MOZART - Symphony 38 in D major KV.504 "Prague" (1/4) - Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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- Опубліковано 20 тра 2010
- Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Orchestra: Concentus Musikus Wien
The Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504, was composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in late 1786. It was premiered in Prague on January 19, 1787, a few weeks after Le nozze di Figaro opened there. It is popularly known as the Prague Symphony. Mozart's autograph thematic catalogue bears December 6, 1786, as the date of composition.
The Incredible Harnoncourt... stunning recording.
That's BY FAR the best adagio introduction I've ever heard of this piece!!!
Superb!!! Thank you Maestro Harnoncourt!!!
My favourite Mozart symphonic movement.
Probably mine too. It's up there. Just listen closely to the mature innovations . .
@joydivisionbauhaus This is one of the best documents to tribute Mozart, Harnoncourt and Prague. Thanks for your comment.
Love the dramatic emphasis of 4:04 and 7:13 etc, brings out a new flavour in this incredible piece, and intensifies the surrounding music so well. I think Mozart would have approved.
Ain't there no words to this, Dave?
beautiful music and performance - thanks for posting!!
He is a legend, I agree.
his eyes!!
@Gresilde Thanks for your comment. This is a stratospherical version indeed.
Excellent!
I heard it. Can't compare it to this one which I find superb.
@Flaviat57 This was played in 2003. This is one of the references for this symphony. Nikolaus Harnoncourt drives these stuffs as nobody. Thanks for your comments.
Brilliant!
Ammmmmmazing.
@TrabalRipoll Thank you very much.
@ProsperAubrey Spectacular and dramatic yes.
greatest symphony ever, together with jupiter - only haydn is on mozart's level - RIP harnoncourt, top5 best modern day conductors, we miss you
@oboistru Really this performance is overwhelming. You´re right.
This is pure magic. The studio recording is technically much better, though.
Could you please tell me in which year this registration was made? Fantastic! Thank you so much.
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What exactly, is the musical advantage of using period instruments, as opposed to modern-day standard orchestral instruments?
The instruments sound different, and for the string instruments the bow is different, they were lighter and you could easily "bounce" your bow against your string and still have a full sound to it, with the modern bows that is almost impossible to do this way.
+Madana Bhat-Khandige The brass instruments also seem to have a sharper sound to them. I know some composers like Brahms and Wagner preferred the sound of the natural, valve-less horns to the ones with valves even though the valved ones were available at that point in time and much more versatile. I don't remember the exact reason, but I think due to the valves, the horns have a more muffled sound rather than a more resonant one from using the actual length of pipe instead of manipulating the length. I notice the timpani player also has mallets that don't have as much padding, which would again lead to a sharper, clearer sound.
Musical instruments, aswell as the vocal technique changed with time so they could produce more volume, more sound. This was necessary because the concert halls got bigger, so they could accomodate more people. But in the process the instruments lost the softness, the natural sound quality. For example if you listen to the wooden flutes commonly used in the 18th Century, you might notice they sound warmer, softer than the metal flutes used in the 19th Century. But the metal flutes are louder, and that was needed at the time. The same thing happened to all the instruments. The modern piano was invented because the harpsichord was to soft to fill up a big concert hall. The string instruments were able to produce and sustain more tone with modern bows. The trumpets, the horns, all instruments changed with the same purpose. But what they gained came with a price. In the 20th Century people became aware of what they've lost and the wave of nostalgia followed, resulting in "historicly informed" ensembles. At least, that's the way I see it.
Why horns are so loud
I'm not sure that the opening adagio is this recording's strong point... the entrances and releases were all over the place... sad too, because I do like Harnoncourt's work.
I don't find Harnoncourt to be close to being the worse offender in the "artificial" category. He strikes me as more of a compromise... he just uses smaller ensembles so he can't be as flamboyant or dramatic as many full-out modern orchestras can.
That being said, this does lack some energy in places that would have been nice... definitely not Harnoncourt's best showing.
Musicologynut85 I disagree. This is a superb performance; very elegant and Mozart-like.
Musicologynut85 Well did you know this performance was on period instruments?
I heard it. Can't compare it to this one which I find superb.