Mozart - Symphonies No.39 & No.41
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Label: SDG
Cat No: SDG711
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 31st January 2011
Contents
Artists
English Baroque SoloistsConductor
Sir John Eliot GardinerWorks
Symphony no.39 in E flat major, K543Symphony no.41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter'
Artists
English Baroque SoloistsConductor
Sir John Eliot GardinerAbout
This album made the headlines in 2006 as the UK’s first classical “on the night” recording. CDs were made during the second part of the concert for the audience to take home after the concert. This is the first time this CD is commercially released.
Symphonies 39 & 49 are among the last composed by Mozart. They use the full eighteenth-century orchestra, complete with trumpets and timpani.
Symphony No.39 (K543) shows Mozart at his most exalted in the orchestral passages, while some passages remain intimate and touching, with more delicate themes. The Minuet features the orchestra’s guest artists, the clarinets, in a waltz-like Trio.
The “Jupiter”, Mozart’s final symphony (no 41, K551), belongs to a sequence of grand ceremonial works in C major. Typically for Mozart, it juxtaposes a number of different contrasting musical characters and ideas, from the formal and aristocratic to the heartfelt and soulful. In the finale, the composer’s compositional virtuosity is on display. Through the whole runs an extraordinary spirit, a mixture of intellectual excitement, the feeling of a grand design, and a sense of fun.
“These performances are full of John Eliot Gardiner’s customary drive and energy and his ear for clarity, as well as his attention to detail and textual accuracy. This is fresh, exciting Mozart” – International Record Review
“The performances of both works have an undeniable authority, and come with the usual finesse of the EBS. The Jupiter Symphony has grandeur and wonderful detail in the fugue finale, so that the disc is more than a memento of a live event.” – **** The Guardian
“Away from the concert, the CD sounds excellent and often with an immediacy that is certainly ‘real’ ” – Classicalsource.com
“Gardiner is a CD producer’s dream… both performances are beautifully detailed” – The Financial Times
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