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Sat, 22 May 1999 18:01:16 EDT
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Ronald Wharton <[log in to unmask]>
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>Anything conspicuously missing?

Yes, indeed there is:

(1) Piano Concerto No.  24 in C Minor.  This is the only piano concerto
scored with a full set of winds (clarinets and oboes), and is extremely
demonic in nature.

(2) Don Giovanni.  The space here is too small to elaborate on this, other
than that many consider it the greatest opera ever written.

(3) Symphony No.  39 in E-flat, K.  543.  Written in the same summer as the
two that follow it (1788), it's simply gorgeous.

(4) The Viola Quintets.  Likely Mozart's most original contribution to
chamber music, the quintets for two violins, two violas, and 'cello are
astonishingly beautiful.  There are six altogether, the first is a very
young work.  Listen at least to K.  515 (C), K.  516 (g), K.  593 (D),
and K.  614 (E-flat).

(5) The Clarinet Quintet, K.  581, which along with the concerto for the
same instrument, are in my opinion, the two greatest works written for
that instrument.

(6) Die Zauberflote. Too many wonderful things to say to fit here.

(7) Since you mention the serenades, in my opinion the best is the Serenade
in E-flat Major, K.  361, for 13 winds and double bass.  It goes by the
nickname "Grand Partita."

(8) The String Quartets starting with the six quartets dedicated to Haydn,
and the four after that set (Nos. 14-23, inclusive).

Please realize that you haven't yet begun to scratch the surface of how
much magnificent Mozart there is out there.  Enjoy!

Ronald Wharton

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