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A new Mozart Piano cycle from Federico Colli on Chandos

This is some of the finest Mozart on the piano I have heard in many a moon

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Mozart 1786: Andsnes returns!

A fine companion to Mozart 1785!

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Mo3art arias, Lady Gaga-ish, from soprano Elsa Dreisig

Released today, this is double celebration of three triplicities: three "Da Ponte" operas (Cosí fan tutte, Le nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni) and three "opera serie" (Idomeneo, Lucio Silla and La clemenza di Tito). If you're wondering about the "Lady Gaga" reference in the title, watch this short introductory

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A Magic Flute returns to Covent Garden ...

Terrific filming of a great production with a fine cast

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Francesca Dego plays Mozart

A release for all lovers of Mozart: life-enhancing, bracing, beautiful

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Mozart Violin Sonatas

With a playing time of just under 80 minutes, this is a surefire bargain!

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Mozart "Prussian" Quartets, Volume 1

A superb new release from one of the finest string quartets around

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Mozart Sonatas for Four Hands with Rados & Gerstein

An absolute joy: two top musicians, beautfully attuned, both to each other and to Mozart

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The Messenger: Helene Grimaud in Mozart and Silvestrov

One of the most forward-thinking of musicians around today, Hélène Grimaud's releases on the Yellow Label are never less than stimulating. Think of her meditation on memory in her album of that name (which, like this new offering, included some Silvestrov). The juxtaposition of Mozart with the music of Valentin

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Mozart and Oratorio: Betulia Liberata

How many oratorios did you write when you were 15? Well, Mozart wrote this one, his first, in 1771. Betulia Liberata, K 118, tells the biblical story of Judith and Holofernes. It was commissioned while Mozart was on tour in Italy, chaperoned by his father, Leopold, in 1771; Mozart wrote

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The Mozart Concerto you really should know ...

Picking a Mozart Piano Concerto to feature isn't an easy task, especially if one is out to explore, so most of Nos. 20-27 are off-limits. I was bowled over with the Piano Concerto No. 14 in E flat, K 449 many years ago, when a then-young Maurizio Pollini took it