The Last Symphonies [39, 40, 41]

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W. A. MOZART
The Last Symphonies [39, 40, 41]
Orchestre des Champs-Elysees, Philippe Herreweghe

[ PHI / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Monday 24 June 2013

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Written one after the other in the space of just three months and with unprecedented energy, Mozart's last three symphonies carry within them the aesthetic ideal of their composer, touched by a grace that is already pre-Romantic, and thus form an exemplary musical testament. The Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, a pioneering collective among period-instrument orchestras, reveals a richness, a modernity, a visionary complexity that prepares the way for the Beethovenian revolution.

The approach of the orchestra founded and conducted by Philippe Herreweghe is to explore in depth the sonority and the motor rhythms of the symphonic writing of a Mozart here at the height of his powers.

To record this Mozart trilogy is a bold undertaking for any musician, and always an extraordinary event for the public!

"The Orchestre des Champs-Elysées provides the perfect riposte to anyone who believes that period-instrument Mozart has to sound anaemic. Herreweghe's performances don't hold back, either. He drives the music hard, which works well in the G minor Symphony" (The Guardian)

Tracks:

Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K543
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550
Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter'