Mozart: Dances & Marches (Mozart Edition 6) [Import]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Willi Boskovsky (Conductor), Vienna Mozart Ensemble (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: Vienna Mozart Ensemble
• Conductor: Willi Boskovsky
• Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Audio CD (December 10, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 6
• Format: Import
• Label: Philips
• ASIN: B00000410N
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,746 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #18 in Music > Classical > Ballets & Dances > Dances
  • #22 in Music > Classical > Forms & Genres > Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music > Overtures
  • #45 in Music > Miscellaneous > Marches

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unlikely To Be Bettered., October 7, 2000

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This review is from: Mozart: Dances & Marches (Mozart Edition 6) (Audio CD)

It's hard to imagine this set ever being replaced. The Vienna Mozart Ensemble, comprised about two dozen members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Willi Boskovsky, himself a former concertmaster of the orchestra, had long established himself as the unchallenged leader in performances of the great dance music associated with Vienna when these recordings were made in the 1960s. Mozart himself loved to dance, participating in organised dancing at his home that sometimes lasted all through the night, and sometimes dancing just with his wife Constanze to keep warm when there was not enough wood for the fire. Minuets, marches, German dances, contredanses - they are all here. Can you listen to 40 minuets in a row? Such is the variety of mood and colour that Mozart contrived, and such are the subtleties and nuances in these performances, that boredom never occurs.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars You Bet! - 40 Minuets In A Row Played 40 Times In A Row!, February 23, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Mozart: Dances & Marches (Mozart Edition 6) (Audio CD)

This is Mozart in his element - The entire compilation is a gem! - Delightful and entertaining works - 40 minuets played 40 times in a row if it was up to me, not to mention the German Dances, and others. Try something: Put these cds on and close your eyes. Guarenteed to put a smile on your face and in your heart! Thanks to Phillips and all involved. The best Complete Mozart Edition in my library. I'm going to try my best to wear out these cds.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get on the dance floor, September 19, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Mozart: Dances & Marches (Mozart Edition 6) (Audio CD)

These works span Mozart's creative life. In that respect it's a good way to see his artistic development---if you can keep still and resist the urge to dance. Hey, I don't dance, so I listen to a few CDs in a row and it doesn't get boring. That's Mozart's gift; the music just flows on and on, so why fight it. True, true: the music is played perfectly here. Cheers!