Mozart's Symphony No 40: A deep dive into the best recordings
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s penultimate symphony is perhaps his most popular. Richard Wigmore surveys a selection of recordings – and busts a few Mozartian myths along the way
![The unfinished portrait of Mozart by the composer’s brother-in-law Joseph Lange from c1782-83, a few years before the symphony’s ‘premiere’ (Bridgeman Images)](/media/224071/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart-composer.jpg?&width=780&quality=60)
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