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Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. 1. Allegro molto
2. 2. Andante
3. 3. Presto
4. 1. Allegro assai
5. 2. Andante
6. 3. Presto
7. 1. Allegro
8. 2. Andante
9. 3. Presto
10. 1. Allegro
11. 2. Andante
12. 3. Allegro molto
13. 1. Allegro
14. 2. Andante
15. 3. Menuetto: Trio
16. 4. Allegro
17. 1. Allegro
18. 2. Andante
19. 3. Menuetto; Trio
20. 4. Allegro
21. 1. Allegro
22. 2. Andante
23. 3. Menuetto; Trio
24. 4. Finale
25. 1. Allegro
26. 2. Andante

Disc 2:

1. 3. Menuetto: Trio
2. 4. Allegro
3. 1. Allegro
4. 2. Andante
5. 3. Menuetto; Trio
6. 4. Allegro molto
7. 1. Allegro
8. 2. Andante
9. 3. Allegro molto
10. 1. Allegro
11. 2. Andante
12. 3. Menuetto; Trio
13. 4. Presto
14. 1. Allegro
15. 2. Andante
16. 3. Menuetto; Trio
17. 4. Allegro
18. 1. Allegro
19. 2. Andante
20. 3. Allegro
21. 1. Introduction; Andante
22. 2. Allegro
23. 1. Allegro
24. 2. Menuetto; Trio
25. 3. Andantino
26. 4. Allegro

Disc 3:

1. 1. Allegro
2. 2. Andante
3. 3. Menuetto; Trio
4. 4. Allegro
5. 1. Allegro
6. 2. Andante
7. 3. Menuetto; Trio
8. 4. Allegro molto
9. 1. Allegro
10. 2. Andante
11. 3. Menuetto; Trio
12. 4. Molto allegro
13. 1. Allegro moderato
14. 2. Andante
15. 3. Menuetto; Trio
16. 4. Molto allegro
17. 1. Allegro
18. 2. Andante
19. 3. Menuetto; Trio
20. 4. Presto

Disc 4:

1. 1. Allegro maestoso
2. 2. Andante grazioso
3. 3. Rondo; Allegro
4. 1. Allegro
5. 2. Andante
6. 3. Allegro
7. 1. Allegro
8. 2. Andantino grazioso
9. 3. Menuetto; Trio
10. 4. Molto allegro
11. 1. Allegro
12. 2. Andante
13. 2. Andantino grazioso (Alternate)
14. 3. Menuetto; Trio
15. 4. Allegro
16. 1. Allegro
17. 2. Andante
18. 3. Menuetto; Trio

Disc 5:

1. 4. Allegro
2. 1. Allegro
3. 2. Andante
4. 3. Menuetto; Trio
5. 4. Allegro
6. 1. Molto Presto
7. 2. Andante
8. 3. Allegro
9. 1. Allegro
10. 2. Andantino grazioso
11. 3. Presto
12. 1. Allegro assai
13. 2. Andantino grazioso
14. 3. Presto assai
15. 1. Allegro spiritoso
16. 2. Andantino grazioso
17. 3. Presto assai
18. 1. Allegro spiritoso
19. 2. Andantino grazioso
20. 3. Allegro

Disc 6:

1. 1. Allegro con brio
2. 2. Andante
3. 3. Menuetto; Trio
4. 4. Allegro
5. 1. Allegro moderato
6. 2. Andante
7. 3. Menuetto; Trio
8. 4. Allegro con spirito
9. 1. Molto allegro
10. 2. Andantino con moto
11. 3. Menuetto; Trio
12. 4. Presto

Disc 7:

1. 1. Allegro spiritoso
2. 2. Andante
3. 3. Menuetto; Trio
4. 4. Presto
5. 1. Allegro vivace
6. 2. Andante
7. 2. Andante (Alternate)
8. 3. Allegro
9. 1. Allegro spiritoso
10. 2. Andante
11. 3. Allegro spiritoso
12. 1. Allegro assai
13. 2. Andante moderato
14. 3. Menuet; Trio
15. 4. Allegro assai

Disc 8:

