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Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 28 and 35, "Haffner" - Der Schauspieldirektor

1/1/2004, 8 Tracks, 1:05:06

Featuring

  • Ferdinand Leitner
  • Barbara Kilduff
  • Deon van der Walt
  • Edith Wiens
  • Gwynne Howell
  • Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Performer Biography

Ferdinand Leitner, one of the great German conductors of the last century, worked with many important orchestras and was a welcome guest in music centers across all five continents.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album's recordings of K200/K189k and K385 were made on June 19, 1989, and K486 on June 21, 1989, both at the Mozartfest Würzburg in the Würzburg Residenz, Kaisersaal.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Mozart composed "The Impresario," a one-act comedy with music, for a "pleasure party" given by Emperor Joseph II at Schönbrunn Palace on February 7, 1786.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The "Haffner" Symphony, Mozart's first symphony composed in Vienna, was commissioned by Salzburg mayor Sigmund Haffner, who had been raised to nobility in June 1782.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote about fifty symphonies, with thirty-eight of them composed before he turned twenty-one.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Ferdinand Leitner, the conductor on this album, began his career as a pianist and was a rehearsal pianist in Bayreuth at age seventeen, working with notable Wagnerian singers.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

The festive "Haffner" Symphony, written shortly after "The Abduction from the Seraglio," contains thematic references to the opera, with the fourth movement's commotion evoking the character Osmin.

Source: Booklet

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