Each volume in this Mozart symphony series includes a 'bonus work' or 'musical hors d'oeuvre' to add an unexpected touch.
Recording & Production
This album is the first volume in a long-term project by Il Pomo d'Oro, an orchestra, to record all of Mozart's symphonies.
Composer Biography
Mozart composed his first symphony, K. 16, at just eight years of age in 1764 during his family's Grand Tour in London.
Instruments
Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 is performed on a replica of an 1823 Conrad Graf fortepiano.
Interpretation
The performers, Il Pomo d'Oro, use period instruments to gain insight into what Mozart himself must have heard.
Composition History
Mozart's 'Jupiter' Symphony, No. 41, is the third in a trilogy of symphonies written over six weeks in the summer of 1788.
Compositional Technique
The finale of Mozart's 'Jupiter' Symphony combines five principal thematic materials in five-part invertible counterpoint, driving the movement relentlessly forward.
