
There is some controversy about just how many symphonies Mozart […]
What are these people doing playing Mahler? Yes, it’s nice that the Düsseldorfers can do it accurately, if not alluringly, and Fischer does have some
In these days of social media and artist-financed recordings there’s no such thing as a performance for local consumption only, yet that is what this
Just what we’ve been waiting for! Another Mahler cycle! Yay! Or rather, Oy! Hearing this perfectly decent reading of the Seventh prompts several thoughts. No,
Adam Fischer and his Danish National Chamber Orchestra use modern
These performances are excellent of their type: that is, period-performance-influenced playing on modern instruments. Allegros are crisp and transparent; the winds are particularly well-balanced, and
This is the third complete recording of Mozart’s first opera seria, written when the lad was in Milan at the age of 14. Clocking in
Mozart’s early symphonies, delightful though many of them are, really only hit their stride with the “little” G minor, No. 25, and it’s quite evident
These are excellent performances of early Mozart: vibrant, energetic, elegantly conducted, and immaculately played. Adam Fischer manages to have the best of both worlds: a
The approximately three-hour-long (depending on cuts, pacing, etc.) Lucio Silla was composed by Mozart for Milan in 1772, as the lad was nearing his 16th