1. 1. Allegro vivace
2. 2. Andante di molto
3. 3. Allegro vivace
4. 1. Allegro con spirito
5. 2. [Andante]
6. 3. Menuetto; Trio
7. 4. Presto
8. 1. Adagio; Allegro spiritoso
9. 2. Poco adagio
10. 3. Menuetto; Trio
11. 4. Presto

Disc 9:

1. 1. Adagio; Allegro
2. 2. Andante
3. 3. Presto
4. 1. Adagio; Allegro
5. 2. Andante con moto
6. 3. Menuetto: Allegretto; Trio
7. 4. Allegro

Disc 10:

1. 1. Molto allegro
2. 2. Andante
3. 3. Menuetto; Trio
4. 4. Allegro assai
5. 1. Allegro vivace
6. 2. Andante cantabile
7. 3. Menuetto; Trio
8. 4. Molto allegro

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #119677 in Music
• Released on: 1991-09-13
• Number of discs: 10
• Format: Box set

Amazon.com
Musical scholar that he is, Charles Mackerras adopts period performance practice, but opts for modern instruments. The Prague Chamber Orchestra is one of the world's best small ensembles. They play this music with impeccable wit, sophistication, and style. Of course, Mackerras himself studied in Prague--Mozart's musical home away from home--and has long enjoyed an excellent relationship with the city's orchestras and musicians. With swift tempos, employment of a harpsichord accompaniment, and all the repeats taken in each work, these finely honed interpretations offer a uniquely consistent view of Mozart's symphonic achievement. Telarc's superb sound allows the music to fall very gratefully on the ear. --Dave Hurwitz

Customer Reviews

Simply Perfect
This set, like the music played, is simply perfect. Every instrument in the orcehstra can be heard as a distinct voice -- this is partly a function of the wonderful sound quality on these discs, but more importantly it's a function of the razor sharp playing of the performers. And Mackerras makes the music dance and sing and soar like (I believe) Mozart's music always should. Everything about this set is just right. I've compared it carefully to Pinnok/English Concert and to ter Linden/Mozart Akademie, Amsterdam (both also excellent) and the Mackerras set is just that much better in every way. Listening to these performances is like listening to this glorious music for the very first time, and you couldn't possibly wish for a better treat than that. I can't recommend this set highly enough.

Outstanding Performances
While historical instuments are not used on these recordings the performances are still excellent and most particularly for the faster than usual tempos for the minuets. Lethargic and pompous minuet tempos are common with most recordings of music from the Classic Period but here we have minuet tempos that are related to the dance steps and the way it was generally danced in the period. While ignorance of the minuet as a dance is wide spread here we have recordings that rise above that limitation and give improved character and vigor to the works as a whole. Bravo!

I agree with
a music fans comment, Mackerras is good, BUT...
So I do not expect anyone to give my comment a "YES Paul's review was most helpful"
:-))
Mackerras is the most popular as far as modern voting goes. Popular votes never influence my decision in critiquing.
My fav in the complete is Bohm/Berlin
In the last 6 syms, it is Walter/Columbia/Sony which may be the finest I've heard, which is sadly Out of print. The Walter/Columbia is a bigger orch sound, which obviously is against Mozart's initial idea of size of orch. But the Columbia plays so tight/fliud/details rendered with powerful depth of emotions, that it is excusable the "big-band" sound.
Bohm's Berlin is slightly scaled down in size, yet at times does not match the Columbia's tightness/percision.
But I do find Bohm and Walter to be very close so that I can't decide which I prefer more.
IOW I love them both equally, and prefer both over Mackerras well recorded set. Seems to me Mackerras' Prague Chamber is like a "youth orch", not going into the details as does the more experienced Columbia and Berlin. Also to consider is the fact of the instrument quality, which the Prague is not in the same class as the Columbia and Berlin. In Mozart the string section's instruments can make all the difference. AS well as winds. I'm sure the Prague is a smaller budget orch and cannot afford the finer instruments alloted to the 2 bigger orchestras. .
Makerras' orch play too fast at times, lacks depths in the nuances that I hear in Walter and Bohm, and the recorded sound is abit harsh/grainy.
Overall the Mackerras is my 3rd choice in Mozart. But still as good as Bohm is, I felt no need to keep the Mackerras.
Read my review of the Bohm/Berlin complete set.