Mozart

Carl Seemann (piano): The Orfeo Recordings (Orfeo)

Seemann’s live airings make a welcome return [SG]

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The World’s First Piano Concertos (Avie)

(Déjà Review) Excellent performances of early piano concertos played on a little-known instrument [JV]

Mozart: Overtures (RCA)

(Déjà Review) Davis cleaves to traditional values with his superlative orchestra, splendidly recorded [JW]

Mozart: Symphonies 39-41 (BR Klassik)

Wise, seasoned Mozart that gets just about everything right [DMD]

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Mozart: Piano Works (ClassicVoice)

Nice performances, but more one for the Bacchetti completists [DC]

Viennese Reflections (Gramola)

An unusual and illuminating programme of music for the organ with connections to Vienna [MSt]

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Mozart: Ecstasy and Abyss (Sony Classical)

A release that will probably only appeal to superfans of clarinettist Martin Fröst [ST]

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Mozart: Anime Immortali (Pentatone)

Beautiful tone, deep feeling, good enunciation, sure-footed technique, perceptiveness and phenomenal virtuosity [GF]

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Mozart: Symphonies 39-41 (BR Klassik)

Masterful, ideally executed and engineered recordings of Mozart’s three greatest symphonies [RMo]

Sir Thomas Allen (baritone) Great Operatic Arias Vol. 2 (Chandos)

(Déjà Review) This collection does full justice to the finest lyric baritone Britain has produced since the Second World War [RJF]

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Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas (Naïve)

A rewarding album, worth every penny of its asking price [SG]

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Mozart: Piano Concertos 24 & 25 (Challenge Classics)

Period-style performances of poise and panache on a modern piano [RMo]

Arthur Grumiaux (violin) The Boston Recordings (Parnassus)

(Déjà Review) Some of the most lofty and beautiful playing; I shall return to this disc with equal excitement and pleasure [JW]

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Legacy (Naïve)

An imaginative programme, given fine performances [DJB]

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Mozart: Piano Sonatas (Brilliant Classics)

(Déjà Review) These original recordings melt the heart [JLa]

Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail

A survey by Ralph Moore

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Michael Studer (piano) The Legacy (Claves)

(Déjà Review) Buy it for the Bach, and become enthralled by the rest [DC]

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Edwin Fischer (piano): Concert in Strasbourg, 1953 (Maestro Editions)

Edwin Fischer’s elevated live Mozart performances in imperfect sound [JW]

Mozart: Die verstellte Gärtnerin (CPO)

The new reference recording of Mozart’s Die verstellte Gärtnerin [DF]

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (Arthaus)

(Déjà Review) Technically dated and sung in German, but with a cast that sing and act to the manner born [GF]

Mozart’s Idomeneo

A survey by Ralph Moore

The Making of a Medium Vol. 1 (Crystal Records)

(Déjà Review) A fine selection [RB]

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Neeme Järvi (conductor) In Concert (Chandos)

For the conductor’s fans only [SV]

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Primrose String Quartet: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Biddulph)

William Primrose’s elite string quartet recordings back after 30 years [JW]