Mozart

Hirose Complete Recording Danacord

Etsuko Hirose: The Complete Denon Recordings (Danacord)

These remarkable discs have been hard to track down so it is wonderful to have them collected together and to hear Etsuko Hirose’s dazzling pianism [RCh]

Mozart Symphonies Eloquence

Mozart: Symphonies 25, 29 & 35 (Eloquence)

(Déjà Review) Finely paced readings with a clear sense of the inner relationship of the parts, textures and drama [ED]

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Jelly d’Arányi (violin): Columbia recordings (Biddulph)

The cultured elegance of violinist Jelly d’Arányi in recordings from the 1920s and 30s [JW]

Arthur Catterall (violin) Mozart, Brahms and Franck (Biddulph)

Concertmaster-soloist Arthur Catterall in historically valuable late acoustic recordings [JW]

Johanna Martzy (violin): Live Concert Performances (Meloclassic)

Treasured documents and valuable additions to the Martzy discography [SG]

Mozart: La clemenza di Tito (Deutsche Grammophon)

(Déjà Review) May not outdo the competition completely but belongs up there among the best [GF]

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Jascha Horenstein (conductor): Horenstein in Venezuela Vol 1 (Pristine Audio)

A specialist but intriguing release showing a great conductor working, as it were, off the beaten track [JQ]

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Herbert von Karajan live in Berlin (Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings)

A fascinating and valuable musical-historical document [JQ]

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Mozart: Orchestral Works (Gramola)

Turkovic’s performances compare favourably, and the mix of genres clarifies the distinctiveness of the symphony [MG]

Mozart: Mitridate, Re di Ponto (C Major)

Very high musical standards are let down by a disappointing production [MP]

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Carl Schuricht in New York (Archipel)

Schuricht leads the Vienna orchestra with surety and command [JW]

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Aline van Barentzen (piano) Radio Archives Edition (Meloclassic)

Pianophiles will warmly embrace this latest addition to the Meloclassic roster [SG]

Opus V: Keyboard works by Mozart and J C Bach (Ars Produktion)

One of the best recordings of Mozart’s concertos [JV]

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Grigory Sokolov (piano) Purcell and Mozart (Deutsche Grammophon)

Authoritative and heartfelt performances, warmly recommended [SG]

Mozart: Piano Concerti No.17, 21 (Deutsche Grammophon)

(Déjà Review) Tremendous, life-affirming Mozart playing, marking Pollini’s welcome return to this territory [CC]

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Aline van Barentzen (piano) Radio Archives Edition (Meloclassic)

An absolute feast of piano recordings that greatly expands our knowledge of a pianist who has been very undeservedly forgotten [RCh]

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Mozart: Serenades (Berlin Classics)

Rapturous: two Mozart Serenatas composed (and recorded) in Salzburg [DF]

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Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra – The Early Years Vol. 5 (Pristine Audio)

Excellent restorations of Ormandy’s ‘World’s Greatest Music’ recordings of the late-30s [JW]

Earliest French Piano Recordings (APR)

A splendidly remastered and historically important tranche of piano recordings [JW]

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Jascha Heifetz (violin) ‘Live’ Recordings (Biddulph)

Heifetz caught live in broadcasts playing some discographic novelties into the bargain [JW]

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The Earliest French Piano Recordings (APR)

A perfect picture of French pianism in the early part of the twentieth century [RCh]

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Edith Peinemann (violin) Radio Archives Edition (Meloclassic)

A set to treasure [SG]

David Oistrakh (violin): The Warner Remastered Edition (Warner Classics)

A massive celebratory David Oistrakh box features strikingly good remasterings of his HMV legacy and a vast array of live and broadcast material [JW]

Mozart: Piano Concerti Nos 1-4 (Chandos)

Performances to encourage an investigation of Mozart’s rarely played apprenticeship to the piano concerto trade [MG]