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Gardiner has been immersed in this music for the best part of 40 years, but his Mozart still sounds up-to-the-minute. These performances, taped at the end of an English Baroque Soloists tour in 2006, ...

Toward the end of his life Mozart composed a miracle even by his own lofty standards – three immortal symphonies that emerged within the period of just a few weeks in the summer of 1788. Virtually ...

Mozart's Symphony No. 40 and No. 41 encapsulate him as a master at work in his finest hour. They were acknowledged as masterpieces upon their first reception and the symphonies still continue to sweep ...

With thunderous roll of drums beneath a fury of strings, in a mere moment Mozart's last and greatest symphony roars to life. Nicknamed for the Roman God of thunder long after Mozart's death at age 35, ...

Mozart composed his final three symphonies - numbers 39, 40 and 41 - in quick succession, apparently in the hope of presenting them as a series but there’s no record this ever happened. In No. 41, ...

Some things require very little explanation or analysis, perhaps even none. A Rembrandt self-portrait, the film Casablanca, ...

Mozart's last symphonies are among the most-recorded works in the canon, with enough performances to satisfy the most dedicated collector. Yet few recordings have the authority and warmth of this ...

Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter": I. Allegro vivace Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter": II. Andante cantabile Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 ...

Today's Must-Have Mozart pick from Nicolas Kenyon is a Telarc CD, number 80139, with the Prague Chamber Orchestra and conductor Charles Mackerras playing the Symphony No. 40 and Symphony No. 41. From ...