Episode 5
Donald explores Mozart's late-flowering success in Prague. He was invited to create an opera especially for the city: Don Giovanni.
In today's programme, Donald Macleod explores Mozart's late-flowering success in Prague, which went Figaro-crazy in December 1786 - Figaro being The Marriage of Figaro, one of Mozart's operatic masterpieces. When the composer turned up in Prague to attend a performance of his latest smash, he got serious red-carpet treatment. Not only that, he was invited to create another opera, especially for the city; this turned out to be Don Giovanni, arguably his most perfect operatic creation. La clemenza di Tito, Mozart's final opera for Prague and a late flowering of opera seria, has never enjoyed the acclaim of his comic masterpieces, but it has a quiet and compelling nobility.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
5 Kontretanze K.609 for flute, 2 vn, db & side drum
Conductor: Willi BOSKOVSKY Performer: Vienna Mozart Ensemble
- PHILIPS.
- 422-643-2.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony no. 38 in D major K.504 (Prague)
Conductor: Charles MACKERRAS Performer: Prague Chamber Orchestra
- Telarc.
- 80148.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni - opera in 2 acts K.527
Conductor: Carlo Maria GIULINI Performer: Eberhard WAECHTER - Baritone (Don Giovanni) Performer: Elisabeth SCHWARZKOPF - Soprano (Donna Elvira) Performer: Giuseppe TADDEI - Baritone (Leporello) Performer: Gottlob FRICK - Bass (Commendatore)
- EMI.
- CDS-747260 2.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
La Clemenza di Tito - opera in 2 acts K.621
Conductor: Charles MACKERRAS Performer: Hillevi MARTINPELTO - Soprano Performer: Ruth ELLIS - Basset horn Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus
- Deutsche Gramophon.
- 00289 477 5792.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto in A major K.622 for clarinet and orchestra
Conductor: Jeffrey TATE Performer: Thea KING - Clarinet Performer: English Chamber Orchestra.
- HYPERION.
- CDA-66199.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
5 Kontretanze K.609 for flute, 2 vn, db & side drum
Conductor: Willi BOSKOVSKY Performer: Vienna Mozart Ensemble
- PHILIPS.
- 422-643-2.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony no. 38 in D major K.504 (Prague)
Conductor: Charles MACKERRAS Performer: Prague Chamber Orchestra
- Telarc.
- 80148.
![]()
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni - opera in 2 acts K.527
Conductor: Carlo Maria GIULINI Performer: Eberhard WAECHTER - Baritone (Don Giovanni) Performer: Elisabeth SCHWARZKOPF - Soprano (Donna Elvira) Performer: Giuseppe TADDEI - Baritone (Leporello) Performer: Gottlob FRICK - Bass (Commendatore)
- EMI.
- CDS-747260 2.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
La Clemenza di Tito - opera in 2 acts K.621
Conductor: Charles MACKERRAS Performer: Hillevi MARTINPELTO - Soprano Performer: Ruth ELLIS - Basset horn Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Performer: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus
- Deutsche Gramophon.
- 00289 477 5792.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto in A major K.622 for clarinet and orchestra
Conductor: Jeffrey TATE Performer: Thea KING - Clarinet Performer: English Chamber Orchestra.
- HYPERION.
- CDA-66199.
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