Composers: Haydn, Mozart
Compositions: Symphonies
Performers: Australian Chamber Orchestra/Richard Tognetti
Catalogue Number: ABC Classic 4818571

A cracking performance of Mozart’s Symphony No 25, K181 – the ‘Little G Minor’, of 1773 – sits at the heart of this new release from the Australian Chamber Orchestra. Recorded during concerts at Sydney’s City Recital Hall in 2013, the string opening of this ‘Sturm und Drang’ symphony, written when Mozart was a teenager, sizzles with energy in the hands of Richard Tognetti and his musicians. There are some beautiful wind moments (listen to the bassoons in the Andante and the whole section in third movement’s Trio)...