Mozart early

According to the impresario Salomon, had George Frederick Pinto not died at the age of 21, ?England would have had the honor of producing a second Mozart.? Early in 1806 he probably succumbed to the effects of…

Bärenreiter Piano Kaleidoscope, Sheet Music for Piano Solo, Special edition, A collection of classics, Works by 15 composers, For solo piano, From Bach and Handel over Beethoven and Mozart to Chopin and Satie, Pieces and…

Born in 1765, the same year as Mozart, Anton Eberl also displayed great musical talent from an early age. Only his father?s bankruptcy saved him from a legal career, however, and he threw himself into the world of music…

Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) was the last compositional prodigy to emerge from the Austro-German tradition of Mozart and Mendelssohn. He was lauded in his youth by everyone from Mahler to Puccini and his…

A fresh look at Mozart's early years as a child prodigy, with new insights and images never seen before in the Mozart literature.

Beethoven?s piano concertos are a precious source for understanding the history of the practice of this instrument, which, in the early nineteenth century, permanently replaced the harpsichord in the hearts of composers.…

As in its Schubert recording in 2018, the Quatuor van Kuijk likes to delve into a composer?s youthful output and then measure his evolution by confronting it with his mature works. Hence, after recording two of Mozart?s…

This programme, performed by Chiara Banchini and Ensemble 415, gives a glimpse of Mozart?s early compositions, written in Salzburg, most of which were intended for performance at social events or in the open air. In…

Especially in his late sonatas, Leopold Kozeluch?s keyboard music belongs no less to the quickly evolving cultural landscape of late 18th- and early 19th-century Vienna than the works of Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert.…

For this new recording, violinist Peter Hanson, one of the most prominent period instrument players of his generation, turns his attention to Mozart?s extraordinary and innovative output of sonatas for violin and piano.…

Like so many Bohemian composers, the eastern Bohemian Vanhal had moved to Vienna early in his career and can thus be viewed as a member of the select core of composers consisting of Haydn, Salieri, Mozart and Beethoven,…

Charles Munch conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in three rare televised performances from Harvard University in the early 1960s. Featured works include Handel's Water Music Suite, and Mozart Symphonies Nos. 36 and…

François Devienne (1759-1803), sometimes nicknamed the ?French Mozart?, was equaled famed for his talents as a flautist and a bassoonist. He was one of the first professors at the Paris Conservatoire, established in the…

Of the same generation as Mozart?s father and Bach?s children, Georg Anton Benda was highly regarded in his day (not least by Mozart himself). Howard Shelley brings his customary probing, intelligent musicianship to this…

David Cairns weaves a brilliantly engaging narrative which puts Mozart's operas in the context of his life, showing how they illuminate his creativity as a whole. Mozart's unusual childhood as a musical prodigy touring…

Paul Wranitzky moved to Vienna from his native Moravia at the age of 20, mixing with the likes of Haydn and Mozart. As the most important symphonist in Vienna in the late 1790s, his style influenced the early symphonies…

During his last years in Vienna Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed only three liturgical works: the short 'Ave Verum Corpus' and two unfinished masterworks: the 'Mass in C minor' and the 'Requiem' in D minor. Most of his…

By the early 19th century, Joseph Haydn (1732?1809) and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756?1791) had already become watchwords amongst classical composers and in the classical music world. Their compositions were widely known…

Featuring sensitive interpretations and a dazzling orchestral accompaniment, this release includes Four Mozart piano concertos punctuated by smaller Mozart tunes. Award-winning pianist Jean-Efflam Bavouzet enjoys a…

Transcriptions of piano concertos for string quartet and piano by Lachner, including a world premiere recording of Piano Concerto No. 8 ?Lu¨tzow?. The previous release of Mozart?s Concertos Nos. 20 and 21 in the Lachner…

The 1st part of our series contains a late 19th and an early 20th century work. The Serenade for String Orchestra is one of the best known and representative compositions by Tchaikovsky, a reverent homage to Viennese…

The Mozarts?father Leopold and son Wolfgang Amadeus?bookend a virtuosic recital from Ursula Paludan Monberg, who traces the development of the natural horn as a solo instrument throughout the eighteenth…

Julien Chauvin and Le Concert de la Loge join Alpha and launch a new cycle devoted to Mozart. This project is a natural continuation of Julien Chauvin?s work of rediscovery focusing on the interpretation of the music of…