Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Symphony No. 40 - Molto Allegro
Album: Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Sir Georg Solti (1983)Avg rating:
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everettwa wrote:
I see 27 1's. 10 from me!
one vote for a 1 rating. That has to be a joke, right?
I see 27 1's. 10 from me!
Einfach göttlich....
one vote for a 1 rating. That has to be a joke, right?
Wouldn't be great if RP had a Classical Music Mix?
vandal wrote:
"My dear young man, don't take it too hard. Your work is ingenious. It's quality work. And there are simply too many notes, that's all. Just cut a few and it will be perfect."
perhaps best heard live? wonder how it sounded with period instruments...
TLynneHenry wrote:
Don't know about you but I often find Bill feeling instrumental is instrumental to the sort of day I have 
Today is not epic - but it would be a WHOLE LOT worse without RP!
Feeling a little bit instrumental today, Bill?
Don't know about you but I often find Bill feeling instrumental is instrumental to the sort of day I have
Today is not epic - but it would be a WHOLE LOT worse without RP!Feeling a little bit instrumental today, Bill?
Tomasni wrote:
should have been 10 from the start......just sayin.....
9 -> 10 - G O D L I K E
should have been 10 from the start......just sayin.....
jimtyrrell wrote:
I think that would be KDFC. But no matter - Mozart at any time of day for me.
Once again, thank you RP for our daily classical music. I love Mozart in the Morning!
I think that would be KDFC. But no matter - Mozart at any time of day for me.
kcar wrote:
Molto allegro indeed!
Molto allegro indeed!
When I was a kid (maybe 10?) my dad took me to see Sir Georg conduct the Chicago Symphony in Mozart's No. 41 ("Jupiter"). Sublime. I've been hooked on Mozart ever since.
a_genuine_find wrote:
jimtyrrell wrote:
or at nacht
Once again, thank you RP for our daily classical music. I love Mozart in the Morning!
or at nacht
changodelaplaya wrote:
Yes
Was this piece used in a Bugs Bunny cartoon, am I just confusing it with Rossini's "Barber...", or am I straight trippin'?
Yes
Needs more cowbell!
Wouldn’t want this all day (on RP), but have always loved that Bill will play ANYTHING if the mood strikes. And usually it’s in some kind of overall context that helps it all hang together. It’s why I subscribe. Bravo.
Stetsonman wrote:
hahahaha! Especially in his time!
a bit nutty
hahahaha! Especially in his time!
I"m getting some undertones of PinkFloyd here. This guy is a hack. 
a bit nutty
Once again, thank you RP for our daily classical music. I love Mozart in the Morning!
Excellent, and as a bonus it always sends me back the memory lane - does anybody else here remember "Drumuri europene"? :)
Every once in a while,
it just feels good. Mahalo RP.
it just feels good. Mahalo RP.
save it for NPR
9 -> 10 - G O D L I K E
Too bad the rating scale only goes to 10 as Mozart's K40 and K41 are at least a 20 on my scale!
Throttle13 wrote:
eveliko wrote:
mustabeen radiohead...
Talk about going from the ridiculous to the sublime...
PSD got me here... don't even remember the lame whiny song I escaped! 
eveliko wrote:
mustabeen radiohead...
Talk about going from the ridiculous to the sublime...
thorens wrote:
Totally! Today's replay of this sequence brought up a big happy smile :D Encore, maestro!
Absolutely!
Totally! Today's replay of this sequence brought up a big happy smile :D Encore, maestro!
Absolutely!
truebluejay99 wrote:
Cartoons back in the day gave kids who became adults a great appreciation for classical music.
Very true - just think of Fantasia!
Cartoons back in the day gave kids who became adults a great appreciation for classical music.
Very true - just think of Fantasia!
a_genuine_find wrote:
Cartoons back in the day gave kids who became adults a great appreciation for classical music.
Cartoons back in the day gave kids who became adults a great appreciation for classical music.
The real deal. Thank you RP!
SomersetBob wrote:
Totally! Today's replay of this sequence brought up a big happy smile :D Encore, maestro!
After Queen and their BoRhap, this was a masterful stroke, Bill :) Made my day - thank you (again)!
Totally! Today's replay of this sequence brought up a big happy smile :D Encore, maestro!
After Queen and their BoRhap, this was a masterful stroke, Bill :) Made my day - thank you (again)!
Dude's okay, but he's no Wolfgang Amedeus!
This symphony is good any time, but the segue from Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody was outstanding!
Stringalishus!
Was this piece used in a Bugs Bunny cartoon, am I just confusing it with Rossini's "Barber...", or am I straight trippin'?
