W. A. Mozart : Symphony No. 39 in E-Flat Major, K. 543: III. Menuetto: Allegretto

 

W. A. Mozart

 

Symphony No. 39 in E-Flat Major, K. 543

III. Menuetto: Allegretto

• Sir Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields

 

 

[소감]

어느 방송인지 기억이 안 나지만, 20대 시절에 시그널 뮤직으로 나왔는데 중반부에 플륫- 연주 동영상을 보니 클라니넸이다. ㅠㅠ.- 독주 부분에서 목이 메었던 기억이 있다. 지금 들어도 가슴이 아린 건 마찬가지이다.  힘들었던 그 시절이 아닌 70대 나이임에도....

 

 

(1956 Version) · Cologne Radio Symphony Orchestra, Erich Kleiber

[전악장]

1. Adagio - Allegro
2. Andante con moto
3. Menuetto & Trio. Allegretto

 

Description by Brian Robins
In the three symphonies of 1788 (to which must be added in this regard the "Prague" Symphony of 1786) we find the culmination of Mozart's assimilation of the contrapuntal style of Bach and Handel he had first begun to study during the early 1780s. It was this synthesis of "learned" style with the clean clarity of classicism that caused so much trouble for Mozart's contemporaries, to whom his late style became increasingly "difficult." Each of the symphonies occupies a very specific world of its own. The E flat Symphony, entered by Mozart into his thematic catalog on June 26, 1786, is often characterized as being "warm and autumnal" (Robbins Landon), a description that (as so often with Mozart) tells only part of the story; it fails to bring to attention the symphony's tensile strength and a dramatic quality that does not preclude moments of pathos more readily associated with the G minor symphony.

 

There are four movements. The opening Allegro is prefaced (as it had been in both the "Prague" and "Linz" symphonies, its immediate numerical predecessors) by a powerful slow Adagio introduction.

 

The following Andante has a secondary theme which is much stormier (and also subjected to considerable development) than might be expected in a "slow" movement, while the succeeding Minuet has an elegant gait set off by a rustic central trio.

 

The final Allegro is a dazzling display of good humor and contrapuntal wizardry, its complexity skillfully masked in one of those movements in which the composer conceals his art.

 

The symphony is scored for flute, pairs of clarinets, bassoons, horns, trumpets, timpani, and strings.
4. Finale. Allegro