Manze's innovative take on Mozart's Jupiter is spot on

‘To make the two most famous among all 18th-century symphonies sound so fresh is no mean feat’

 

Mozart
Symphonies Nos 40 & 41
NDR Radiophilharmonie/ Andrew Manze
Pentatone PTC 5186 757 (hybrid CD/ SACD) 74:47 mins

Freya Parr

Published: April 8, 2019 at 10:41 am

‘To make the two most famous among all 18th-century symphonies sound so fresh is no mean feat’

Mozart Symphonies Nos 40 & 41 NDR Radiophilharmonie/ Andrew Manze Pentatone PTC 5186 757 (hybrid CD/ SACD) 74:47 mins

Freya Parr

Digital Editor and Staff Writer, BBC Music Magazine

Freya Parr is BBC Music Magazine's digital editor and staff writer, editing and writing on all styles of music across both the website and print magazine. She has also written for titles including the Guardian, Circus Journal, Frankie and Suitcase Magazine, and runs The Noiseletter, a fortnightly arts and culture publication. Freya's main areas of interest and research lie in 20th-century and contemporary music. She's a regular sea shanty singer, folk obsessive and occasional flautist, pianist, organist and musical theatre director.
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