Top Ten Mozart Pieces
One of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's most well-known pieces, "The Marriage of Figaro," is performed here by an unknown symphonic orchestra. The picture is one of...
The last movement, marked Alla turca, popularly known as the "Turkish Rondo" or "Turkish March", is often heard on its own and is one of Mozart's best-known piano pieces. Mozart himself titled the rondo "Alla turca".
Mozart’s utterly delightful Piano Concerto No.21 was written in 1785. The great composer premiered the piece himself before treating the audience to some of his famous improvisations. The second movement Andante is probably the most famous section of the piece.
Mozart's music is heard extensively in the soundtrack of the movie. The film follows Italian composer Antonio Salieri at the court of Emperor Joseph II, and his jealous vendetta against his younger rival, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, KV. 550 was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1788. It is sometimes referred to as the "Great G minor symphony", to distinguish it from the "Little G minor symphony", No. 25. The two are the only extant minor key symphonies Mozart wrote.
The Requiem in D minor, K. 626, is a requiem mass by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart composed part of the Requiem in Vienna in late 1791, but it was unfinished at his death on 5 December the same year.
The form of the Overture to The Magic Flute is the classic three section sonata form structure: a first section called exposition that presents 2 themes; a middle development section where the themes are varied and developed; and a final recapitulation section that re-states the main themes.