'When we told her the title, she laughed a lot and cried that's when we knew it was a good title, when you have these kinds of reactions. 'She's German, playing around with the name of Mozart is like a crime,' Brancowitz says.

Host Scott Simon spoke to Thomas Mars and Laurent Brancowitz of Phoenix about their music - and about the album's title, which Brancowitz says his mother apparently didn't condone. The album has appeared on many critics' best of the year lists, thanks in part to the singles 'Lisztomania' and '1901,' which was featured in a recent Cadillac car commercial. Access the complete album info (17 songs) A Warner Classics release, 2023 Parlophone Records Limited 17-02-2023 Concert of. Mozart : Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Symphonies n☂5 & 41.

Since then, the band has found wider recognition, even being called 'Rock's Great French Hope' by Rolling Stone magazine after its latest effort, this year's superb Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. Composers: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Carl Reinecke. That release featured the song 'Too Young,' a single that was prominently featured in Sofia Coppola's 2003 film Lost In Translation. Formed as part of the backing band for the French electronic duo Air, Phoenix recorded its first album, United, in 2000. The French rock band Phoenix is known for its infectious melodic hooks, '80s rock influences and '70s disco grooves that are custom made for listening at high volumes. Phoenix's Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix has been named on many critics' lists as one of the best of albums of the year.

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