Symphony No. 40

by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Wiener Philharmoniker / Wilhelm Furtw盲ngler

Symphony No. 40 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1950
  • Label: HMV
  • Country: Austria
  • Community rating: 3.98/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A highly subjective and philosophically weighty reading of the famously turbulent minor-key symphony. The legendary conductor applies his signature flexible tempos to heighten the dramatic tension, treating the classical structures with intense, proto-Romantic passion.

Genres

Descriptors: orchestral, symphonic, melodic, long-form, strings

Tracklist

  1. I. Allegro Molto
  2. II. Andante
  3. III. Menuet And Trio; Allegro
  4. IV. Allegro Assai
  5. Variations On A Theme By Haydn, Op. 56a ("St. Antoni Chorale")

Credits

  • Wilhelm Furtw盲ngler - primary artist, conductor
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - primary artist, composed by, written-by
  • Johannes Brahms - primary artist, composed by, written-by

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