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Mozart 225: The New Complete Edition | Decca 4830000

Mozart 225: The New Complete Edition

Label: Decca

Cat No: 4830000

Barcode: 0028948300006

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 200

Release Date: 28th October 2016

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A New Complete Edition, presenting Mozart’s entire work including every last fragment, in the most authoritative edition ever created. The Edition presents over 240 hours of music, with 600 solo performers and ensembles including 60 orchestras and every significant Mozart interpreter of the past 30 years.
 
Five hours of new recordings have been commissioned for this Edition including premieres of previously-lost compositions and every performable fragment. Moreover, a further 25 CDs present key works in great alternative versions, while five more CDs present legendary and historic performances, making this Edition a document of the greatest Mozart performances as well as of his complete works.
 
Two handsome, lavishly illustrated hardcover books present documentation at a level of authority never before seen in any boxed set, with over 150,000 words in each language, written by one of the great Mozart scholars of our age, Professor Clifford Eisen. 
 
Editorial is presented across two editions, one with English and French language, and the other with German and Japanese. Lending the Edition even more weight is the publication – for the first time – of a new ‘Köchel’ guide presenting in short form the new Köchel catalogue developed over many years by the International Stiftung Mozarteum

Summary of Contents

CD 1-49 Chamber Works:

CD1-10 Solo
Nannerl Notenbuch (excerpts), The London Sketchbook, Variations, Piano Sonatas, Minuets, Rondos, Fantasias, Adagios, Modulating Preludes, Prelude & Fugue, Suite, Works for mechanical organ and glass harmonica, Alternative versions
- Vladimir Ashkenazy, Florian Birsak, Alfred Brendel, Ingrid Haebler, Tamar Halperin, Bruno Hoffmann, Alicia de Larrocha, Francesco Piemontesi, Maria Joăo Pires, Siegbert Rampe, András Schiff, Erik Smith, Thomas Trotter, Mitsuko Uchida

CD11-19 Duets
Sonatas and Variations for Piano & Violin, Sonatas and Variations for Keyboard 4 hands and 2 Pianos,
Duo for Bassoon & Cello, Violin & Viola Duos, Horn Duos
- Martha Argerich, Stephen Kovacevich
- Vladimir Ashkenazy, Malcolm Frager
- Daniel Barenboim, Itzhak Perlman
- Ronald Brautigam, Isabelle van Keulen
- Humphrey Burton, Erik Smith
- Augustin Dumay, Maria Joăo Pires
- Peter Frankl, Tamás Vásáry
- Szymon Goldberg/Radu Lupu
- Arthur Grumiaux, Walter Klien, Arrigo Pelliccia
- Hilary Hahn, Natalie Zhu
- Arthur Jussen, Lucas Jussen
- Anne-Sophie Mutter, Lambert Orkis
- Stephen Orton, Klaus Thunemann
- Jan Peeters, Iman Soeteman
- Gérard Poulet, Blandine Verlet
- Mark Steinberg, Mitsuko Uchida
- Henryk Szeryng, Ingrid Haebler, Ludwig Hoffmann


CD20-22 Trios
Piano Trios, String Trios, Clarinet Trio
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
- Beaux Arts Trio
- Grumiaux Trio
- Wolfram Christ, Karl Leister, James Levine
- Daniel Müller-Schott, Anne-Sophie Mutter, André Previn
- Augustin Dumay, Maria Joăo Pires, Jian Wang


CD23-30 Quartets
Divertimenti K136-K138, String Quartets, Flute Quartets, Oboe Quartet, Piano Quartets
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
- Beaux Arts Trio, Bruno Giuranna
- Emerson String Quartet
- Grumiaux Trio, William Bennett
- Hagen Quartet
- Lindsay String Quartet
- Melos Quartet
- Orlando Quartet
- Quartetto Italiano
- Jean Decroos, Heinz Holliger, Herman Krebbers, Karl Schouten

