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... — More…
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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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His virtuosity is remarkable, not only in terms of surmounting the technical challenges that Mozart threw at his favourite horn player, Joseph Leutgeb, but also for the expressive and dynamic... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2025
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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... — More…
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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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. — More…
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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... — More…
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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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For someone who had such a long career as a period-instrument violinist, Manze’s interpretations with the NDR Radiophilharmonie (of which he is now principal conductor) are surprisingly Romantic... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2019, Orchestral Choice
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Building A Library, November 2024, Recommended Recording (Symphony No. 40)
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Mozart: Wind Concertos
Timothy Jones (horn), Olivier Stankiewicz (oboe), Andrew Marriner (clarinet), London Symphony Orchestra, Jaime Martín
You would expect the principal woodwind players of a team in the London Symphony Orchestra’s league to perform at stellar technical level. Even more striking, and highly appealing besides, is... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, November 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, Concerto Choice
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Camilla Tilling sings Gluck and Mozart Arias
Camilla Tilling (soprano)
Musica Saeculorum, Philipp von Steinaecker
In this outstandingly accomplished selection of 18th-century operatic arias, Camilla Tilling demonstrates just how rewarding such albums can be when executed with the most genuine kind of musico-dramatic... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2017, Opera Choice
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The Times Records of the Year, 2017
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Opera, May 2017, Recording of the Month
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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... — More…
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Record Review, 12th November 2022, Record of the Week
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Special offer. Ombra Compagna - Mozart Concert Arias
RecommendedLisette Oropesa (soprano)
Il Pomo d'Oro, Antonello Manacorda
Oropesa sings with exquisite emotional restraint, subtly shading her vibrato and colouring her mezzo range with a Schwarzkopf-like radiance and intensity.- — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th May 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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