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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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

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label only includes what Haydn wrote, and the same is true of Matthias Bamert'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 Decca label, (included in the appendix as Mozart's Symphony No. 37, K444) contains the slow introduction. The Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Christian Zacharias, however, includes, besides this one and Symphony No. 11, his

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for the death of Count Archbishop Sigismund von Schrattenbach.

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

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