Herbert Blomstedt conducts Voříšek and Mozart
With this concert, the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig and Herbert Blomstedt embarked on a musical journey to the Czech Republic in memory of the orchestra’s former conductor Václav Neumann. It was there that Jan Václav Voříšek was born in 1791, the manuscript of his D Major Symphony sharing the fate of the symphonies of his friend Franz Schubert in neither being published nor performed during his lifetime. Prague was also the place of a short, late, and rare happy chapter in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s moving biography and his D major Symphony K. 504 was premiered there.
Recorded live at the Gewandhaus zu Leipzig
September 2020
| Works: | Jan Václav Voříšek: Symphony D major, op. 23 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony D major, K 504 "Prague" |
| Conducted by: | Herbert Blomstedt |
| Orchestra: | Gewandhausorchester Leipzig |
| Directed by: | Ute Feudel |
| A production of: | Accentus Music |
| In co-production with: | MDR/Arte |
| Duration: | 78:01 |
| Format: | Full HD 16:9 |
| Sound: | Stereo |
| Year: | 2020 |