Lucia Popp’s Magic Voice
When conductors first heard the voice of Lucia Popp during the early phases of her career, she was hired on the spot. These conductors were people such as Carlos Kleiber, and Herbert von Karajan. Listen …
Mozart Archive
Mozart’s Piano concerto #24
Mozart signaled the completion of his C-minor Piano Concerto by entering it into his “Verzeichnüss aller meiner Werke” (Catalogue of All My Works) on March 24, 1786. He was engaged in writing several other major …
Mitsuko Uchida Plays Mozart’s Concerto KV 503
Among his piano concertos, the No. 25 ranks high on the list for its sublime integration of the composer’s many amazing gifts. The opening is marked maestoso, but numerous other qualities beyond mere majesty are …
Anne-Sophie Mutter Plays Mozart’s Sonata KV 547
The Sonata in F major, K547, was Mozart’s last work of its kind. Listening to it, we would hardly guess that it comes from one of the most prolific periods of his life: The period …
Mozart’s Wonderful String Quartet KV 421
In 1785 a set of six quartets by Mozart were published with a dedication to Haydn. Mozart’s dedication describes them as the fruit of a long and laborious study, as he entrusts them as children …