Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Orchestra: Orchestre des Champs-Elysées
Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Phi
Catalogue: LPH011
Release: 2013
Size: 938 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Symphony No. 39 in E-Flat Major, K. 543
01. I. Adagio – Allegro
02. II. Andante con moto
03. III. Menuetto (Allegretto) – Trio
04. IV. Finale (Allegro)
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550
05. I. Molto allegro
06. II. Andante
07. III. Menuetto (Allegretto) – Trio
08. IV. Allegro assai
CD 02
Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 ‘Jupiter’
01. I. Allegro vivace
02. II. Andante cantabile
03. III. Menuetto (Allegretto) – Trio
04. IV. Molto allegro
Written one after the other in the space of just three months and with unprecedented energy, Mozart’s last three symphonies carry within them the aesthetic ideal of their composer, touched by a grace that is already pre-Romantic, and thus form an exemplary musical testament. The Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, a pioneering collective among period-instrument orchestras, reveals a richness, a modernity, a visionary complexity that prepares the way for the Beethovenian revolution.
The approach of the orchestra founded and conducted by Philippe Herreweghe is to explore in depth the sonority and the motor rhythms of the symphonic writing of a Mozart here at the height of his powers.
To record this Mozart trilogy is a bold undertaking for any musician, and always an extraordinary event for the public!
