Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (born Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart; 27 January 1756 ??? 5 December 1791) is among the most significant and enduringly popular composers of European classical music. His enormous output includes works that are widely acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music. Many of his works are part of the standard concert repertory and are widely recognized as masterpieces of classical music. Mozart's music, like Haydn's, stands as an archetypal example of the Classical style. His works spanned the period during which that style transformed from one exemplified by the style galant to one that began to incorporate some of the contrapuntal complexities of the late Baroque, complexities against which the galant style had been a reaction. Mozart's own stylistic development closely paralleled the development of the classical style as a whole. In addition, he was a versatile composer and wrote in almost every major genre, including symphony, opera, the solo concerto, chamber music including string quartet and string quintet, and the piano sonata. While none of these genres were new, the piano concerto was almost single-handedly developed and popularized by Mozart. He also wrote a great deal of religious music, including masses; and he composed many dances, divertimenti, serenades, and other forms of light entertainment. The central traits of the classical style can all be identified in Mozart's music. Clarity, balance, and transparency are hallmarks, though a simplistic notion of the delicacy of his music obscures for us the exceptional and even demonic power of some of his finest masterpieces, such as the Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor, K. 491, the Symphony No 40 in G minor, K. 550, and the opera Don Giovanni. The famed writer on music Charles Rosen has written (in The Classical Style): "It is only
| 1 | I. Allegro, Sonata in C, KV 6 | Complete Mozart Edition Vol. 15: Violin Sonatas |
| 2 | Piano Sonata No.11 in A Major, K.331/K.300i, 'Alla | 100 Best Mozart |
| 3 | Six Variations in G minor,KV 360/374b - Tema | Complete Mozart Edition Vol. 15: Violin Sonatas |
| 4 | Andante in A and Fugue in A minor, KV 402/385e - A | Complete Mozart Edition Vol. 15: Violin Sonatas |
| 5 | Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major ("Alla Turca") K. 3 | The Very Best of Mozart |
| 6 | 12 Variations On 'Ah, Vous Dirai-Je, Maman' in C M | 100 Best Mozart |
| 7 | Serenade No. 10 for winds in B flat major ("Gran P | The Very Best of Mozart |
| 8 | II. Menuetto | Complete Mozart Edition Vol. 15: Violin Sonatas |
| 9 | Rondo for Violin and Orchestra in B flat, KV 269/2 | Complete Mozart Edition Vol. 8: Violin Concertos |
| 10 | Variazione II | Complete Mozart Edition Vol. 15: Violin Sonatas |
| 11 | Le Nozze Di Figaro, Opera, K.492, Act III: Dove So | 100 Best Mozart |
| 12 | Violin Sonata in C KV296 - Allegro vivace | Complete Mozart Edition Vol. 15: Violin Sonatas |
| 13 | 12 Variations in G, KV 359/374a on 'La bergère Cél | Complete Mozart Edition Vol. 15: Violin Sonatas |
| 14 | Concerto for Violin, Piano and Orchestra in D, KV | Complete Mozart Edition Vol. 8: Violin Concertos |
| 15 | Violin Sonata in G KV301 - Allegro con spirito | Complete Mozart Edition Vol. 15: Violin Sonatas |
| 16 | Sonata in E flat KV380/374f - Rondeau [Allegro] | Complete Mozart Edition Vol. 15: Violin Sonatas |
| 17 | Sonata in B flat, KV 15: Allegro grazioso | Complete Mozart Edition Vol. 15: Violin Sonatas |
| 18 | Sonata in G KV379/373a - Variazione V | Complete Mozart Edition Vol. 15: Violin Sonatas |
| 19 | Violin and Harpsicord Sonata in F, K | Complete Mozart Edition Vol. 15: Violin Sonatas |
| 20 | Sonata For Violin & Piano No.21 in E Minor, K.304/ | 100 Best Mozart |