
Listeners who enjoyed Peter Maag’s vital and musicianly Beethoven symphony cycle will find similarly uplifting qualities throughout his traversals of Mozart’s late symphonies. The chamber-like
Luisa Millers are appearing from everywhere lately: first, the re-release of Decca’s fine 1975 studio performance under Peter Maag with Caballé and Pavarotti, and then
Peter Maag conducts a delightfully fresh “Scottish” Symphony, keeping tempos moderately brisk, textures lean, and phrasing intuitive–that is, everything flows easily and logically. The first
Gian Francesco Malipiero (1882-1973) originally composed his Seven Inventions and Four Inventions as a score for the 1932 Italian film Acciaio (Steel). The music’s intended
Swiss maestro Peter Maag was, and is, one of the great Mozart conductors. Throughout his career, including very recent recordings on the Arts label, he
There may be more polished and better engineered versions of these pieces in the catalog. Still, what a boon for collectors to have all of