Browse: Mozart - Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter'

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... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2019, 5 out of 5 stars More…

[Blomstedt] must be the oldest conductor still at work with some of the world’s major orchestras, but there’s nothing old-fashioned about these warm and heartfelt performances of Mozart ’s last... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2023, 5 out of 5 stars More…

What the performances tell us, warm and genial, with bold contrasts of dynamic and well-sprung rhythms, is that for the players as well as the conductor this was a voyage of discovery, and their... — Gramophone Magazine, May 1997 More…

Il Pomo d’Oro’s period style and approach suits a work which, like this one [Symphony No. 1], perches on the cusp between the Baroque and Classical eras...Given the underlying premise, the orchestral... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2023, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Those who consider Mozart’s meticulous phrasing is best characterised with the subtlest, tiniest inflections of articulation and tempo might find Riccardo Minasi’s occasional gentle pull on the... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2020, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…