Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has 4 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 13 narrators, with an average listener rating of 5★ across 1 ratings. The most-rated is Conversations with Mozart.
Conversations with Mozart
Summary
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a child prodigy who became an adult genius, died in debt and was buried in an unmarked grave in his adopted home of Vienna. Mozart needed no formal lessons in composition. He’d been composing since the age of five, and possessed astonishing musical memory, able to re-create whatever he heard or saw. He could mimic different styles and his travels, which were endless, gave him plenty to imitate whether sacred, dramatic or instrumental. As he said, ‘I can pretty well adapt or conform myself to any style or composition.’ He was not the tortured artist but could compose whilst playing billiards or skittles, ordering the musical ideas in his head so exactly that writing them down was a slightly mechanical affair, requiring little effort. The music was there in its entirety in his head. Mozart struggled with relationships, revealing a strong sense of abandonment beneath the surface. Quick to judge, he possessed a sharp manner himself, but saw only the upset that others caused him. He had a long list of foes and his battles with them he describes in much detail. A difficult relationship with his controlling father Leopold was partially offset by a happy marriage to Constanze, a genuine oasis in a world he found frustrating. Mozart was a phenomenal performer as well as composer, enjoying moments of great adulation. But these never turned into financial security. For this reason, he was a reluctant piano teacher throughout his life. ‘Conversations with Mozart’ is an imagined conversation with the man behind the music who died largely unnoticed at the age of 35. But while the questions are imagined, Mozart’s words are not; they are all authentically his, taken from his many letters.
©2010 White Crow Productions Ltd (P)2010 White Crow Productions Ltd
Composers' Letters
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In Composers' Letters, the voices of the great figures of classical music come alive through their correspondence. Set against the music we know and love, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Wagner, Tchaikovsky, and many more talk openly about their music, their hopes and fears, their lives, their sadness, and their struggles in realizing their artistic hopes in a commercial world. Poignant, funny, revealing, informative and so often direct and honest, these letters offer a fascinating insight into the personalities that created our Western musical tradition.
(P)1995 NAXOS AudioBooks Ltd.; ©1995 NAXOS AudioBooks Ltd.
Die Hochzeit des Figaro
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Figaro, der Schlossverwalter des Grafen Almaviva, liebt die Kammerzofe Susanna. Beide wollen heiraten. Allerdings hat der alternde Graf ebenfalls ein Auge auf die hübsche Susanna geworfen. Die Gräfin wiederum findet Gefallen am jungen Cherubino. Es beginnt ein amüsantes Spiel mit Intrigen, Verkleidungen und Verwechslungen. Am Ende finden jene zueinander, die zueinander gehören. Die Hochzeit des Figaro kann wie geplant stattfinden. Die Hochzeit des Figaro - erzählt als Hörspiel mit berühmten Melodien und Arien. Mozarts turbulente "Die Hochzeit des Figaro" wird mit großartigen Schauspielerstimmen, effektvollen Geräuschen und reichlich Original-Opern-Musik erzählt. Vor jedem Akt erfolgt eine interessante Einführung und man erfährt einiges über Leben und Werk von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791).
©2008 Amor Verlag GmbH (P)2008 Amor Verlag GmbH
The Magic Flute
Summary
A dangerous snake attacks Prince Tamino in the forest but three noble ladies protect him. Together with the bird catcher Papageno, Tamino is supposed to free Princess Pamina because the dreaded Sarastro has imprisoned her in his castle. Tamino and Papageno receive a magic flute and a glockenspiel from Pamina's mother, the Queen of the Night. The brave rescuers must overcome difficult tests, but the daring rescue plan succeeds. In the end, Tamino and Pamina, Papageno and his new girlfriend Papagena are happily in each other's arms.
©2020 Amor Verlag (P)2020 Amor Verlag