Mozart - Symphony No. 36, K. 425 “Linz Symphony“ (1783)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the classical era. According to Bartje Bartmans the greatest and brightest star on the firmament. Symphony No. 36 in C major, K. 425 1. Adagio — Allegro spiritoso 2. Poco Adagio (8:12) 3. Menuetto (15:48) 4. Finale (Presto) (19:27) Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Erich Leinsdorf The Symphony No. 36 in C major, K. 425, (known as the Linz Symphony) was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart during a stopover in the Austrian town of Linz on his and his wife’s way back home to Vienna from Salzburg in late 1783. The entire symphony was written in four days to accommodate the local count’s announcement, upon hearing of the Mozarts’ arrival in Linz, of a concert. The première in Linz took place on 4 November 1783. The composition was also premièred in Vienna on 1 April 1784. The autograph score of the “Linz Symphony“ was not preserved.