Mozart

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Arthur Grumiaux (violin) Live Concert Performances (Meloclassic)

The epitome of violin playing, with interpretations thoughtful and profound [SG]

Mozart: Haffner Serenade, Bella mia fiamma (Profil)

(Déjà Review) Wand’s devotion plays itself out in these elegant performances [KS]

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Leo Sirota (piano) Piano Recital Vol. 1 (Sakuraphon)

A full and varied recital programme, characterized by great dynamic range and highly creative phrasing [MK]

Ombre di luce – recital (Pentatone)

An attractive programme, very well sung, with several rarities [GF]

Mozart: Lodron Night Music (Brilliant Classics)

Delightful performances of delightful music [SB]

Mozart: String Quartet & Quintet (Aeon)

The coupling might seem offbeat, but this is exemplary Mozart playing, well worth hearing [DBa]

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Berlioz: Te Deum (Profil)

Sir Colin’s performance of the Te Deum is a hugely impressive account of a great pièce d’occasion [JQ]

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Stefan Askenase (piano) Live Concert Performances (Meloclassic)

Meloclassic are doing us a real service adding to the discography of this wonderfully sensitive pianist [RCh]

Alfred Dubois (violin): Mozart & Vieuxtemps Violin Concertos (Biddulph)

Superior transfers of a great violinist, cut down too soon [JW]

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Max Rostal (violin) Concert Tours 1956-1965 (Meloclassic)

A well-compiled set of live performances which is enthusiastically welcomed [SG]

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Mozart: Complete Piano Works for Four Hands (Musical Heritage Society)

(Déjà Review) Seminal listening in every respect [ED]

Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin): Violin Concertos (Hänssler Classic)

A 4-CD box of reissued concerto performances [JW]

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Huw Montague Rendall (baritone): Contemplation (Erato)

A debut recital that every lover of great singing should treasure [GF]

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Mozart: Idomeneo (Archiv Produktion)

Idomeneo tastefully presented but takes the risk of being too often over-refined [MP]

Mozart: Divertimenti (Apex)

(Déjà Review) The playing in all of these pieces is a delight [GPJ]

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Mozart & R Strauss: Lieder (Erato)

A worthwhile disc, even if I am equivocal about some of the singing [PT]

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Mozart: Overtures (BIS)

Willens is both stimulating and instructive. For me, he proves Mozart wants you eager to listen beyond the overture [MG]

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Christine Brewer (soprano) Great Operatic Arias (Chandos)

(Déjà Review) Chandos’s faith in Brewer has been justified, completely and utterly [CC]

Mozart: Don Giovanni (Orfeo)

A re-issue of one of Karajan’s best live Mozart outings with a superb cast, in decent sound [RMo]

Mozart: Concertos (Warner Classics)

(Déjà Review) Definitely one to own – it’s not often that “new” Mozart pieces become available [JR]

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Edwin Fischer (piano): Mozart Piano Concertos (APR)

APR’s endeavours are of real value and virtue to the pianophile [SG]

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Pina Carmirelli (violin) Concert Tours (Meloclassic)

A significant discographical addition [SG]

Mozart: Mezzo Mozart (Aparté)

Marina Viotti makes this an album of great Mozart arias hard to resist. [MC]

Mozart: Orchestral Works (Dynamic)

A wonderfully played and very varied Mozart programme in extraordinarily vivid sound [RMo]