Mozart

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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: 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]

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]

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]

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Mozart: Piano Sonatas Vol. 5 (SOMM)

Sometimes monumental, sometimes impish, invariably engaging [MG]

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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]