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By common consent, Mitsuko Uchida is among the leading Mozart pianists of today, and her recorded series of the piano sonatas won critical acclaim as it appeared and finally Gramophone Awards... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…

This is a remarkable and, indeed, invaluable box, which is unlikely to be challenged, let alone surpassed. Nowadays, it is not often possible to hail one set of records as a 'classic' of the... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…

Of the six works Mozart wrote for string quintet, that in B flat major, K174, is an early composition, written at the age of 17. It's a well-made, enjoyable work, but not a great deal more than... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…

His readings have the easy authority of one who has no difficulty in tracing the composer's most casual thoughts, even if he does not always follow his instructions to the letter. Brendel shows... — Gramophone MagazineMore…

The uncanny, shimmering half-lights of "Catacombs", the bustle of the "Market Place at Limoges" and the majestic expanse of "The Great Gate of Kiev" show the dynamic range and perception of... — The Telegraph, 12th April 2008More…

Uchida's concentration and inwardness are of a rare order in her absorbed, deeply poetic reading of the B flat Sonata. No pianist makes you so aware how much of the first two movements is marked... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…