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Vocal Recitals from Sabine Devieilhe and Véronique Gens
20th Nov 2015by Katherine Cooper
Katherine enjoys a double helping of French soprano virtuosity.
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Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail
13th Jul 2015by Katherine Cooper
Katherine listens to Yannick Nézet-Séguin's new performance of Mozart's cross-continental comedy.
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Grigory Sokolov performs Mozart and Chopin
19th Jan 2015by James Longstaffe
James listens to Russian pianist Grigory Sokolov's first release on DG, featuring Mozart Sonatas and Chopin Preludes.
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Mozart Operas
12th Dec 2014by Katherine Cooper
Katherine trawls through her collection and makes some difficult decisions…
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Sandrine Piau - Desperate Heroines
1st Oct 2014by Katherine Cooper
Katherine talks to the French soprano about her new disc of Mozart arias, out yesterday on Naive.
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Kasper Holten on Don Giovanni
18th Sep 2014by Katherine Cooper
Katherine talks to the director of the Royal Opera House about his recent production of Mozart's darkest opera, out now on DVD and Blu-ray and due for revival in the spring.
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
Mariusz Kwiecien (Don Giovanni), Alex Esposito (Leporello), Alexander Tsymbalyuk (Commendatore), Véronique Gens (Donna Elvira), Antonio Poli (Don Ottavio), Malin Byström (Donna Anna), Elizabeth Watts (Zerlina) & Dawid Kimberg (Masetto) Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Nicola Luisotti (conductor) & Kasper Holten (direcctor)
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John Butt on Mozart's Requiem
3rd Apr 2014by Katherine Cooper
The Dunedin Consort's director discusses the challenges of recreating the first performance of Mozart's enigmatic final work.
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Mozart’s Don Giovanni
10th Sep 2012by Katherine Cooper
Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s project cycle of Mozart’s major operas on Deutsche Grammophon gets off to a scintillating start with a starrily-cast take on ’Il dissoluto punito’, with Ildebrando d’Arcangelo as the eponymous libertine, and Diana Damrau and Joyce DiDonato as Anna and Elvira.
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Don Giovanni), Luca Pisaroni (Leporello), Diana Damrau (Donna Anna), Joyce DiDonato (Donna Elvira), Rolando Villazón (Don Ottavio), Mojca Erdmann (Zerlina), Konstantin Wolff (Masetto), Vitalij Kowaljow (Commendatore) Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
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Mozart Symphonies from Mackerras - Volume 2
15th Mar 2010by Chris O'Reilly
The much-anticipated second volume of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra’s Mozart series with their conductor laureate features joyous and life-enhancing accounts of Nos. 29, 31, 32, 35 and 46.
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Idomeneo from René Jacobs
18th May 2009by Chris O'Reilly
Following his landmark accounts of the three Da Ponte opera, Jacobs tackles Mozart’s early opera seria, with Richard Croft as the Cretan king, Bernarda Fink as his estranged son, and Alexandrina Pendatchanska spitting fire as Elettra.
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Telemann: Brockes Passion
Birgitte Christensen, soprano (Tochter Zion I, Gläubige Seele I, Maria, 3. Magd), Lydia Teuscher, soprano (Tochter Zion II, Gläubige Seele II, 2. Magd), Marie-Claude Chappuis, mezzosoprano (Judas, Gläubige Seele III, 1. Magd), Donát Havár, tenor (Petrus, Pilatus, Gläubige Seele IV, Hauptmann), Daniel Behle, tenor (Evangelist, Gläubige Seele VI) & Johannes Weisser, baritone (Jesus, Gläubige Seele V) RIAS Kammerchor & Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs
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Nigel Kennedy
14th Apr 2008by Chris O'Reilly
The maverick violinist impresses in ‘rhythmically driven and playful’ Beethoven, but fails to convince in a Mozart concerto which sees him take up an electric violin for the cadenza…
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Mozart - Don Giovanni from René Jacobs
1st Oct 2007by Chris O'Reilly
The final instalment of the Belgian conductor’s ‘refreshing and intelligent’ Mozart-Da Ponte cycle has Chris questioning his preconceptions about the eponymous libertine, sung here by 27-year-old Johannes Weisser.
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
Johannes Weisser (Don Giovanni), Lorenzo Regazzo (Leporello), Alexandrina Pendatchanska (Donna Elvira), Olga Pasichnyk (Donna Anna), Kenneth Tarver (Don Ottavio), Sunhae Im (Zerlina), Nikolay Borchev (Masetto), Alessandro Guerzoni (Il Commendatore) Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs