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Mozart

A collection of 14 posts

Mozart Violin Concertos, Volume 2

Mozart Violin Concertos, Volume 2

A simply superb disc

Mozart's Flûte enchantée: Hervé Niquet and a French flute

Mozart's Flûte enchantée: Hervé Niquet and a French flute

Unless you count Hoffmeister’s Magic Flute (which one shouldn’t, obviously) this is Classical Explorer’s second post on Mozart's masterwork, his opera Die Zauberflöte: previously, we had a look at David McVicar’s production at Covent Garden. A recent performance of Zauberflöte under Christophe Rousset at the Gstaad

Mozart from Oscar Shumsky

Mozart from Oscar Shumsky

A treasure of a restoration - Shumsky is on top form throughout

A new Mozart Piano cycle from Federico Colli on Chandos

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

Mozart 1786: Andsnes returns!

Mozart 1786: Andsnes returns!

A fine companion to Mozart 1785!

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

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 andDon 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 video:

A Magic Flute returns to Covent Garden ...

A Magic Flute returns to Covent Garden ...

Terrific filming of a great production with a fine cast

Francesca Dego plays Mozart

Francesca Dego plays Mozart

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

Mozart Violin Sonatas

Mozart Violin Sonatas

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

Mozart "Prussian" Quartets, Volume 1

Mozart "Prussian" Quartets, Volume 1

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

Mozart Sonatas for Four Hands with Rados & Gerstein

Mozart Sonatas for Four Hands with Rados & Gerstein

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

The Messenger: Helene Grimaud in Mozart and Silvestrov

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

Mozart and Oratorio: Betulia Liberata

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

The Mozart Concerto you really should know ...

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