Mozart: Ecstasy & Abyss

Each of the release's two albums focuses on a moment in Mozart's life when the composer appeared to teeter on a knife-edge between triumph and disaster, joy and depression, life and death. It was these moments that brought the music of the most extraordinary beauty and intensity from the composer. Included are Mozart's sublime 'Clarinet Concerto', his simmering 'Piano Concerto No. 25' (soloist Lucas Debargue), his joyous 'Prague' and 'Jupiter' symphonies and sparkling arias from the opera's 'La clemenza di Tito' (with Ann Hallenberg) and 'Idomeneo' (with Elin Rombo). This release marks Fröst's recorded debut as a conductor, while he directs the orchestra in his third recording of Mozart's 'Clarinet Concerto' from the basset clarinet.

CD 1:

1. Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter" / I. Allegro vivace
2. Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter" / II. Andante cantabile
3. Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter" / III. Menuetto. Allegretto
4. Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter" / IV. Molto Allegro
5. Recitative and Aria: "Ch'io mi scordi di te?" - "Non temer, amato bene", K. 505
6. Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503 / I. Allegro maestoso - Martin Fröst & Lucas Debargue
7. Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503 / II. Andante - Martin Fröst & Lucas Debargue
8. Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503 / III. Allegretto - Martin Fröst & Lucas Debargue

CD 2:

1. Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 504, "Prague" / I. Adagio - Allegro
2. Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 504, "Prague" / II. Andante
3. Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 504, "Prague" / III. Presto
4. La clemenza di Tito, K. 621, Act I: Parto, ma tu, ben mio - Adagio
5. La clemenza di Tito, K. 621, Act I: Parto, ma tu, ben mio - Allegro
6. Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622 / I. Allegro
7. Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622 / II. Adagio
8. Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622 / III. Rondo. Allegro