Building a Library, Mozart (composer)
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Mozart: Clarinet Concerto & Clarinet Quintet
RecommendedThea King (basset clarinet)
English Chamber Orchestra, Gabreili String Quartet, Jeffrey Tate
The two works on this disc represent Mozart's clarinet writing at its most inspired; however, the instrument for which they were written differed in several respects from the modern clarinet,... — More…
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Building a Library, September 2006, First Choice
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Building a Library, March 2019, Also Recommended
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Trio Zimmermann plays Mozart’s Divertimento RecommendedTrio Zimmermann: Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin), Antoine Tamestit (viola) & Christian Poltéra (cello)
[Trio Zimmermann] narrow the gap between the learned and the popular...No detachment in Schubert's unfinished one-movement Trio either. The musicians are consistently sympathetic to changing... — More…
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Building A Library, November 2021, Recommended Recording
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The playing sparkles. None of these pieces will challenge the intellect, but each in turn tickles the senses. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2015, Editor's Choice
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Building A Library, June 2021, Also Recommended - K452
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Bliss sounds well to the fore in the Weber…Riding the Carducci Quartet’s neatly articulated or sensitively sustained accompaniments, Bliss tackles the score with a piercingly pure, vibrato-less... — More…
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Record Review, 3rd November 2018, Disc of the Week
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Building a Library, March 2019, Also Recommended
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Building a Library, February 2013, First Choice
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Mozart & Beethoven - Quintets for Piano & Winds RecommendedStephen Hough (piano)
Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet
The combination of Stephen Hough and wind players from the BPO makes for sparkling performances of these two quintets… It is noticeable that the Berlin horn is less plummy than the Viennese,... — More…
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Building a Library, April 2007, Single Disc Choice
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Mozart & Haydn - Complete Concerto Recordings (1933-1947)
RecommendedEdwin Fischer (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Unnamed Orchestra, Edwin Fischer Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Edwin Fischer (conducted from piano), John Barbirolli, Lawrance Collingwood, Josef Krips
...you will hear a delectably light-fingered virtuosity...combined with a poetic commitment rare in today's chaotic musical marketplace...APR's transfers are admirable and all three discs are... — More…
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Building A Library, January 2022, Also Recommended - K466
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Mozart: Complete Quintets Vol. 2
RecommendedArthur Grumiaux (violin), Arpad Gérecz, Georges Janzer (viola), Max Lesueur (viola), Eva Czako (cello), Quartetto Italiano, Bruno Hoffman (glass harmonica), Aurèle Nicolet, Heinz Holliger (oboe), Karl Schouten (viola), Jean Decroos (cello), Jack Brymer (clarinet), Allegri Quartet
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Building a Library, February 2005, First Choice
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Mozart: The Complete String Quintets
RecommendedArpad Gérecz (violin) & Max Lesueur (viola)
Grumiaux Trio
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... — More…
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Building a Library, February 2005, First Choice
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Building a Library, February 2013, First Choice
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Mozart: Piano Quartets
RecommendedDaniel Barenboim (piano), Michael Barenboim (violin), Yiulia Deyneka (viola) & Kian Soltani (cello)
There is no question from the start of the guiding force here: Daniel Barenboim, a great Mozart player early in his career, and once more now, manages to hold things together while being free... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2018
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2018, Chamber Choice
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Building a Library, June 2019, Also Recommended (Modern Recording)
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