Sehr fröhlich
Nice change of pace.
Throttle13 wrote:
mustabeen radiohead...
PSD got me here... don't even remember the lame whiny song I escaped!
mustabeen radiohead...
I was just thinking that myself. LOL
Oh well I clicked on PSD and this came up. It is better!
On_The_Beach wrote:
Oh well I clicked on PSD and this came up. It is better!
On_The_Beach wrote:
Who is this Mozzurt guy anyway? Talk about overkill on the strings.
When the hell does the electric guitar kick in?
When the hell does the electric guitar kick in?
Only one word to describe this; OUTSTANDING!
Peferction ! After Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody...
You are really on a roll this morning!!!
#powerfulmusicstream
#powerfulmusicstream
Who is this Mozzurt guy anyway? Talk about overkill on the strings.
When the hell does the electric guitar kick in?
When the hell does the electric guitar kick in?
Divine
rocklandlove wrote:
Agree. The conductor and musicians of this interpretation deserve recognition as well as the composer.
Perennial peeve from a longtime RP fan: I SO wish you would post the ACTUAL name of the symphony, conductors, etc. Classical music is not wallpaper!
Agree. The conductor and musicians of this interpretation deserve recognition as well as the composer.
Just got back from a hike through the snow-covered sage brush steppe and this came on. Stupendous.
Love it. Keep playin' the hits. Mozart has never been off the album chart.
Ssomehow, Bill seems to know just when to toss one of these our way.
Perennial peeve from a longtime RP fan: I SO wish you would post the ACTUAL name of the symphony, conductors, etc. Classical music is not wallpaper!
This takes me back to 1971.There was a pirate radio ship, RNI or Radio North Sea International, moored off the Dutch coast (though it also moved to the English coast for a while), which played the Waldo de los Rios version of this extensively. Due to the airtime it got on RNI the track ended up topping the charts in Holland and reaching the top 10 in the UK. Listening on medium wave wasn't always easy - the UK government broadcast a jamming signal, a constant beeping, so you had to position your receiver to get the maximum RNI and the minimum jamming. Anyway, for me this track (and also Band of Gold by Freda Payne) will always bring back fond memories of RNI and all its DJ's.
PSD got me here... don't even remember the lame whiny song I escaped!
I hit the PSD to get away from a crooning moaner crying in his beer. And what I found! For the love of Amadeus!
Last play: Dec 13, 2007
I think we're due for a revival, what do you think Bill?
I think we're due for a revival, what do you think Bill?
Did want to hear Pink Floyd's Comfortably Numb and the PSD button brought me to this instead.
I'd make that trade 100 out of 100 times!
I'd make that trade 100 out of 100 times!
Thank You...
Just what I needed at this moment
Godlike indeed! Thanks Bill!
Regrettably, my Dad (who's a seriously hot clarinet player) rehearsed this to death and beyond when I was younger, so I've never developed an appreciation of the masterpiece :(
Thanks Bill.
Genius... such a profound piece. Cannot imaging this sort of stuff coming these days.
Too many notes! ;-)
Ja, das ist gut!
I was thinking of this tune the other day, but it was the "pop" version by Waldo De Los Rios which was a substantial hit in the UK when I was a kid. Spooky.
wferrier wrote: Perfect summation.
In Mozart's time musicians were considered craftsmen and expected to work with set musical phrases. That's how it was donethe same was true of all his contemporaries and immediate predecessors. This is the actual definition of the classical era in music! This fact is well known. Mozart isn't respected for originality, he is known for taking those phrases and mixing and matching them in such a way that surpassed everyone before him, and many after. Mozart was compiling better music at 20 than Haydn was at 40. Again well known fact. Mixing and matching modular phrases is still done, in all styles of music, even today, country, rock, jazz, blues, and everything else just about. Listen to symphony 21 in C. The beginning is a dumpy little tune, one of those simple melodies that as a kid Mozart was expected to improvise on. Now listen to the entire symphony keeping that it is variations on the dumpy tune. It's extraordinarythat's the genius of Mozart.
Perfect summation.
prefect segue from Vlatko and Miroslav
and a 10 be itself
jenakle wrote:
OMG YES
what is it caaalllled?!?!!?
Its called Outnumbered! Damn I used to play that game all the time. You are in this television station and go in and out of rooms looking for the Master of Mischief's hideout. When you are in the hallway this music plays and there is this robot that you have to zap with a gun. Now whenever I hear Mozart's Symphony no 40, that is what I think about.
ktnsb wrote:
There used to be a game you could buy in any well-stocked sheet music store, I forget the name of it but it was about Mozart. The way it worked was you rolled a pair of dice, and a particular musical phrase was associated with different dice combinations. You won the game by writing a longer Mozart composition, or something like that. The point was that just by rolling dice you were putting together actual Mozart compositions, like a theme from this symphony or that horn concerto.
