Short facts:
- Violin Concerto No. 3 G major K. 216
- Sinfonia Concertante E-flat major KV 364
- Requiem Mass D minor KV 626
- Symphony No. 40 G minor K. 550
- Le nozze di Figaro KV 492
- Symphony No. 39 E-flat major K. 543
- Symphony No. 41 C major K. 551, "Jupiter"
- Così fan tutte, KV 588
- Clarinet concerto A major K. 622
- Symphony No. 38 D major K. 504, "Prague Symphony"
- Symphony No. 35 D major K. 385 "Haffner Symphony"
- La clemenza di Tito KV 621
- Piano Concerto No. 20 D minor K. 466
- Violin Concerto No. 4 D major K. 218
- Piano Concerto No. 27 B-flat major K. 595
- Piano Concerto No. 9 E-flat major K. 271, "Jeunehomme"
- Symphony No. 25 G minor KV 183
- Great Mass C minor K. 427
- Piano Concerto No. 22 E-flat major K. 482
- Sonata for Two Pianos D major K. 448
- Symphony No. 29 in A major, KV 201
- Le nozze di Figaro KV 492 (Ouvertüre)
- Coronation Mass in C Major K. 317
- Serenade D Major K. 239 "Serenata Notturna"
- Per questa bella mano K. 612
- Ch'io mi scordi di te? ... Non temer, amato bene KV 505
- Piano Concerto No. 19 F major K. 459
- Piano Concerto No. 13 C major K. 415
- Piano Concerto No. 12 A major K. 414
- Piano Sonata No. 10 C major K. 330
- Piano Concerto No. 24 C minor K. 491
- Piano Concerto No. 21 C major K. 467
- Piano Concerto No. 26 D major K. 537, "Coronation"
- Piano Sonata No. 13 B-flat major K. 333
- Violin Concerto No. 5 A major K. 219
- Piano Concerto No. 25 C major K. 503
- Vesperae solennes de confessore K 339
- Piano Concerto No. 17 G major K. 453
- The Abduction from the Seraglio K. 384
- Lucio Silla KV 135
- String Quintet No. 4 G minor K. 516
- Piano Sonata Nr. 5 G Major K. 283
- Oboe Concerto in F major K. 370
- Sinfonia Concertante for Four Winds in E flat Major K.297b
- Bassoon Concerto in B flat major K. 191
- Divertimento in D major for strings K. 136
- Clarinet Quintet A major K. 581
- Exsultate, jubilate KV165
- Violin Concerto No. 1 B-flat major K. 207
- Divertimento for String Trio E-flat major KV 563
- Oboe Concerto C major KV 314
- Piano Concerto No. 10 for two pianos E-flat major K. 365
- Piano Concerto No. 6 D major K. 175
- Piano Concerto No. 7 for three pianos F major K. 242
- Piano Concerto No. 8 C major K. 246 "Lützow Concert"
- Piano Sonata No. 4 E-flat major K. 282
- String Quartett No. 15 D minor K. 421
- String Quartet No. 21 D major K. 575, "Prussian No. 1"
- String Quartet No. 19 C Major K. 465, "Dissonance"
- Don Giovanni K. 527 (Ouverture)
- Piano Sonata No. 14 C minor K. 457
- Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra E-flat major K. 365
- Idomeneo, Rè di Creta, KV 366
- Piano Concerto No. 18 B-flat major K. 456
- Symphony No. 31 D major K. 297 "Paris Symphony"
- Serenade No. 13 for strings G major K. 525, "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"
- Serenade No. 10 for winds B flat major K. 361, "Gran Partita"
- Violin sonata B flat major, KV 454
- Flute Concerto D major K. 285
- This image is enchantingly lovely (from The Magic Flute K. 620)
- Missa brevis C Major KV 258, "Piccolomini-Messe"
- Piano Sonata No. 8 (9) in D major, KV 311 (284c)
- Violin Sonatas K. 301-306, "Kurfürstin"
- Rondo a-Moll KV 511
- Duo G-Dur KV 423
- Symphony F major K. 75
- Violin Sonata No. 35 A major K. 526
- Klavierquartett Nr. 1 g-Moll KV 478
- Serenade No. 12 C minor K. 388, "Nacht Musique"
- Piano Fantasy and Sonata C minor K. 475/457
- Litaniae de venerabili altaris sacramento KV 243
- Sonata No.10 C Major KV 330
- Masonic Funeral Music C minor K. 477
- Horn Concerto No. 4 E flat Major K. 495
- Divertimento No. 1 in E flat Major K. 113
- Serenade No. 4 in D Major K. 203 "Colloredo"
- Horn Concerto No. 1 in D Major K. 412
- Horn Concerto No. 2 E flat Major K.417
- Piano Sonata No. 12 F major K. 332
- Concerto for Flute and Orchestra D Major K. 314
- Divertimento in F major for strings K. 138
- Quintet in E flat K. 452
- Flute Concerto in G Major K. 313
- Serenade for Orchestra No. 9 D major K. 320, "Posthorn"
- Little German Cantata K. 619 "Die ihr des unermeßlichen Weltalls Schöpfer ehrt"
- Divertissement de danse "Les petits riens" K. 299b
- Adagio and Fugue in c minor K. 546
- Piano Concerto No. 15 B-flat major K. 450
- Piano Concerto No. 14 E-flat major K. 449
- Piano Concerto No. 12 F major K. 413
- Piano Concerto No. 6 B-flat major K. 238
