Mozart: Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 "Jupiter" (with Score)

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551 "Jupiter" (with Score)
Composed: 1788
Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Adam Fischer

00:00 1. Allegro vivace (C major)
11:20 2. Andante Cantabile (F major)
22:09 3. Menuetto. Allegretto – Trio (C major)
26:28 4. Molto Allegro (C major)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart completed his Symphony No. 41 in C major, K. 551, on 10 August 1788. The longest and last symphony that he composed, it is regarded by many critics as among the greatest symphonies in classical music. The work is nicknamed the Jupiter Symphony, probably coined by the impresario Johann Peter Salomon.

Symphony No. 41 is the last of a set of three that Mozart composed in rapid succession during the summer of 1788. No. 39 was completed on 26 June and No. 40 on 25 July. Nikolaus Harnoncourt argues that Mozart composed the three symphonies as a unified work, pointing, among other things, to the fact that the Symphony No. 41, as the final work, has no introduction (unlike No. 39) but has a grand finale.

Around the same time as he composed the three symphonies, Mozart was writing his piano trios in E major (K. 542), and C major (K. 548), his piano sonata No. 16 in C (K. 545) – the so-called Sonata facile – and a violin sonatina K. 547.

It is not known whether Symphony No. 41 was ever performed in the composer's lifetime. According to Otto Erich Deutsch, around this time Mozart was preparing to hold a series of "Concerts in the Casino" in a new casino in the Spiegelgasse owned by Philipp Otto. Mozart even sent a pair of tickets for this series to his friend Michael Puchberg. Historians have not determined whether the concert series was held, or was cancelled for lack of interest.

Wikipedia article
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._41_(Mozart))

International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
(https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.41_in_C_major%2C_K.551_(Mozart%2C_Wolfgang_Amadeus))