Leaving Vienna
Donald Macleod sees Franz Xaver Mozart leave Vienna to take up work in Galicia, signalling a creative explosion in new works.
Donald Macleod sees Franz Xaver Mozart leave Vienna to take up work in Galicia, signalling a creative explosion in new works. With guest Professor Cliff Eisen, Macleod also explores the details of this new role, along with other positions which then followed working for various aristocrats, and eventually taking Mozart to Lemberg.
Rondo in F, Op 4 (excerpt)
Katarzyna Drogosz, piano
Nein! (Sechs Lieder, No 3)
Barbara Bonney, soprano
Malcolm Martineau, piano
Violin Sonata in B flat, Op 7
Muriel Cantoreggi, violin
Hansjacob Staemmler, piano
Piano Concerto No 1 in C, Op 14 (Adagio)
Howard Shelley, piano
Sinfonieorchester St Gallen
Polonaise m茅lancolique No 5 in F minor, Op 17
Robert Markham, piano
Piano Concerto No 1 in C, Op 14 (Allegretto)
Howard Shelley, piano
Sinfonieorchester St Gallen
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Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart
Rondo in F major, Op 4
Performer: Katarzyna Drogosz.- ACCORD : ACD-260.
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Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart
Nein!
Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Barbara Bonney.- DECCA : 475-6936.
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Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart
Violin Sonata in B flat major, Op 7
Performer: Hansjacob Staemmler. Performer: Muriel Cantoreggi.- CPO : 555 248-2.
- CPO.
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Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart
Piano Concerto No 1 in C major, Op 14 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Howard Shelley. Orchestra: St Gallen Symphony Orchestra.- Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart.
- Hyperion.
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Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart
Polonaise m茅lancolique No 5 in F minor, Op 17
Performer: Robert Markham.- GRAND PIANO : GP941.
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Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart
Piano Concerto No 1 in C major, Op 14 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Howard Shelley. Orchestra: St Gallen Symphony Orchestra.- Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart.
- Hyperion.
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