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SACD, Mozart (composer)
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Mozart: Mass in C minor, K427 'Great'
RecommendedCarolyn Sampson (soprano), Olivia Vermeulen (alto), Makoto Sakurada (tenor), Christian Immler (bass)
Bach Collegium Japan, Masaaki Suzuki
Stripping the score right back, Suzuki makes musicianship dominate. He taps into the subtle arts of his fellow performers, especially Carolyn Sampson, to create a benchmark performance…Sampson... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2017, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2016, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Choral
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Building a Library, September 2020, Recommended Recording
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Mozart : Great Mass in C Minor
Giulia Bolcato (soprano), Elionor Martínez (soprano), David Fischer (tenor), Matthias Winckhler (bass-baritone), Le Concert des Nations, La Capella Nacional de Catalunya, Jordi Savall
This is a thoughtful account of a complex, fragmented score. Savall and Guglielmi have prioritised the work's spiritual sincerity while preserving its grandeur, bringing a satisfying coherence... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2026, Choral Choice
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Mozart Requiem
Rachel Redmond (soprano), Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo-soprano), Mingjie Lei (tenor), Manuel Walser (bass), Le Concert Des Nations, La Cappela Nacional de Catalunya, Jordi Savall
A deep sense of urgency and inevitability characterises a thoroughly unsentimental account in which dry, clipped strings contrast with a richly powerful chorus. —
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Record Review, 13th May 2023, Record of the Week
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Choral
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Wee conjures the compelling illusion of being both Mozart’s soloist and his orchestra... it ’s not every pianist who can lift those notes off the page – and Wee does a wonderful job of honouring... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2022, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Piano
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Requiem: Mozart's Death in Words and Music
F. Murray Abraham, Jeanine De Bique (soprano), Catriona Morison (mezzo), Ben Bliss (tenor), Tareq Nazmi (bass); Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Westminster Choir, The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, Manfred Honeck
Honeck's is an exciting performance of the Requiem, with a crisp Kyrie, a nimble-footed Domine Jesu and a Dies Irae, which, though played and sung with absolute precision, evokes a whirlwind... —
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Mozart: Piano Concertos, Vol. 11
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano), Manchester Camerata, Gábor Takács-Nagy
Bavouzet's playing has an irrepressible quality that perfectly suits the young Mozart's idiom, while bypassing the ever-contentious issues of
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Mozart: Serenades, Notturno in D major & Ein musikalischer Spass
RecommendedLe Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall
Savall sets some brisk tempos, particularly for the slow movement of Eine kleine Nachtmusik, but they're convincing. …it's vivid playing from everyone, well defined in outline and responding... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Their underlying musicianship is so superb that you find yourself absorbed in the mesmerising mastery of these works without any issues of style getting in the way. The group’s collective tone... —
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Record Review, 12th November 2022, Record of the Week
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Special offer. Mozart & Poulenc Double & Triple Piano Concertos
Karin Kei Nagano, Mari Kodama (piano), Momo Kodama, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Kent Nagano
The first thing to say about this performance of K242 is that one has absolutely no sense of the third piano being a weak link: the cumulative effect is smooth and seamless, and the work has... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Concertos
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New. Great Violin Concertos
David Oistrakh (violin), Sviatoslav Knushevitsky (cello), Lev Oborin (piano), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Igor Oistrakh (viola), Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Philharmonia Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Scottish National Orchestra, Stockholm Festival...
