski. Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre.- ARCHIV.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quartet in F major K.370 for oboe and strings
Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk. Performer: Boris Brovtsyn. Performer: Kristina Blaumane.- BIS.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Idomeneo, re di Creta, ossia Ilia ed Idamante - opera K.366
Conductor: Marc Minkowski. Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre.- ARCHIV.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quartet in F major K.370 for oboe and strings
Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk. Performer: Boris Brovtsyn. Performer: Kristina Blaumane.- BIS.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata in G major K.379 for violin and keyboard
Performer: Arthur Grumiaux. Performer: Walter Klien.- Philips.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata in D major K.448 for 2 pianos - Allegro con spirito
Performer: Alfred Brendel. Performer: Walter Klien.- VOXBOX.
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