- Piano Concerto No. 4 G major K. 41
- Piano Concerto No. 1 F major K. 37
- String Quartet No. 16 E-flat major K. 428/421b
- String Quartet No. 18 A major K. 464, "Haydn Quartet No. 5"
- Piano Sonata No. 11 A major K. 331
- Piano Concerto No. 16 D major K. 451
- Idomeneo, ballet music K. 367
- The Impresario KV 486, Ouverture
- Piano Sonata No. 9 A minor K. 310
- Concertone for two violins C major, KV 190
- Fantasia C minor
- Trio K. 498 E-flat major "Kegelstatt Trio"
- Ave verum corpus K. 618
- Symphony No. 23 D major K. 181
- Symphony No. 12 G major K. 110
- Symphony No. 28 C major K. 200
- Symphony No. 27 G major K 199
- Symphony No. 34 C major KV. 338
- Symphony No. 33 B flat major KV. 319
- Concerto for Flute, Harp and Orchestra C major K. 299
- Symphony No. 36 C major K. 425, "Linz Symphony"
- Piano Sonata D major, KV 381
- Horn Concerto E-flat major K.447
- La finta giardiniera
- Ihr unsre neuen Leiter, K.484
- Notturno D major K.286
- Divertimento D major K.251
- Cassation G major K.63
- Serenade No. 1 D major K. 100
- The Obligation of the First and Foremost Commandment K. 35
- Thamos, King of Egypt K. 345
- Adélaïde Concerto D major K.294a
- Violin Concerto E-flat major K.268
- Non temer, amato bene K. 490
- A little Freemason cantata K. 623
- Song 'Zerfliesset heut', geliebte Brüder', K.483
- Cantata 'Die Maurerfreude' K. 471
- Song 'Gesellenreise' K. 468
- Cantata 'Dir, Seele des Weltalls' K.429
- Adagio in B-flat major, K.411
- Adagio in F major, K.410
- Divertimento in B-flat major K.137
- Haffner serenade for orchestra in D major KV 250
- Andante in C for Flute and Orchestra KV 315
Geboren: Salzburg, Österreich | Gestorben: Wien, Österreich
Status als Wunderkind, zentrale Figur der „Wiener Klassik“ und bis heute ein Solitär der Musikgeschichte: Mozart steht neben Bach und Beethoven als einer der größten Komponisten der westlichen Tradition fest. Seine Musik verkörpert den klassischen Stil mit der Betonung von Form und Balance. Die mehr als 600 erhaltenen Werke zeugen von seinem außerordentlichen Genie, erprobten und vollendeten so gut wie jede Gattung, von Tänzen für die Wiener Ballsäle bis zur Oper für das Kaiserliche Theater der Zeit. Seine Opern, von Le Nozze di Figaro bis zur Zauberflöte, entdeckten das Musiktheater neu. Auch Leonard Bernstein war sich sicher: „Mozart ist der göttliche Mozart und wird es immer sein. Nicht nur ein Name, sondern ein himmlisches Genie, das auf die Erde kam, dreißig und einige Jahre blieb, und als er die Welt verließ, war sie neu, bereichert und durch seinen Besuch gesegnet.“ (KK)
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Popular compositions
- Bach: Goldberg Variations BWV 988
- Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2 Sz 112
- Beethoven: Piano Trio E-flat major op. 38, "Grand Trio"
- Britten: Billy Budd
- Bruckner: Symphony No. 5 B-flat major WAB 105
- Fauré: Requiem D minor op. 48
- Gershwin: Piano Concerto F major
- Gubaidulina: String Quartet No. 1
- Händel: Alcina HWV 34
- Korngold: The Miracle of Heliane, op. 20
- Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 E-flat Major
- Mahler: Symphony No. 4 G major
- Mozart: Sonata for Two Pianos D major K. 448
- Mozart: Symphony No. 41 C major K. 551, "Jupiter"
- Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina
- Mussorgsky: Pictures from an Exhibition (Piano)
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- Schumann: Cello Concerto A minor op. 129
- Schumann: Cello Concerto A minor op. 129
- Strawinsky
Popular conductors
- Andrés Orozco-Estrada
- Antonio Pappano
- Claudio Abbado
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- Pierre Boulez
- Riccardo Chailly
- Simon Rattle
- Ton Koopman
- Valery Gergiev
Popular soloists
- András Schiff
- Bernarda Fink
- Boris Giltburg
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- Fazıl Say
- Gidon Kremer
- Isabelle Faust
- Janine Jansen
- Jean-Guihen Queyras
- Jewgeni Kissin
- Juan Diego Flórez
- Khatia Buniatishvili
- Martha Argerich
- Mstislaw Rostropowitsch
- Patricia Kopatchinskaja
- Renaud Capuçon
- Sol Gabetta
- Yuja Wang
Popular orchestras
- Berlin Philharmonic
- Ensemble intercontemporain
- France Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
- Frankfurt Radio Symphony
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