Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition resulted in more than 800 works of virtually every genre of his time. Many of these compositions are acknowledged as pinnacles of the symphonic, concertante, chamber, operatic, and choral repertoire. Mozart is widely regarded as among the greatest composers in the history of Western music, with his music admired for its "melodic beauty, its formal elegance and its richness of harmony and texture". Born in Salzburg, then in the Holy Roman Empire and currently in Austria, Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty. His father took him on a grand tour of Europe and then three trips to Italy. At 17, he was a musician at the Salzburg court but grew restless and travelled in search of a better position. While visiting Vienna in 1781, Mozart was dismissed from his Salzburg position. He stayed in Vienna, where he achieved fame but little financial security. During his final years there, he composed many of his best-known symphonies, concertos, and operas. His Requiem was largely unfinished by the time of his death at the age of 35, the circumstances of which are uncertain and much mythologized. |
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Recordings (Results 176-200 of 743 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BVE-39897 | 10-in. | 10/17/1927 | Il mio tesoro | Tito Schipa | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-39898 | 10-in. | 10/17/1927 | Dalla sua pace | Tito Schipa | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-40698 | 10-in. | 11/7/1927 | O Isis und Osiris | Metropolitan Opera Chorus ; Giulio Setti | Male vocal chorus, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-40708 | 10-in. | 10/20/1927 | Quartet in D major | Flonzaley Quartet | String quartet | composer | |
Victor | BVE-40709 | 10-in. | 10/20/1927 | Quartet in D major | Flonzaley Quartet | String quartet | composer | |
Victor | BVE-40710 | 10-in. | 10/20/1927 | Quartet in D major | Flonzaley Quartet | String quartet | composer | |
Victor | BVE-40711 | 10-in. | 10/20/1927 | Quartet in D major | Flonzaley Quartet | String quartet | composer | |
Victor | BVE-40712 | 10-in. | 10/20/1927 | Quartet in D major | Flonzaley Quartet | String quartet | composer | |
Victor | BVE-40713 | 10-in. | 10/20/1927 | Quartet in D major | Flonzaley Quartet | String quartet | composer | |
Victor | BVE-41299 | 10-in. | 1/5/1928 | O Isis und Osiris | Ezio Pinza | Bass vocal solo, with mixed vocal chorus and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-41496 | 10-in. | 2/6/1928 | Alleluia | Sigrid Onégin | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | CVE-48949 | 12-in. | 3/30/1929 | Symphony in D major | New York Philharmonic ; Arturo Toscanini | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | CVE-48952 | 12-in. | 4/4/1929 | Symphony in D major | New York Philharmonic ; Arturo Toscanini | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | CVE-48953 | 12-in. | 4/4/1929 | Symphony in D major | New York Philharmonic ; Arturo Toscanini | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | CVE-48954 | 12-in. | 4/4/1929 | Symphony in D major | New York Philharmonic ; Arturo Toscanini | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | CVE-48955 | 12-in. | 4/5/1929 | Symphony in D major | New York Philharmonic ; Arturo Toscanini | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-49804 | 10-in. | 1/29/1929 | The skaters waltz | Victor Symphonic Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | CVE-49809 | 12-in. | 1/30/1929 | Exaltation | Victor Symphonic Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | CVE-49851 | 12-in. | 2/12/1929 | Concerto in G major : Adagio | Yehudi Menuhin ; Louis Persinger | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | BVE-49981 | 10-in. | 2/21/1929 | Lord, we pray thee | Randall Jaquillard | Boy soprano vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | CVE-50775 | 12-in. | 3/25/1929 | Il re pastore : Aria | Sofia Del Campo | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-51026 | 10-in. | 3/12/1929 | Sonata in A major : Allegro molto | Hazel Gertrude Kinscella | Piano solo, with violin | composer | |
Victor | CVE-51050 | 12-in. | 3/20/1929 | Quartet in D minor | Flonzaley Quartet | String quartet | composer | |
Victor | CVE-51051 | 12-in. | 3/20/1929 | Quartet in D minor | Flonzaley Quartet | String quartet | composer | |
Victor | CVE-51052 | 12-in. | 3/20/1929 | Quartet in D minor | Flonzaley Quartet | String quartet | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus," accessed November 17, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102711.
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 17, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102711.
"Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 17 November 2024.
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