Mozart’s Symphony No. 36, known as the “Linz,” was tossed off in four days in 1783 when the 27-year-old composer arrived in the Austrian city and needed a new piece for his host, Count Thun-Hohenstein ...

Building a Library: Richard Wigmore compares recordings of Mozart's Symphony No. 36 in C major, K425, known as the Linz Symphony, which was written in just four days in late 1783. Show more Building a ...

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Vienna Philharmonic: Mozart's "Linz" Symphony 1991 0 hr 32 mins NR Watchlist Carlos Kleiber leads the Vienna Philharmonic in Mozart's Symphony No. 36, nicknamed after the Austrian city of its ...

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Now that concert halls around Singapore are setting the stage for the return of live performances, music lovers can mark their calendars for physical concerts once again. Fans of classical music can ...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s penultimate symphony is perhaps his most popular. Richard Wigmore surveys a selection of recordings – and busts a few Mozartian myths along the way The unfinished portrait of ...