Probably the most perfect version ever recorded of Mozart’s concertos with the incredibly difficult Natural Horn. The use of period instruments, a movement which began in the middle of the past century, is no longer a passing fad or something novel. Rather, it represents a fundamental part of our musical culture whose ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Beloved worldwide, Chloe Chua returns to PENTATONE with Mozart’s complete violin concertos – a project that began when she was just 15 years old. The album features Mozart’s Rondo in B-Flat Major, K. 269 and Rondo in C Major, K. 373 as well as the Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola & Orchestra in E-Flat Major, K. 364. The latter also features the ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Mozart’s piano concerto in E flat KV 271 has long been known as the ‘Jeunehomme’ — but it was discovered in 2004 that it was actually composed for Louise Victoire Jenamy; Mozart misspelled her name as ‘jenomy’ in a letter to his father in 1778 and so created a misunderstanding that lasted for over two centuries. Mozart composed his piano ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
The Bariton Andrè Schuen publishes another preliminary title of its upcoming album Mozart, an artistically arranged project with Mozart arias, duets and songs. With the album, Schuen celebrates its depth and long-term connection to the composer and his place of birth and creation in Salzburg. ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Following on from his JS Bach Complete Organ Works collection performed on the organ at Trinity College Cambridge, David Goode returns with an album of organ works by WA Mozart. It is well known that Mozart highly esteemed the organ as an instrument (for example, his famous ‘King of ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Piano Music of Camargo Guarnieri
The short individual pieces on this recording, the Valsas, Improvisos and Momentos show the sweeter side of Guarnieri's musical language. The Waltz is a format in which every Brazilian composer has expressed his national character, making it almost a new distinctive format. Guarnieri's Valsas share a minor key, and ...
Composer: Mozart Camargo Guarnieri (1907-1993)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Mozart Complete Piano Music Vol. 1
In his piano music, Mozart captured two perfect trends. First and foremost, the ever-improving quality of the instruments: Unlike his predecessors, Mozart could write elaborate, beautiful slow movements that allowed the piano to sing like aby other instrument. This coincided fortunately with Mozart's development as an opera composer and his ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Primrose Quartet play Beethoven & Mozart (Remastered 2024)
The Primrose String Quartet was undoubtedly one of the most virtuosic ensembles ever assembled. Established by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA), it featured the most prominent members from Arturo Toscanini’s legendary NBC Symphony Orchestra, and was named after the remarkable ...
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
Mozart: Complete Masses, Vol. 6
Mozart provided a steady output of Masses during his time at the court in Salzburg. The fine Missa brevis in G major was composed in 1768 when Mozart was just twelve years old. The theatrical and inventive ‘Credo’ Mass in C major, from 1776, is regarded as one of Mozart’s finest achievements from this period. The profound key of D minor for the ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Choral
Following his new interpretations of compositions by Bach, Schumann and Brahms, pianist Thomas Enhco has dedicated his new album ‘Mozart Paradox’ to the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. On the solo piano, he improvises on Mozart's immortal melodies - from the sonata, symphony and string quartet to the concerto, sacred ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
The Canadian Guitar Quartet (CGQ) presents its new album Empty Houses on ATMA Classique. While personnel changes have occurred over the years, the CGQ has remained committed to its core mission: chamber music at its highest level, presenting a robust mix of classical masterworks in clever new arrangements alongside bold ...
Composer: Patrick Roux (1962), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Olga Amelkina-Vera (1976), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Renaud Côté-Giguère (1990), Antônio Carlos Jobim (1927-1994), Luiz Bonfá (1922-2001)
Genre: Guitar
Subgenre: Classical Guitar
Mozart: Piano Sonatas K. 457, 533, 545, 570 & 576
‘If this first volume is anything to go by, the journey will be a joy’ was BBC Music Magazine’s prediction when Angela Hewitt embarked on her Mozart piano sonata cycle. This final volume goes to show just how right they were, the five sonatas recorded here providing a fitting climax to the whole series. ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Ikuyo Nakamichi's long-awaited recording of Mozart concertos is with the master conductor Michiyoshi Inoue, who retired from conducting in December 2024. Mozart has been an important part of Nakamichi's repertoire, and the concerto has been played by her since her debut, earning her high acclaim not only with domestic orchestras but also ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Mozart: Wind Serenade, KV. 361 "Gran Partita"
There is an air of mystery about Mozart’s Serenade No.10 KV 361: the date, place and occasion of its composition are uncertain, as is the identity of the one who gave it the nickname ‘Gran Partita’. Recent scholarship dates it to Mozart’s early Viennese period, around 1783–4. ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Chamber Music
This recital is a subtle fusion of classical and popular music from different eras and latitudes — a hymn of love to life itself. It reflects the multifaceted personal journey of mezzo-soprano Anne-Lise Polchlopek and transcends the boundaries between repertoires to explore the universality of human ...
Composer: Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), Richard Strauss (1864-1949), Eduard Toldra (1895-1962), Cecile Chaminade (1857-1944), Hubert Giraud (1920-2016), Manuel de Falla (1876-1946), Gabriel Faure (1845-1924), Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), Pauline Viardot-Garcia (1821-1910), Geronimo Gimenez y Bellido (1854-1923), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Michel Polnareff (1944)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)
This recording represents in a sense the accomplishment of René Jacobs's Mozartian enterprise: after showing us another way of looking at the Da Ponte trilogy and taking a profoundly innovative approach to the two great opere serie (Idomeneo and La clemenza di Tito), he has now set out to ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Opera
Maria Theresia von Paradis: Schirmer,Ragna
On the album ‘Maria Theresia Paradis’, pianist Ragna Schirmer, together with the Hofkapelle München under the direction of Rüdiger Lotter, dedicate themselves to a fascinating musician, her environment and the instruments of the time. ...
Composer: Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759-1824), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms
A dialogue with the masters: In his most recent recording, pianist Luís Magalhães invites us on a journey through the universe of four of the most iconic composers in the piano tradition: Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Brahms. With the sensitivity and interpretative mastery that distinguish him, Magalhães ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827), Franz Schubert (1797-1828), Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Instrumental
Vienna Mandolin Stories is Alon Sariel’s first full concerto album, inviting listeners on a journey through late-18th and early-19th-century Vienna. The album features works for mandolin and orchestra by Haydn, Mozart, Krähmer, and Paisiello. While some pieces were originally composed for mandolin, others have been skillfully adapted by Sariel. ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), Ernest Krähmer (1795-1837), Alon Sariel (1986), Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Concertos
In this superb programme structured around major pieces composed in the last ten years of Mozart’s life, Anna Prohaska and Riccardo Minasi sweep away the image of the well-mannered figure that tradition has tended to impose. They paint a bracingly complex portrait of the Salzburger after his move to Vienna, subtly blending the maestro’s ...
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Genre: Classical
Subgenre: Vocal
