1790 - Royally Rejected
Donald Macleod follows the highs, lows and exquisite music of Mozart鈥檚 last five years. Today, Mozart鈥檚 penultimate year is one of his most frustrating and fruitless.
Donald Macleod journeys through Mozart鈥檚 frustrating and fruitless penultimate year.
All this week, we鈥檒l be hearing Mozart鈥檚 famous swansong, his Requiem, in its entirety as Donald Macleod charts the highs and lows of the composer's last five years, from veneration to humiliation and back again. We hear how Mozart coped with all that life threw at him and somehow managed to compose many of the works he鈥檚 most beloved for today.
Today: 1790 - a year which sees the premiere of Mozart鈥檚 opera Cosi fan tutte, and the death of Mozart鈥檚 steadiest source of income, the Emperor Joseph II. How interested in music will his successor be?
Cosi fan tutte: Overture
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Yannick N茅zet-S茅guin, conductor
Cosi fan tutte, Act II: Una donna
Graciela Oddone, soprano (Despina)
Concerto K枚ln
Ren茅 Jacobs, conductor
Requiem: Domine Jesu Christe/Hostias/Sanctus/Benedictus
Joanne Lunn, soprano
Rowan Hellier, mezzo
Thomas Hobbs, tenor
Matthew Brook, bass-baritone
Dunedin Consort
John Butt, conductor
Adagio and Allegro in F minor (originally for organ), K594
Ensemble Pyramide
String Quintet in D, K593 (1st and 2nd movements)
Hsin-Yun Huang, viola
Brentano Quartet
Produced by Amelia Parker for 蜜芽传媒 Audio Wales and West
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cosi fan Tutte Overture
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.- DG : 479-064-1.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cosi fan Tutte, Act 2, No 19, Una Donna a quindici anni
Singer: Graciela Oddone. Ensemble: Concerto K枚ln. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.- HARMONIA MUNDI : HMC 90166365.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem in D minor, K 626 (Domine Jesu Christe; Hostias; Sanctus; Benedictus)
Singer: Joanne Lunn. Singer: Matthew Brook. Singer: Rowan Hellier. Singer: Thomas Hobbs. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.- Linn : CKD-449.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Adagio and Allegro, K 594
Ensemble: Ensemble Pyramide.- BRILLIANT : 94-929.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
String Quintet in D major, K 593 (1st & 2nd mvts)
Performer: Hsin-Yun Huang. Ensemble: Brentano String Quartet.- AEON : AECD-0747.
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