Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Udo Wachtveitl, Florian Teichtmeister, Andreas Borcherding, Anna Greiter, Martha Argerich, Daniel Barenboim
Orchestra: Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Conductor: Eugen Jochum, Rafael Kubelik
Number of Discs: 4
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: BR Klassik
Catalogue: 900906
Release: 2015
Size: 1.3 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Mozart, Schatten und Licht
01. Chapter 1, Wunder der Natur (1756-1765)
02. Chapter 2, Salzburgs Glanz und Wolfgangs Gloria (1765-1769)
03. Chapter 3, Cavaliere Amadeo Wolfgango (1770-1773)
CD 02
Mozart, Schatten und Licht
01. Chapter 4, Im Tanzmeisterhaus (1773-1777)
02. Chapter 5, Fort mir dir nach Paris! (1777-1779)
03. Chapter 6, Flucht aus der Sklaverei (1779-1781)
CD 03
Mozart, Schatten und Licht
01. Chapter 7, Der beste Ort von der Welt (1781-1783)
02. Chapter 8, Amadeus, Amadeus! (1784-1786)
03. Chapter 9, Schwarze Gedanken (1786-1788)
CD 04
Mozart, Schatten und Licht
01. Chapter 10, Neugekrönte Hoffnung (1788-1791)
Piano Concerto No. 18 in B flat major, K456
02. I. Allegro vivace
03. II. Andante un poco sostenuto
04. III. Allegro vivace
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K488
05. I. Allegro
06. II. Adagio
07. III. Allegro assai
What was Mozart really like? Was he “a flawless and infinitely good man,” as his admirer Tchaikovsky believed? Or was he, as Goethe secretly feared, a man “in the grip of the demonic spirit of his genius”? This audio biography lays no claim to solving the riddle of Mozart either, but it does bring the composer to life – in his thoughts and feelings, his everyday life and his era, as embodied by the Viennese actor Florian Teichtmeister, and strictly according to original source material. The narrator is Udo Wachtveitl, while the author is Jörg Handstein, who has already retraced the lives of Mahler, Wagner and Verdi in the form of audio-biographies for the BR-KLASSIK Wissen series.
The audio biography is enhanced by the two Piano Concertos No. 18 and No. 23, played by Martha Argerich and Daniel Barenboim, accompanied by the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks.