Mozart Complete Edition

Descrizione

Sinfonie, Serenate, Divertimenti, Concerti per strumenti solisti e orchestra; Sonate per pianoforte e per violino e pianoforte; Messe, Requiem, tutte le opere liriche e molto altro - Questo monumentale cofanetto di 170 CD comprende tutte le opere scritte da Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in una serie di interpretazioni realizzate su strumenti originali da alcuni degli interpreti più acclamati del mondo e adottando una prassi storicamente informata. Tra le numerose opere in programma spiccano le sinfonie nell’interpretazione della Mozart Akademie Amsterdam diretta da Jaap ter Linden, i concerti per pianoforte, violino, strumenti a fiato e orchestra, i divertimenti, le serenate, i quartetti per archi, i trii, le sonate per pianoforte e per violino e pianoforte, le messe, il Requiem e naturalmente tutte le opere teatrali in esecuzioni entrate legittimamente a fare parte della storia della discografia. Il cofanetto è corredato da ampie note di copertina sul compositore e sulle opere eseguite. Sotto gli aspetti della completezza, del fascino del grande Salisburghese, della pura gioia d’ascolto, del rigore musicologico, della compattezza salva spazio del cofanetto e – last but not least – del prezzo (assolutamente imbattibile), nessun appassionato della grande musica può fare a meno di questa nuova integrale riveduta e migliorata.Helen Donath, Christiane Oelze, Soile Isokoski, Robert Holl, Emmy Verhey, Bart van Oort, Derek Han, Klára Wurtz, Ton Koopman, Herbert Blomstedt, Sándor Végh, Jaap ter Linden, Jed Wentz, Sigiswald Kuijken, La Petite Bande, Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg…

L’artista

Mozart may have died heavy in debt,having encountered much fickleness on the part of the Viennese audiences and struggled to find suitable permanent employment for most of his career,but today his music is celebrated the world over;he is considered one of music history’s greatest names,the vast majority of his works enjoying regular performances and being constantly reinterpreted by amateurs and top professionals alike.Stretching from his earliest years(Mozart started composing at the age of five) right through to his final days,this wonderful compendium traverses the full gamut of his output,covering the time spent in Salzburg working for his employer,the Archbishop Colloredo,the extensive travel he undertook during the 1760s and 1770s (which was in part to showcase his prodigious talents on the keyboard and violin,together with his talented sister Nannerl),and his later years in Vienna,to which he escaped in 1781 against his father’s wishes to pursue a freelance career and where he married Constanze Weber the following year.What becomes evident from this set is that Mozart packed a phenomenal amount into his 35 years,a life that was often dominated by obsessive overwork,particularly towards the end.Moreover,there was not a genre akin to the period that he neglected nor did not achieve success in(in this collection the works are ordered as such,traversing orchestral music,chamber music,solo instrumental music,sacred music and vocal music),and in many cases he effected transformation,attaining new artistic levels this is particularly evident in the piano concertos that begin the compendium,remarkable for their diversity of character,and the concluding mature operas,works that achieved new depths of musical characterisation.A more varied,colourful output you could not find,one that is enhanced in this release by the multitude of talented performers assembled.At a bargain price,this 170 CD box set is not to be missed,affording hours of pleasurable listening that will satisfy both Mozart aficionado and novice.