BaL 14.04.12 Mozart Symphony no 41 "Jupiter"

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

9.30 Building a Library: Martin Cotton with a personal recommendation from recordings of Mozart's Symphony no 41 in C "Jupiter"

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London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Hermann Abendroth
Suisse Romande Orchestra, Ernest Ansermet
Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli
English Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim
Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham (2 versions)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernstein (download)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein
London Mozart Players, Harry Blech
Berliner Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Karl Böhm
Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm (2 versions)
Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra, Ivor Bolton
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
Manchester Camerata, Douglas Boyd
Staatskapelle Dresden, Sir Colin Davis
Mannheim Mozart Orchestra, Thomas Fey
The English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Jane Glover
Hannover Band, Roy Goodman
Virtuosi Saxoniae, Ludwig Güttler
Kammerorchester C.P.E. Bach, Hartmut Haenchen (DVD)
Academy of Ancient Music, Hogwood
Anima Eterna, Jos van Immerseel
Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs
Bamberger Symphoniker, Eugen Jochum
Münchener Philharmoniker, Oswald Kabasta
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan (4 versions)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Philharmonia Orchestra, Rudolf Kempe
Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer (2 versions)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Otto Klemperer
Wiener Philharmoniker, Hans Knappertsbusch
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman
Concertgebouw Orchestra, Josef Krips
Israel Philharmonic, Josef Krips
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael Kubelik
Mozart Academie Amsterdam, Jaap ter Linden
Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto, Peter Maag
Prague Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner (2 versions)
Sinfonia Varsovia, Yehudi Menuhin
Les Musiciens Du Louvre, Marc Minkowski
The Standard Symphony Orchestra (San Francisco), Pierre Monteux
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin (DSO), Kent Nagano (DVD)
Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, John Nelson
Camerata Academica Salzburg, Roger Norrington
London Classical Players, Roger Norrington
Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart, Sir Roger Norrington
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Itzhak Perlman
Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman
The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock
Opera of Vienna orchestrates, Felix Prohaska
German Mozart Orchestra, Franz Raml
NBC Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Wolfgang Sawallisch
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Georg Solti
Staatskapelle Dresden, Otmar Suitner
Orchestra Libera Classica, Hidemi Suzuki
George Szell
English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt
NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini
Camerata Academica Salzburg, Sándor Végh
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Bruno Walter
Wiener Philharmoniker, Bruno Walter
New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter
NDR Sinfonieorchester, Gunther Wand
Capella Istropolitana, Barry Wordsworth (DVD)


Ensemble L'Ottocento (arr. flute, violin & piano)

[Petrushka]

Is this a case of Mission Impossible?

[vinteuil]

... just to say - thanks and congratulations to our Alpensinfonie for his heroic compilation!

[LeMartinPecheur]

My shirt is on SCO/Mackerras - a fantastically exciting set!

But did anyone else feel disappointed with his second set, of symphonies from the Linz back to No 29? The brass seems to have been moved back a long way in the balances, which cuts back the thrill factor considerably when the earlier set seemed to make a special feature of forward horns and trumpets

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

... just to say - thanks and congratulations to our Alpensinfonie for his heroic compilation!

You are welcome, and if I may say ... much too kind.

[cloughie]

Great list Ein Alp - don't know if any of these are additionally available!

MozO Abbado
RPO Batiz
NYPO Bernstein
SWFSO Bour
ECO Britten
OC18th Bruggen
SL Collins
LPO Davan Wetton
BBCSO Davis C
CO Dohnanyi
HungStSO Ferencsik
VSO Fricsay
OStJSSq Gilmour
NPO Giulini
LMP Glover
RPO Glover
COE Harnoncourt
SMO Herbert
AAM Hogwood
VSO Horenstein
BSO Jochum
CAO Jochum
VPO Kubelik
RPO Leibowitz
FNRO Maazel
LPO Mackerras
ECO Paillard
CPO Sawallisch
BratMA Sieghart
COE Solti
RPO Vonk
HaffEns *

[makropulos]

My shirt is on SCO/Mackerras - a fantastically exciting set!

But did anyone else feel disappointed with his second set, of symphonies from the Linz back to No 29? The brass seems to have been moved back a long way in the balances, which cuts back the thrill factor considerably when the earlier set seemed to make a special feature of forward horns and trumpets

Not exactly disappointed, but I do know what you mean - the sound certainly isn't as immediate as it is on the first set.

As for the SCO/Mackerras "Jupiter", I certainly don't know a better one. There's only one very tiny (and completely non-musical) problem: the slight chair shifting noise just as the finale starts. I've got a dozen or so "Jupiters" and this has been my favourite ever since I first heard it, and it gets played very regularly.

It's closely followed by several others which I like very much for different reasons, including Bernstein/VPO, Böhm/VPO, Szell/Cleveland and Brüggen/Orch of the 18C.

Excellent list, by the way! Thanks EA.

[gurnemanz]

NYPO Bernstein is on his huge symphony Box.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Great list Ein Alp - don't know if any of these are additionally available!

COE Solti

I incorrectly included this as the CSO, but have now amended the list.

[aeolium]

Despite the long list there are some notable conductors absent; there is no Britten, no Furtwängler, no van Beinum, no Erich Kleiber, no Kertesz. I'm surprised no recording survives from any of these.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I generally admire Beecham's Mozart, though I do take issue with his adverse bites of re-orchestration in the Requiem Mass.

In the Jupiter Symphony, the are two one-bar breaks (bar 80 & 268 of the first movement) in the score. In the EMI stereo version Beecham reduces the 4 beat rest to just half its designated length. But in the earlier CBS/Sony version, he cuts a complete 4/4 bar rest to a single beat.
Impatience?

[vinteuil]

I think the ground-breaking Hogwood/AAM is still available?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I think the ground-breaking Hogwood/AAM is still available?

Yes. There seem to be several "new" options on Amazon, so I'll add it to the list.

POSTSCRIPT

It was there all the time.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

A Britten/ECO version is available here:

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2000/aug00/mozart39-41.htm

... can't find any Fürtwängler recording, alas.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

A Britten/ECO version is available* here:

http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2000/aug00/mozart39-41.htm

... can't find any Fürtwängler recording, alas.

EDIT: * = Oops! Not "available", just a review of the (deleted?) CD - not exactly overwhelming in its praise, 'tho more critical of the recording than of the performance.