A collection of four of the most popular of Mozart’s sonatas, including the Alla Turca with its famous Rondo finale and the C major, KV545, sometimes called ‘for beginners’ and certainly played by many of them. Haebler delivers suitably eloquent performances.
Made early in Edo de Waart’s recording career with the superb Netherlands Wind Ensemble – probably the leading wind ensemble in the world – these are gloriously rich and autumnally-hued performances of two of Mozart’s greatest Serenades, coupled with a little-known Adagio.
Taken from Anda’s much-vaunted complete recordings of these concertos, Nos. 24 & 25 are here presented in performances that have held their sway for limpidness, clarity and unforced beauty.
Karl Böhm’s recordings of any Mozart carried with it the imprint of greatness and those of the Mozart Symphonies have become benchmark recordings, renowned for their poise, elegance and essential beauty of sound.
Karl Böhm’s recordings of any Mozart carried with it the imprint of greatness and those of the Mozart Symphonies have become benchmark recordings, renowned for their poise, elegance and essential beauty of sound.
Karl Böhm’s recordings of any Mozart carried with it the imprint of greatness and those of the Mozart Symphonies have become benchmark recordings, renowned for their poise, elegance and essential beauty of sound.
The first CD release of Kertész’ recording of Mozart’s choral masterwork with some glorious solo singing. The work achieved huge popularity in the 1980s through its pivotal inclusion in the film ‘Amadeus’.
The greatest opera singers of this century perform arias from six of the finest Mozart operas
This is one of the most successful and stylish of Don Giovanni recordings. Having sung Donna Anna in her early (Giulini) recording, Sutherland here is, if anything, even more spine-tingling in this role. Bonynge and the English Chamber Orchestra, together with the Ambrosian Singers, really deliver the goods and the rest of the stellar cast […]
The essential single-CD-Mozart-companion with some of the most acclaimed performances of highlights from his masterworks, many of which were selected for inclusion in the legendary ‘Complete Mozart Edition’ on Philips Classics.
The first release on CD of favourite soprano arias recorded by Leona Mitchell for Decca with simply ravishing orchestral playing to boot.
Never has a more sublime recording of German Opera Choruses been made. Varviso and his Leipzig and Dresden teams deliver some of the most ravishing sonorities you’ll ever here in a compilation that focuses on Wagner and is surrounded by Weber, Nicolai and Beethoven.
