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Symphony No. 32 in G major, K. 318

17798 min

This guide follows Mozart’s Symphony No. 32 in G major, K. 318 (1779) in one part (sonata form).

Recording: Saito Kinen Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa (2008)

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– – Sonata form0:11–7:46

The opens with a -like in loud , answered softly by the strings. The , in D major, is launched by a long, loud D, and a crescendo over a drumming bass builds the to its . The ends in a pause with no . A gentle in 3/8 , built like a , flows straight into the . That last section to the opening and presents the themes in reverse order, with the loud breaking in near the end.

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