The Symphony No. 25 in G major, Perger 16, Sherman 25, MH 334 is a classical symphony that was composed by

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in 1783, with a completion date of May 23. It is scored for

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(in the second movement), 2

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. The opus was for a long time believed to be

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's Symphony No. 37 in

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, K. 444/425a, but it is now known that Mozart only added an ''

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'' introduction to Michael Haydn's symphony, "an expressive prelude, which, moreover, is by no means entirely in key with the movement it is intended to prepare."Georges de Saint-Foix, ''The Symphonies of Mozart'', transl. Leslie Orrey. London: Dennis Dobson Ltd. (1949): 95 The true authorship was discovered by Lothar Perger in 1907. The work is in three movements: #

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con spirito # Andante

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Discography

Whether or not a recording includes Mozart's introduction depends in part on whether the disc is part of a collection of Mozart or Haydn symphonies.

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's box set of Haydn symphonies on the CPO label only includes what Haydn wrote, and the same is true of

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's recording with the

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and

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' with the Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice; all three put this symphony together with other Haydn symphonies. However,

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's recording of Mozart's complete symphonies on the

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, (included in the appendix as Mozart's Symphony No. 37, K444) contains the slow introduction. The Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, conducted by

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, however, includes, besides this one and Symphony No. 11, his

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for the death of Count Archbishop

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References

Sources

* Perger, Lothar: '' Thematisches Verzeichnis der Instrumentalwerke von Michael Haydn.'' Vienna: Artaria 1907 * Charles H. Sherman and T. Donley Thomas, ''Johann Michael Haydn (1737-1806), a chronological thematic catalogue of his works''. Stuyvesant, New York: Pendragon Press (1993)

External links

* The

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