Musical Travellers
With Richard Baker.
2: Mozart in Prague. Mozart's The
Marriage of Figaro was a reasonable success in Vienna, but in Prague it caused a sensation, as Mozart discovered when he visited the Bohemian capital to share in the triumph. In fact, Prague gave Mozart some of his happiest moments. Music includes:
Mozart Overture: The Marriage of Figaro English Baroque Soloists, conductor John Eliot Gardiner
Abendempfindung, K523 Arleen Auger (soprano), Dalton Baldwin (piano)
Symphony No 38 in D, K504 (Prague) (4th mvt)
ECO, conductor Benjamin Britten