Mozart
Mozart: Ecstasy and Abyss (Sony Classical)
A release that will probably only appeal to superfans of clarinettist Martin Fröst [ST]
Mozart: Anime Immortali (Pentatone)
Beautiful tone, deep feeling, good enunciation, sure-footed technique, perceptiveness and phenomenal virtuosity [GF]
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]
Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas (Naïve)
A rewarding album, worth every penny of its asking price [SG]
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]
Mozart: Piano Sonatas (Brilliant Classics)
(Déjà Review) These original recordings melt the heart [JLa]
Michael Studer (piano) The Legacy (Claves)
(Déjà Review) Buy it for the Bach, and become enthralled by the rest [DC]
Edwin Fischer (piano): Concert in Strasbourg, 1953 (Maestro Editions)
Edwin Fischer’s elevated live Mozart performances in imperfect sound [JW]
Mozart: Piano Concerti No. 9 & 14 (Alto)
(Déjà Review) A splendid reminder of early Brendel, still sounding very well [BW]
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]
Primrose String Quartet: The Complete RCA Victor Recordings (Biddulph)
William Primrose’s elite string quartet recordings back after 30 years [JW]
Mozart in Milan (Arcana)
An engaging new performance of Mozart’s Exsultate, jubilate, plus works to set it in context [DF]
Mozart: Requiem (Rondeau)
A vivacious, thoroughly enjoyable, smaller-scale “period” account of Mozart’s inspired but incomplete liturgical masterpiece [RMo]
Mozart: Piano Sonatas Vol. 5 (SOMM)
Sometimes monumental, sometimes impish, invariably engaging [MG]
Magdalena Kožená (mezzo-soprano) Le Belle Immagini (Deutsche Grammophon)
(Déjà Review) A disc that should be bought even by those who resist hype on principle [CH]
Mozart: Coronation Mass (BR Klassik)
Refined, exciting, and extraordinarily well-sung period-instrument performances of selected Latin choral works by Mozart [DF]
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