MOZART; WOLFGANG AMADEUS

The Reiner Box

David Hurwitz

Most of these recordings have been issued and reissued countless […]

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Big Boxes: Rubinstein Plays Great Concertos, Mostly Greatly

David Hurwitz

First the bad news: Rubinstein’s last Beethoven concerto cycle, with

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Big Boxes: The Heifetz-Piatigorsky Concerts

David Hurwitz

Many of these “original jacket” releases exist for no other

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Mozart Symphonies Vol. 10 from Fischer, Still HIP

David Hurwitz

Adam Fischer and his Danish National Chamber Orchestra use modern

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Mellow, Earthy, “Nice” Flute From Rattle

Robert Levine

Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte can be treated as pure jollity, but then the deadly serious Masonic rituals (whether one knows they’re Masonic or not) will be

Two-Piano Enchantment From Argerich and Baldocci

Jed Distler

Not long after I reviewed Gabriele Baldocci’s superb recording of the Beethoven/Liszt First and Sixth symphonies, a CD arrived in the mail containing a live

Historical Gems: Karajan’s 1955 Così fan tutte

Robert Levine

Listening to this set again after a few years and

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Masterful Mozart From Christian Blackshaw

Jed Distler

The launch of a Mozart sonata cycle featuring a relatively unknown British pianist in his early 60s recorded live in Wigmore Hall may not seem

Nézet-Séguin’s Stunning Cosi, Spoiled by Erdmann’s Despina

Robert Levine

This is an energetic, ideally balanced performance of Cosi—no small feat. Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s leadership percolates and is full of wit, but it is not cold;