Some of Mozart's most enduring and popular music was originally composed for relatively minor occasions--garden parties, weddings, birthdays, home concerts for his friends and the like. Among these compositions were the multi-movement instrumental pieces he called "serenades." Written in the 1770s and 1780s, they include such favorite compositions as Eine kleine Nachtmusik, the Serenata Notturna, A Musical Joke, the "Haffner" Serenade and the "'Posthorn" Serenade. This two-volume set contains all of Mozart's notturnos as well as the complete serenades.

Serenade in D Major for strings and winds, K. zg 5 /I67a

 (1773)

  I: Allegro assai, i. II: Andante, 8. I11: Allegro, 12.

  IV: Menuetto, 18. V: Andante grazioso, 20.

  VI: Menuetto, 25. VII: Adagio--Allegro assai, 28.

Serenade in D Major for strings and winds, K. 20d/2I3 a

 (1775)

  I: Allegro assai, 37. II: Andante moderato, 44. 11I: Al-

  legro, 49. IV: Menuetto, 58. V: (Andante), 6o.

  VI: Menuetto 68. VII: Andantino grazioso--

  Allegro, 71.

Serenata Notturna for strings and timpani, K. 239

  (1776)

  I: Marcia, 81. II: Menuetto, 85. III: Rondo, 87.

Serenade in D Major for strings and winds ("Haffner"),

  K. 25o/24gb (I776)

  I: Allegro maestoso--Allegro molto, 97. II: An-

  dante, ii6. III: Menuetto, 126. IV: Rondo, 129.

  V: Menuetto galante, I55. VI: Andante, i6o.

  VII: Menuetto, 175. VIII: Adagio--Allegro assai,

  179.

Serenade in C Minor for 8 winds, K. 3 88/3 84a (1782 or

  1783)

  I: Allegro, 197. II: Andante, 205. III: Menuetto in

  Canone, 2o9. IV: Allegro, 211.

A Musical Joke [Ein musikalischer Spass] for strings

  and horns, K. 522 (1787)

  I: Allegro, 219. II: Menuetto, 222. III: Adagio can-

  tabile, 225. IV: Presto, 228.