Could you do that with any other composer? Certainly not with just two dice. Mozart was all formula, hardly any inspiration. People like his nice melodies and feel like it's uplifting and all, which is great, but the reality is that hideglue down there is right: he was very prolific, but if you want originality in that time period look to Haydn. Just my opinion, obviously.
In Mozart's time musicians were considered craftsmen and expected to work with set musical phrases. That's how it was donethe same was true of all his contemporaries and immediate predecessors. This is the actual definition of the classical era in music! This fact is well known. Mozart isn't respected for originality, he is known for taking those phrases and mixing and matching them in such a way that surpassed everyone before him, and many after. Mozart was compiling better music at 20 than Haydn was at 40. Again well known fact. Mixing and matching modular phrases is still done, in all styles of music, even today, country, rock, jazz, blues, and everything else just about. Listen to piano concerto 21 in C. The beginning is a dumpy little tune, one of those simple melodies that as a kid Mozart was expected to improvise on. Now listen to the entire concerto keeping that it is variations on the dumpy tune. It's extraordinarythat's the genius of Mozart.
Stunning....I salute you Bill
Nice pick - just heard this at a concert this past weekend - a nice reminder of an interesting mix between a jazz group with a symphony orchestra that was outstanding.
mgkiwi wrote:
Only on RP - diversity - excellent!
Alors. C'est vrais!
Only on RP - diversity - excellent!
Unereichbares hat der kleine Wolfgang Amadeus seinerzeit gezaubert.jadewahoo wrote:
I too am not a huge 'classical' fan but this just rocks! It's conventions are way different but the innovation and passion of this work were likely just as innovative as we might attribute to our favorite songs here.
Gawd! I can't stand classical music. It may be time to leave RP, as there has been wa-a-a-y-y too much of it being played as of late.
If you're THAT sensitive, I'm surprised that you even listen to RP. You might be missed.
I too am not a huge 'classical' fan but this just rocks! It's conventions are way different but the innovation and passion of this work were likely just as innovative as we might attribute to our favorite songs here.
i gotta say: i am really feeling this
ulibcn wrote:
Only a highly gifted DJ is able to fit Mozart into a program like this.
Bill, you are the Mozart of Internet Radio!
I was just wondering what Bill will segue into right after this... it would be interesting to see.
so good. so good!
ktnsb wrote:
Mozart was all formula, hardly any inspiration. People like his nice melodies and feel like it's uplifting and all, which is great, but the reality is that hideglue down there is right: he was very prolific, but if you want originality in that time period look to Haydn. Just my opinion, obviously.
And a laughable one at that. Reminds me of this scene from Manhattan where Diane Keaton and Michael Murphy cut down some intellectual greats in order to sound super sophisticated:
Yale(Michael Murphy): (to Mary) "Gustav Mahler? Hmmm, I think he may be a candidate for the old Academy... " (to Isaac) "...Oh, we've invented the Academy of the Overrated - for such notables as Gustav Mahler..."
Mary(Diane Keaton): "And Isak Dinesen, Karl Jung."
Yale: "F. Scott Fitzgerald..."
Mary: "Lenny Bruce! We can't forget Lenny Bruce now, can we? And how about Norman Mailer?"
Isaac(Woody Allen): (disgusted) "I think those people are all terrific, every one that you've mentioned. What about Mozart? You guys don't want to leave him out. I mean, while you're trashing people..."
ktnsb wrote:
There used to be a game you could buy in any well-stocked sheet music store, I forget the name of it but it was about Mozart. The way it worked was you rolled a pair of dice, and a particular musical phrase was associated with different dice combinations. You won the game by writing a longer Mozart composition, or something like that. The point was that just by rolling dice you were putting together actual Mozart compositions, like a theme from this symphony or that horn concerto.
Could you do that with any other composer? Certainly not with just two dice. Mozart was all formula, hardly any inspiration.
This would be cool to code up and put on-line! I'd listen
jadewahoo wrote:
Gawd! I can't stand classical music. It may be time to leave RP, as there has been wa-a-a-y-y too much of it being played as of late.
Please do, if you mind and ears are not open to different styles of music.
Bill is playing gorgeous music this morning. Thanks for that!
