Orchestral, Symphonies, Mozart (composer)
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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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Special offer. Mozart - Symphonies Nos. 38 - 41
RecommendedScottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
Mackerras doesn't short-change us on the tenderness and often painful lyricism… nor is he afraid to relax the tempo as a festive or belligerent motif gives way to a gentler one, with the strings…... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2008, Orchestral Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2009, Disc of the Year & Orchestral Award Winner
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Building a Library, February 2020, Also Recommended
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Antonini sets out deliberately to counter the kind of smooth, polished sound cultivated by such conductors as Karajan. Certainly, the spiky approach of Il Giardino Armonico’s playing makes for... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Critics' Choice 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2021, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d’Or, October 2021, Nouveauté
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2021, Symphonie
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Building A Library, April 2026, Top Choice
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These performances come from the first ever complete set of Mozart symphonies (reviewed above), and they still represent 'big orchestra' Mozart at its most congenial. The contrast between Böhm's... —
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Building a Library, November 2002, Mid-Price Choice
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Special offer. Mozart - Symphonies Nos. 29, 31, 32, 35 & 36
RecommendedScottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
Clarity prevails, and animation. These are the kind of performances that make it difficult for the listener to sit still. One is impelled to pace or even dance around, to gesture and nod...when... —
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Building a Library, October 2015, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - Orchestral
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Building a Library, October 2022, Also Recommended
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Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39, 40 & 41
Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Herbert Blomstedt
[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... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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Mozart in London
RecommendedAna Maria Labin (soprano), Helen Sherman (mezzo), Ben Johnson (tenor), Anna Devin (soprano), Rebecca Bottone (soprano), Robert Murray (tenor), Martene Grimson (soprano), Eleanor Dennis (soprano)
The Mozartists, Ian Page
Bold yet highly sensitive, Page and his musicians show what makes this musicians show what makes this music great. Page draws on a deep bench of vocal talent; of his eight soloists, Rebecca... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2018, Recording of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Special offer. Mozart: Paris & Haffner Symphonies & Oboe Concerto
Xenia Loffler (oboe), Akademie Fur Alte Musik Berlin, Bernhard Forck
The excellent period instrument Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin treat [the Paris Symphony] with due sophistication and restraint...The Akademie’s great clarity in this recording gives a frequently... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2023, Orchestral Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Gramophone Awards, 1978, Winner - Orchestral
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