Album

Recorded at the end of a long and distinguished career, Austrian conductor Josef Krips' early-'70s stereo Philips' recording of Mozart's last 20 symphonies with the Dutch Concertgebouw Orchestra was one of the touchstones of the repertorie for decades. Grand but fine-grained, colorful but subtly blended, straightforward but stylishly elegant, bright-eyed but warmhearted, Krips and the Concertgebouw perform the impossible trick of balancing Mozart's music between the human and the sublime. And while much of the glamour of these performances seemed to fade with the rise of the period instrument, in this smartly remastered 2007 Decca six-disc collection, Krips and the Concertgebouw sound as strong, vital, and persuasive as ever. Those who already know and admire the graceful Marriner and the masterful Böhm recordings of these works should surely check out Krips. And those who only know and admire the slimmer and, some would say, slighter Hogwood and Pinnock recordings should definitely check out Krips.

© James Leonard, All Music Guide

CD 1 of 6
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer Symphony No.21 in A, K.134 Work Recorded 1973 17:47 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Orchestra, Josef Krips Conductor
1	1.Allegro	5:48			$0.99
2	2.Andante	4:41			$0.99
3	3.Menuetto	3:35			$0.99
4	4.Allegro	3:43			$0.99
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer Symphony No.22 in C, K.162 Work Recorded 1973 8:14 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Orchestra, Josef Krips Conductor
5	1.Allegro assai	3:35			$0.99
6	2.Andantino grazioso	2:35			$0.99
7	3.Presto assai	2:04			$0.99
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer Symphony No.23 in D, K.181 Work Recorded 1973 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Orchestra, Josef Krips Conductor
8	Symphony No.23 in D, K.181	9:55			$1.49
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer Symphony No.24 in Bb, K.182 Work Recorded 1973 8:30 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Orchestra, Josef Krips Conductor
9	1.Allegro spiritoso	4:20			$0.99
10	2.Andantino grazioso	2:29			$0.99
11	3.Allegro	1:41			$0.49
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer Symphony No.25 in G-, K.183 Work Recorded 1973 21:10 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Orchestra, Josef Krips Conductor
12	1.Allegro con brio	7:51			$1.49
13	2.Andante	3:35			$0.99
14	3.Menuetto. Trio	3:44			$0.99
15	4.Allegro	6:00			$0.99
CD 2 of 6
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer Symphony No.26 in Eb, K.184 Work Recorded 1973 8:15 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Orchestra, Josef Krips Conductor
1	1.Molto presto	3:04			$0.99
2	2.Andante	5:11			$0.99
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer Symphony No.27 in G, K.199 Work Recorded 1973 14:24 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Orchestra, Josef Krips Conductor
3	1.Allegro	4:53			$0.99
4	2.Andantino grazioso	4:34			$0.99
5	3.Presto	4:57			$0.99
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer Symphony No.28 in C, K.200 Work Recorded 1973 19:06 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Orchestra, Josef Krips Conductor
6	1.Allegro spiritoso	5:35			$0.99
7	2.Andante	5:12			$0.99
8	3.Menuetto: Allegretto	4:05			$0.99
9	4.Presto	4:14			$0.99
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer Symphony No.29 in A, K.201 Work Recorded 1973 23:18 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Orchestra, Josef Krips Conductor
10	1.Allegro moderato	8:10			$1.49
11	2.Andante	6:16			$0.99
12	3.Menuetto. Trio	3:28			$0.99
13	4.Allegro con spirito	5:24			$0.99
CD 3 of 6
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer Symphony No.30 in D, K.202 Work Recorded 1973 18:00 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Orchestra, Josef Krips Conductor
1	1.Molto allegro	6:37			$0.99
2	2.Andantino con moto	3:48			$0.99
3	3.Menuetto. Trio	4:04			$0.99
4	4.Presto	3:31			$0.99
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer Symphony No.33 in Bb, K.319 Work Recorded 1973 21:42 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Orchestra, Josef Krips Conductor
5	1.Allegro assai	7:37			$1.49
6	2.Andante moderato	4:36			$0.99
7	3.Menuetto. Trio	2:48			$0.99
8	4.Finale: Allegro assai	6:41			$0.99
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer Symphony No.34 in C, K.338 Work Recorded 1973 20:49 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Orchestra, Josef Krips Conductor
9	1.Allegro vivace	7:19			$1.49
10	2.Andante di molto	7:06			$1.49
11	3.Finale: Allegro vivace	6:24			$0.99
CD 4 of 6
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer Symphony No.31 in D, K.297 ('Paris') Work Recorded 1972 21:11 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Orchestra, Josef Krips Conductor
1	1.Allegro assai	7:25			$1.49
2	2.Andante	5:15			$0.99
3	3.Allegro	3:48			$0.99
4	2.Andante (2nd version)	4:43			$0.99
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer Symphony No.35 in D, K.385 ('Haffner') Work Recorded 1972 17:57 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Orchestra, Josef Krips Conductor
5	1.Allegro con spirito	5:39			$0.99
6	2.Andante	4:53			$0.99
7	3.Menuetto. Trio	3:15			$0.99
8	4.Finale: Presto	4:10			$0.99
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer Symphony No.36 in C, K.425 ('Linz') Work Recorded 1973 31:40 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Orchestra, Josef Krips Conductor
9	1.Adagio. Allegro spiritoso	11:15			$1.99
10	2.Andante. Poco adagio	8:17			$1.49
11	3.Menuetto	3:41			$0.99
12	4.Finale: Presto	8:27			$1.49
CD 5 of 6
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer Symphony No.39 in Eb, K.543 Work Recorded 1972 25:44 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Orchestra, Josef Krips Conductor
1	1.Adagio. Allegro	8:58			$1.49
2	2.Andante con moto	8:13			$1.49
3	3.Menuetto: Allegretto	4:19			$0.99
4	4.Finale: Allegro	4:14			$0.99
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer Symphony No.41 in C, K.551 ('Jupiter') Work Recorded 1972 33:00 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Orchestra, Josef Krips Conductor
5	1.Allegro vivace	12:32			$1.99
6	2.Andante cantabile	8:14			$1.49
7	3.Menuetto: Allegretto	5:24			$0.99
8	4.Finale: Molto allegro	6:50			$0.99
CD 6 of 6
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer Symphony No.40 in G-, K.550 Work Recorded 1972 29:02 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Orchestra, Josef Krips Conductor
1	1.Molto allegro	9:34			$1.49
2	2.Andante	7:34			$1.49
3	3.Menuetto: Allegretto	4:45			$0.99
4	4.Finale: Allegro assai	7:09			$1.49
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer Symphony No.32 in G, K.318 Work Recorded 1973 7:53 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Orchestra, Josef Krips Conductor
5	1.Allegro spiritoso	3:17			$0.99
6	2.Andante	2:36			$0.99
7	3.Tempo primo	2:00			$0.99
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Composer Symphony No.38 in D, K.504 ('Prague') Work Recorded 1972 26:55 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Orchestra, Josef Krips Conductor
8	1.Adagio. Allegro	13:01			$2.49
9	2.Andante	7:43			$1.49
10	3.Finale: Presto	6:11			$0.99