Mozart Archive

The B-flat Concerto, K. 595, is Mozart’s final work in the concerto form. The Concerto, completed in January 1791, broke a nearly three-year concerto dry spell, the longest period without a new piano-orchestra work since …

Lucia Popp made her stage debut as a singer at age 23 at the Bratislava Opera singing Queen of the Night in Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte”. In 1963 Herbert von Karajan heard her sing and engaged …

This symphony is urgent, passionate music in some sections. However, the beginning is soft, murmurous accompaniment waiting for its melody to emerge. Schumann found the work “full of Hellenic grace,” but it is also full …

Violinist David Oistrakh fortunately recorded some music that is here with us to serve future generations. Earlier today I heard a portion of his performance of the Sibelius Violin Concerto. And now, a few hours …

The Divertimento in E-flat major, K. 563 is a string trio written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1788, the year in which he completed his last three symphonies and his “Coronation” Piano Concerto. It is …