Mozart’s String Quintet KV 516
Mozart’s String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K. 516 is like all of Mozart’s string quintets a “viola quintet” in that it is scored for string quartet and an extra viola (that is, two …
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Sinfonia Concertante for Winds by Mozart
Mystery and controversy surround the Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in E flat Major, and it seems that no amount of scholarly research can put the matter to rest. The tangled web begins in 1778 in Mannheim, …
Krystian Zimerman Plays Mozart’s Sonata K 330
The Sonata in C major K330 by Mozart combines subtlety and expressive warmth. Its leisurely first movement (Allegro moderato) is a virtually unbroken flow of lyricism, with minimal contrasts between themes and bouts of brilliant …
Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto
Mozart composed his Clarinet Concerto for the clarinettist Anton Stadler, who was the most gifted clarinettist in Vienna at the time. It was the first clarinet concerto to be written by a major composer – …
Mozart’s Wonderful Symphony #39
The Symphony no. 39 in E-flat major is the least studied and performed of Mozart’s three last symphonies, and that in itself is something of a puzzle, because it is a masterwork. It doesn’t, however, …