One of the most intriguing things about Dame Mitsuko Uchida's Mozart is her capacity to conjure up a radiant 18th-century aesthetic without any of the accoutrements of the early music movement...There is a pearly sheen to her tone and an elegance to her articulation that evokes the operatic character of Mozart's Concertos.

this is Mozart of extraordinary intensity, as you might expect from Dame Mitsuko...Mozart has been a constant throughout Uchida's career but increasingly palpable is an otherworldly quality to her playing, an aspect that radiates out to her fellow players and to us, the audience.

in directing them herself, Mitsuko Uchida draws out Mozart's originality...the Cleveland wind are superbly evocative of Mozart's night-time vision.

What a delight to find lightness and elegance twinkling away in Mitsuko Uchida’s latest Mozart disc...Some may argue for Uchida’s touch being almost too decorous for music never all that far from melancholy — but for her sparkling fingerwork and the clear recording I give much thanks.