Mozart

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Mozart: Adagios & Fugues after Bach
Adagio and Fugue in C minor K546 From Mozart: Adagios & Fugues after Bach (2014) Released by Harmonia Mundi Mozart: Adagio and Fugue in C minor K546It has too often been overlooked that, between Bach’s death (1750) and the triumphant
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The Miracles of Salzburg
Maria Plain and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Missa Brevis, K. 192 “Credo” Leopold Mozart and his wife Anna Maria Walburga had seven children, of whom only two survived infancy. Being good Catholics and all, they continued to sponsor Holy Masses for their dead children.
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Mozart: Keyboard Music, Vols. 5 & 6 (Kristian Bezuidenhout – Fortepiano)
Mozart: Sonata in C major, K.309 III. Rondeau: Allegretto grazioso From Mozart: Keyboard Music, Vols. 5 & 6 (Kristian Bezuidenhout – Fortepiano) (2014) Released by Harmonia Mundi Mozart: Sonata in C major, K.309 – III. Rondeau: Allegretto grazioso“Few players coax
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A Little Nibble of Mozart and Something More
When you’re in Austria, you’re assaulted by images of Mozart – not Mozart the Composer but Mozart the Chocolate. The Mirabell Chocolate Factory in Salzburg is the creator of the famous Mozartkugel. It’s a little ball of milk chocolate, filled
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Living with the Mozarts!
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17, K. 453, “Allegretto” The Mozart household in Vienna was frequently described as a place of controlled chaos. Joachim Daniel Preiser, an actor from the Royal Theater of Copenhagen, described an afternoon with Mozart
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Mozart – Clarinet Quintet / String Quartet
Clarinet Quintet in A Major: II. Larghetto From Mozart – Clarinet Quintet / String Quartet (2013) Released by Harmonia Mundi Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A Major: II. LarghettoFriendship in musicWe owe these two masterpieces to the musical friendships Mozart made
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Mechanical Mozart!
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Fantasia in F minor for Mechanical Organ, K. 608, arr. Fortepiano duet We should never forget that the supposedly rarefied air and sterile environment of classical music is numerously inhabited by an incredible number of colourful personalities.
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St. Michael in Vienna:
Mozart’s Funeral Mass
During the summer months of July and August, the city center of Vienna turns into a veritable assemblage of the United Nations. People from all corners and regions of the world visit the self-proclaimed “City of Music” to experience its
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