Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart spent the first two-thirds of his life in Salzburg, where he composed around 470 of his 626 Köchel-numbered works.
Performer Biography
The Haydn Sinfonietta Wien, founded by Manfred Huss, has performed on period instruments since 1991 and is led by Simon Standage, an English expert in historic violin playing.
Performer Biography
Manfred Huss, the conductor, studied piano and conducting, and was a student of the legendary conductor Hans Swarowsky, who had direct links to composers like Strauss and Mahler.
Compositional Technique
Mozart's Salzburg symphonies often feature energetic outer movements, light Andante movements, and elegant minuets, with flashes of 'sly ambiguity' and 'puzzling little disturbances'.
Recording & Production
For this recording, Symphony No. 34, K338, is intentionally performed with larger forces (twice as many strings) and recorded in a larger hall than the other two symphonies on the album.
Composition History
Of Mozart's approximately fifty known symphonies, 45 were written during his Salzburg years, with twenty specifically intended for Salzburg between 1772-74.
