Your Favorite Mozart Symphonies

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Bogey

Quote from: Sergeant Rock on May 21, 2015, 03:15:06 PM
Szell made me love it. I was at Severance in Jan '69 when 34 was first on the program (Prokofiev VC2 and Schumann 2 followed). And there was the famous Concertgebouw recording, coupled with a splendid Beethoven 5.

Sarge

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Ken B

Quote from: Bogey on May 21, 2015, 03:58:54 PM
Anything he ever do to make us hate something?  Didn't think so.
His successor. :)

springrite

25, 39 and 41, in no particular order, of the rest of his symphonies.
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TheGSMoeller


San Antone


Old Listener

25,28,29 - very appealing works by a younger Mozart.

34 - the Szell/Concertgebouw recording is a knockout.

38 - Probably my very favorite Mozart symphony.

39-41 - These have been favorites for 4 decades.

aligreto

I have always had a liking for No. 29.

Jaakko Keskinen

29. That first movement is a real beauty.
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Bruckner is God

I've always had a sweet spot for the Haffner. Others than that I love all his late symphonies, and do not have any "favourites".

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starrynight

#31
F major KV 19a (Anh. 223) 1765
8  D major, K. 48   1768

18  F major KV 130       1772
26    E♭ major    K. 184/161a   1773
27    G major    K. 199/161b  1773
28    C major    K. 200/189k  1774
29    A major    K. 201/186a 1774
30    D major    K. 202/186b    1774

34    C major    K. 338    1780
39    E♭ major    K. 543    1788
40    G minor    K. 550     1788
41    C major    K. 551     1788

Mandryka

Quote from: starrynight on June 01, 2015, 01:28:00 PM
F major KV 19a (Anh. 223) 1765
8  D major, K. 48   1768

18  F major KV 130       1772
26    E♭ major    K. 184/161a   1773
27    G major    K. 199/161b  1773
28    C major    K. 200/189k  1774
29    A major    K. 201/186a 1774
30    D major    K. 202/186b    1774

34    C major    K. 338    1780
39    E♭ major    K. 543    1788
40    G minor    K. 550     1788
41    C major    K. 551     1788

Yes I like K130 too, the thing which drew it to my attention was a recording by Bruno Maderna.
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starrynight

Was it Alfred Einstein who said it was his first great symphony?  I put it in the middle years, I'd rather judge each period separate.  Pieces like that though remind me of the influence Mozart had on Schubert in his earlier years.

B_cereus

Why didn't Mozart write any more symphonies in the last few years of his life? I know he didn't expect to die at 35, but still... Did he lose interest in symphonies? Or was it because he wasn't commissioned? If he had lived would he have written more symphonies?

Jo498

I think we still do not know for sure what prompted him to write the last 3 in summer 1788 although it's not as mysterious as it was thought to be for a long time and they (or some of them) were probably played at some concert in the following winter or so.
But as you say, Mozart hardly ever wrote major works without a concrete commission (or clear opportunity to play/conduct/sell them).
So I am pretty sure he would have written more symphonies later on had he lived longer but in the last 3 years of his live he was sufficiently busy with other projects. 3 string quartets, 3 quintets, 3 operas, two concertos and many other pieces, and he also arranged four large scale works by Handel in that time.
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rockerreds


jochanaan

Choosing between any of Mozart's symphonies from, oh, about #25 onward is kind of like choosing between different Steinways..  That said, I'm particularly fond of the Haffner and the Linz; those are the ones I've actually played.  Still, I look forward to playing the Jupiter sometime. ;D
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jochanaan

Quote from: mc ukrneal on May 21, 2015, 10:58:24 AM
The ones that Mozart wrote. Those are the best! :) ...
What?  No fondness for #37, the one mostly written by Michael Haydn? ;D
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