Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 38 & 39

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His background as a violinist and proponent of historically informed performance comes through in his conducting, and the start of the Prague Symphony, even though played on modern instruments,... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 29th Oct 2021
Catalogue No: PTC5186765
Label: Pentatone
Length: 71 minutes

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Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D major, K504 'Prague'

Work length39:03

$9.00

$11.60

$15.75

NDR Radiophilharmonie
Andrew Manze

I. Adagio - Allegro

Track length18:29

$4.00

$5.15

$7.00

II. Andante

Track length12:12

$3.00

$3.85

$5.25

III. Finale. Presto

Track length8:22

$2.00

$2.60

$3.50

Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K543

Work length32:13

$8.00

$10.35

$14.00

NDR Radiophilharmonie
Andrew Manze

I. Adagio - Allegro

Track length10:51

$3.00

$3.85

$5.25

II. Andante con moto

Track length8:15

$2.00

$2.60

$3.50

III. Menuetto. Allegretto

Track length4:40

$1.00

$1.30

$1.75

IV. Finale. Allegro

Track length8:27

$2.00

$2.60

$3.50

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EXPANSIVE SYMPHONIES PLAYED WITH ENERGY AND URGENCY

The NDR Philharmonie and Andrew Manze continue their exploration of Mozart’s late orchestral works with a recording of the composers 38th and 39th symphonies. Nicknamed after Prague, where it was first performed in 1787, the 38th shares with its successor a solemn, “Romantic” slow introduction to the first movement, followed by lighter music that shares a kinship with the playful arias and ensembles of Le nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni, composed in the same period. By playing all repeats, Manze underlines the ambitious, expansive character of these works, but the NDR Radiophilharmonie never drags, offering the same energy and sense of urgency as in their acclaimed interpretation of Mozart’s 40th and 41st symphonies, released in 2019.

In their collaboration, Andrew Manze brings his experience in the field of historically-informed performance to the polished symphonic sound of the NDR Radiophilharmonie, resulting in a prize-winning complete cycle of Mendelssohn symphonies (2017-2018), as well as highly-praised interpretations of Mozart’s 40th and 41st symphonies (2019) and Beethoven’s 5th and 7th symphonies (2020), all released on PENTATONE.

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Christmas 2021

His background as a violinist and proponent of historically informed performance comes through in his conducting, and the start of the Prague Symphony, even though played on modern instruments, rejoices in its clarity and colour...This is up there with the best played, and the best recorded.

March/April 2022

[Prague] Manze phrases this slow movement with such suppleness and elegance that I didn’t grow impatient, and he finds enough variety in dynamic shading that the music’s dramatic side is brought out very well.

March 2022

This disc of the Prague and No 39 revisits many of the qualities of that previous album: finely honed and unanimous string-playing, perky solo woodwind and an approach to the music as if from within.

24th October 2021

With his scrupulous balancing of a small string body with glorious woodwinds, these performances make one listen with refreshed ears. Outstanding.

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