Advantages: Every sacred music by Mozart in 1 boxset Disadvantages: Not the best available
at the time like the rest of the orchestra does.
Quite a few of the smaller works (the misas for example) have the traditional, but no often heard plainsong or Gregorian chant at the begining of a piece of music. It would have been preferable to have these as single tracks (as most other record labels do), as they are not central to the main piece of music, and it can be a pain fast-forwarding to the main piece if you do not want to listen to it. The whole box set seems to be a mixed bag of played well and not so well, too fast and too slow, to loud and too quiet.
Overall, there is nothing for me to recommend this above any other CD or boxset except that it is a complete set.
A couple of Mozart's religious works have been recorded to death (I specifically refer to the Requiem!), but quite a few don't get a look in, and recordings can be ...
Advantages: Excellent performances in a perfect setting Disadvantages: Very minor quibbles
Background:
When it comes to prodigious over-achievers, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has to be placed somewhere at the top of the list. Despite his tragically short life from 1756-1791, his musical creativity has assured him of eternal fame as long as human civilisation performs Western classical music.
But when one considers Mozart's background, one can understand where his genius came from. His father Leopold Mozart was a virtuoso violinist whose treatise on violin playing is still a standard read for any aspiring violin student today. It is also worth considering how things might have been different had female instrumentalists been able to pursue a professional career as adults - as his beloved sister Nannerl was no mean keyboard player, but obviously once she became an adult it was not really considered the done thing for her ...
Advantages: Origami-like sets, costumes, bold basic colors; Mozart's music, all sung beautifully. Disadvantages: Un-PC elements may cause unease in modern audiences.
a thin headband, and patches of red, yellow and blue feathers on his shirt, with tan knickerbockers and a spray of white feathers sprouting from his behind. White socks and low-cut boots complete the impression of a boyish green-hat-and-lederhosen-clad Bavarian.
Mozart's Sublime, Inspiring Music Delivered Beautifully.
Mozart employs a host of musical forms and styles here. With a variety of melodies, harmonies and rhythms appearing throughout the work, he brings a liveliness to the tale of heroism. Most of the music is written in the major keys, that is, in a bright and optimistic mood. To think that Mozart wrote this opera just a few months before his death on December 5, 1791! Even more amazing, after largely completing 'The Magic Flute', he managed to start work on his 'Requiem', and also wrote 'La Clemenza di Tito' during a trip to ...
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