There used to be a game you could buy in any well-stocked sheet music store, I forget the name of it but it was about Mozart. The way it worked was you rolled a pair of dice, and a particular musical phrase was associated with different dice combinations. You won the game by writing a longer Mozart composition, or something like that. The point was that just by rolling dice you were putting together actual Mozart compositions, like a theme from this symphony or that horn concerto.
Could you do that with any other composer? Certainly not with just two dice. Mozart was all formula, hardly any inspiration. People like his nice melodies and feel like it's uplifting and all, which is great, but the reality is that hideglue down there is right: he was very prolific, but if you want originality in that time period look to Haydn. Just my opinion, obviously.
Gawd! I can't stand classical music. It may be time to leave RP, as there has been wa-a-a-y-y too much of it being played as of late.
Rock me Amadeus!
I'm quite enjoying this...and the timing for it right now is perfect!
gabbadar wrote:
The one with the robots, and an evil doctor? I played that one, and I was thinking the same thing! DOS on my 286DX16 with 4 megs RAM. 
OMG YES
what is it caaalllled?!?!!?
themotion wrote:
Ozark Trail all the way.
may age me, but I remember our elem schools first computers having that
green on black baby
carmen sandiego series were cool, so was the show
the original sims city where you built a town and could set natural (or un- ...godzilla!) disasters on it
the one bugging me was math/problem solving..robots, evil scientist chase...laser beams (but no sharks)
man, this is really gonna bug me...THIS music is the background if that helps anyone ??
*oh well*
Beautiful. Simply Beautiful. 
ChardRemains wrote:
He's not, and he has a point. Much of Mozart's work was considered the "Sugar Sugar" of its day.
Izzat true? Hmmmm. Thanks for the info.
electronicthroat wrote:
I miss PC games from the 90's.
Ozark Trail all the way.
Ahhh thank you so much, Bill!
AHHHHHHHHHHH
Mozart!!
thank you Bill
electronicthroat wrote:
I miss PC games from the 90's.
now I'm gonna spend all dmned afternoon trying remember the NAME of it!
jenakle wrote:
sadly, everytime I hear this I'm reminded of some math solving computer game from the 90s
The one with the robots, and an evil doctor? I think I played that one!
jenakle wrote:
sadly, everytime I hear this I'm reminded of some math solving computer game from the 90s
I miss PC games from the 90's.
Wizzuvv_oz wrote:
buh? permission to disagree
Are you disagreeing with my feelings about the timing or that this is relaxing?
sadly, everytime I hear this I'm reminded of some math solving computer game from the 90s
karljonasson wrote:
Lame. Why this easily digested stuff when there's so much good classical music?
Between you and hideglue....well, you're both obviously sniffing glue!
wullerdewust wrote:
I just knocked over the water cooler!
Pretending to conduct; or have you just been hitting the sauce at work?
Wizzuvv_oz wrote:
buh? permission to disagree
granted ...
i love the people that don't know classical music assume it's all slow and lovely. listen to the passion, man!
Pyro wrote:
I hope you are joking.
He's not, and he has a point. Much of Mozart's work was considered the "Sugar Sugar" of its day.
Last time Bill played this I ducked straight into amazon.com and snatched me a copy! 10!
hideglue wrote:
Let's admit what no one wants to... Mozart was a
bubble-gum composer. His most popular symphonies were
hit parades of catchy tunes. Think Haydn or
Beethoven instead!
I hope you are joking.
Only a highly gifted DJ is able to fit Mozart into a program like this.
Bill, you are the Mozart of Internet Radio!
bummer, I checked his tour schedule on pollstar- he ain't playin'.....
I just knocked over the water cooler!
ChardRemains wrote:
Yummmy Amadeus. We needed a nice classical break! And a Solti version as well; So smooooooth!
Sir Georg conducting Amadeus. It just doesn't get much better than that!
molto bene!
Marr wrote:
Perfect timing. Just when I needed something to slow my heart rate down and relax a little. Ahhhhh......
buh? permission to disagree
Yummmy Amadeus. We needed a nice classical break! And a Solti version as well; So smooooooth!
It's a bird, it's a plane, It's a Mozart!
Perfect timing. Just when I needed something to slow my heart rate down and relax a little. Ahhhhh......
Silly! Find a better "contemporary masterpiece" to follow it up then...
eastcoast wrote:
Unfortunately followed by Queen
Sublime. and within the sway of this set of music (I don't know maybe the last hour-and-a-half) completely foregoes the need for a home stereo system. From Donovan "Hurdy Gurdy Man" to Master of the heavens Mozart, who could want for a pulse of exceptional musical greatness. Thanks RP and all the team
Great upload, Kevin! It's a perfect orchestra to play this and it's a bonus to have it conducted by one of the 20th century greats.
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