Mozart Live 1978 (2CD)

A first-time CD release for a gala concert given by the pre-eminent Mozart interpreters of the late analogue era.

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On 27th January, 1978 fell the 222nd birthday of Mozart and the auspicious occasion was marked in Strasbourg, at the Palais de la Musicque et des Congrès, by an ingeniously planned program which spanned a decade of the composer’s full maturity. Everyone associated with the concert could boast impeccable Mozartian credentials.

Portions of the event have been released on CD before but never the entire concert which makes this newly remastered reissue on Eloquence an essential acquisition for all Mozart lovers, enhanced by original sleeve notes and texts and translations of the arias.

TRACK LIST

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
CD 1
Idomeneo, re di Creta, KV 366: Overture
Concert Aria: ‘Non più, tutto ascoltai … Non temer, amato bene’, KV 490 (with Hugh Maguire, violin)
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, KV 550

CD 2
Concert Aria: ‘Ch’io mi scordi di te … Non temer, amato bene’, KV 505
Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, KV 503

Jessye Norman, soprano
Alfred Brendel, piano
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner

FIRST COMPLETE RELEASE ON CD OF THIS CONCERT GIVEN FOR MOZART’S 222nd BIRTHDAY