Click here to visit our new site --> CafeDVD 2.0 Sounds Magnificent: Haydn (Sym. 87) / Mozart (Sym. 39) - Andre Previn (1984) Rating: Starring: Andre Previn, Rpo Director: Herbert Chappell Category: Music, Special Interest Studio: Image Ent. Subtitles: [None] Length: 88 mins     In this series of films, Andre Previn conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in some of the most popular works from the concert repertoire - symphonies by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Brahms, Berlioz, Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich.Each program is introduced by Andre Previn, who discusses the piece to be performed and the lives of the composers who created these masterpieces by giving illustrations of aspects of their music with a variety of orchestral excerpts. Haydn: Symphony No.87 - Mozart: Symphony No. 39 The symphonies of Haydn and Mozart represent a landmark in the history of Western music.Living at a time when the composer was fast making the transition from being a servant in a grand household to being an individual with a personal and committed voice, Haydn and Mozart laid firm foundations for a rich form of musical expression that finds its most magnificent and powerful expression in that strange phenomenon called the "symphony."They wrote over 150 symphonies between them and their influence has had a lasting effect on later symphonic forms and styles, and on the development of the symphony orchestra.