Mozart 250

This year is the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth. He was born on the 27th January 1756 in Salzburg, Austria. By way of tribute Brilliant Classics have made a box collection of the Complete Work of Mozart. This is a collection of 170 CD’s. It can be purchased online for the fantastic price of €99 plus €20, delivery from Austria. The collection is divided into 9 Volumes: 1. Symphonies; 2. Concertos; 3. Divertimenti/Serenades/Dances; 4. Chamber Music/Violin Sonatas/Church Sonatas 5. String Ensembles; 6. Keyboard Works; 7. Sacred Works; 8. Concert Arias/Songs; 9. Operas.

That’s • 41 Symphonies; • 28 Piano Concertos; • 2 Piano Rondos; • 1 Clarinet Concerto; • 2 Flute Concertos; • 1 Concerto for Flute & Harp; • 5 Horn Concertos; • 1 Oboe Concerto; • 1 Bassoon Concerto; • 1 Wind Concerto; • 7 Violin Concertos; • 23 Divertimenti; • 11 Serenades; • 2 Wind Adagios; • 6 Wind Nocturnes; • 12 Horn Duos; • 16 Marches; • 35 Dances; • 1 Horn Quintet; • 1 Oboe Quartet; • 2 Clarinet Trio; • 1 Clarinet Quintet; • 1 Wind Quintet; • 4 Flute Quartets; • 6 Flute Sonatas; • 6 Piano Trios; • 2 Piano Quartets; • 2 Piano Quintet; • 2 Variations for Piano & Violin; • 30 Violin Sonatas; • 17 Church Sonatas; • 2 String Duos; • 2 String Trio; • 23 String Quartets; • 6 String Quintets; • 6 String Prelude & Fugues; • 18 Piano Sonatas; • 17 Piano Variations; • 41 Klavierstücke; • 8 Piano pieces for 4 Hands; • 1 Fugue for 2 Pianos; • 1 Sonata for 2 Pianos; • 9 Organ Works; • 1 Requiem; • 4 Litaniae; • 3 Regina Coeli; • 1 Santa Maria; • 7 Offertoria; • 14 Liturgical Chants; • 17 Masses; • 2 Kyrie; • 2 Sacred Musicals; • 4 Cantatas; • 2 Solemn Vespers; • 41 Canons; • 47 Concert Arias; • 33 Songs; • 19 Operas.

I am currently about one eight of the way through listening to the collection, mixing it around from Symphony to Opera to Piano Sonata, as the mood takes me. Each CD takes a journey in and out to work, more or less, so Ian Dempsey and Matt Cooper have lost a listener for now.