This isn’t one of Mozart’s best-known works but it’s absolutely one of his best. Try the heart-stoppingly beautiful Adagio. It was originally written for basset horn, a member of the clarinet family, but Mozart was probably eventually convinced that it worked better for clarinet. It was written shortly before Mozart’s death for the clarinettist Anton Stadler and has three movements. Oh and the nickname probably wasn’t one Mozart came up with, but it’s seems appropriate for what is arguably his greatest symphony.Ī Classic FM Hall of Fame former No.1, the Clarinet Concerto is one of Mozart’s best-loved works. The ‘Jupiter’ sees the composer flexing all his musical muscles – there’s the intricate Molto Allegro movement that brings together sonata form and fugue, counterpoint and of course captivating melodies. This is the last symphony Mozart composed and writing in The Guardian, music critic Tom Service has said the work “is written at the furthest edges of the possible for Mozart, in terms of seeing just how many different expressive and compositional contrasts he can cram into a single symphony”.
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