Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart-Designo Series

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For those who have reached the point of dismay that fine classical music cannot be presented intelligently and in an aesthetically pleasing manner, this European import might just restore your confidence. The four-CD set is beautifully designed and comes with a 20-page color booklet.

Mozart: His Life and Work is a high-falutin' title for a greatest hits package. But here are the contributors: Furtwängler, Fritz Busch, Bruno Walter, Herbert von Karajan, Clara Haskil and Wilhelm Kempff. They don't get any better!

—Ronald Gregory

Quotes

"Today we may not be able to write as beautifully as Mozart — but what we can do is to try and write as purely as he did." —Johannes Brahms

Contents

Imported from Europe!

CD 1 (TT: 65:44): Symphonies: No. 40 in G Minor, K.550*; No. 41 in C Major, K.551, Jupiter**; Serenade No. 13 in G Major, K.525, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik***.

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra/Fritz Reiner, Conductor*; Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York/Bruno Walter, Conductor**; Vienna Philharmonic/Wilhelm Furtwangler, Conductor***.

CD 2 (TT: 76:18): Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K.622*; Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K.466**; Piano Sonata in A Major, K.331, Alla Turca***.

Leopold Wlach, Clarinet/Vienna Philharmonic/Herbert von Karajan, Conductor*; Clara Haskil, Piano/Winterthur Symphony Orchestra/Henry Swoboda, Conductor**; Wilhelm Kempff, Piano***.

CD 3 (TT: 54:37): Requiem, K.626.

Pia Tassinari, Soprano; Ebe Stignani, Alto; Ferruccio Tagliavini, Tenor; Italo Tajo, Bass; Orchestra e Coro Della RAI; Victor de Sabata, Conductor.

CD 4 (TT: 74:14): The Magic Flute in Two Acts (Highlights); Don Giovanni in Two Acts (Highlights).

The Magic Flute: Tamino, Anton Dermota; Pamina, Irmgard Seefried; Papageno, Erich Kunz; Queen of the Night, Wilma Lipp; Sarastro, Ludwig Weber; Speaker, George London; First Lady, Sena Jurinac; Second Lady, Friedl Riegler; Third Lady, Else Schurhoff; Papagena, Emmy Loose; Monostatos, Peter Klein; First Priest, Erich Majkut; Second Priest, Harald Proglhof; Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Wien; Vienna Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan, Conductor.

Don Giovanni: Don Giovanni, John Brownlee; Leporello, Salvatore Baccaloni; Donna Anna, Ina Souez; Don Ottavio, Koloman von Pataky; Donna Elvira, Luise Helletsgruber; Zerlina, Audrey Mildmay; Masetto, Roy Henderson; Il Commendatore, David Franklin; Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra & Chorus; Fritz Busch, Conductor.

Includes 20-page book.