CD31-34 Quintets
String Quintets, Horn Quintet, Piano Quintet, Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Adagio & Fugue, Clarinet Quintet, Adagio & Rondo
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
- Boston Symphony Chamber Players, Harold Wright
- Gewandhaus Quartet, Hermann Baumann
- Grumiaux Trio, Árpád Gérecz, Max Lesueur
- Hagen Quartet, Roberto Di Ronza
- Lindsay String Quartet, Louise Williams, Patrick Ireland
- Takács Quartet, Joseph Carver
- Jean Decroos, Bruno Hoffmann, Heinz Holliger, Aurčle Nicolet, Karl Schouten
- Radu Lupu, George Pieterson, Brian Pollard, Hans de Vries, Vicente Zarzo


CD35-39 Sextets, Octets, etc.
Divertimenti, Serenades
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
- Amadeus Winds
- Members of the Holliger Wind Ensemble
- Members of the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

CD40-49 Supplementary performances: Period instruments, Mozart's instruments, Classic & Historic
- Academy of Ancient Music Chamber Ensemble, Michael Thompson
- Amadeus Quartet
- Jack Brymer, Patrick Ireland, Stephen Kovacevich
- Esterházy Quartet, Wim Ten Have
- Griller Quartet, Dennis Brain
- Grumiaux Trio, Árpád Gérecz, Max Lesueur
- London Wind Soloists
- The Music Party, Alan Hacker
- Les Solistes des Musiciens du Louvre
- Members of the Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Brüggen
- Trio Italiano d’Archi
- Wiener Oktett
- Benjamin Britten, Sviatoslav Richter
- Vladimir Ashkenazy
- Alfred Brendel
- Clifford Curzon
- Arthur Grumiaux
- Friedrich Gulda
- Clara Haskil
- Vladimir Horowitz
- Wilhelm Kempff
- George Malcolm
- András Schiff
- Yuuko Shiokawa
- Grigory Sokolov 



CD 50-101 Orchestral Works:

CD50-61 Symphonies
- The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock
- Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Brüggen
- Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski

CD62-68 Serenades, Divertimenti, Cassations
- Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner
- Wiener Mozart Ensemble, Willi Boskovsky
- Staatskapelle Dresden, Edo de Waart
- The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Brüggen
- Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone


CD69-73 Minuets, Contredanses, German Dances, Marches
- Wiener Mozart Ensemble, Willi Boskovsky
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner
- Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

CD74-87 Concertos
- Amandine Beyer, Gilles Thomé, Ensemble 415, Chiara Banchini
- Letizia Belmondo, Giuliano Carmignola, Jacques Zoon, Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado
- Lisa Beznosiuk, Danny Bond, Anthony Halstead, Robert Levin, Simon Standage, Antony Pay, Michel Piguet, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- Malcolm Bilson, Melvyn Tan/Robert Levin, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- Roger Montgomery, Viktoria Mullova, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

CD88-101 Supplementary performances: Concerto and Orchestral
- Alessio Allegrini, Alessandro Carbonare, Maria Joăo Pires, Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado
- Anne-Sophie Mutter, London Philharmonic Orchestra
- Hilary Hahn, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Paavo Järvi
- Nicola Benedetti, Iona Brown, Josef Suk, Lucas Jussen, Arthur Jussen, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Iona Brown, Neville Marriner
- Mitsuko Uchida, The Cleveland Orchestra/English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate
- Daniel Barenboim, Georg Solti, English Chamber Orchestra
- András Schiff, Camerata Academica des Mozarteums Salzburg, Sándor Végh
- Alfred Brendel, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras
- Maria Joăo Pires/Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Claudio Abbado
- Vladimir Ashkenazy, Philharmonia Orchestra
- Emil Gilels, Wiener Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm
- London Symphony Orchestra, Peter Maag
- Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Eugen Jochum
- Concertgebouw Orchestra, George Szell
- Wiener Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein
- David Oistrakh, Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, Bernard Haitink
- Friedrich Gulda, Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
- Géza Anda, Camerata Academica des Mozarteums Salzburg
- Berliner Philharmoniker, Karl Böhm
- London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
- Clifford Curzon, English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten



CD 102-152 Theatre:

CD102 Apollo et Hyacinthus
- Mozarteum-Orchester Salzburg, Leopold Hager

CD103-104 La finta semplice
- Kammerorchester “Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach”, Peter Schreier

CD105 Bastien und Bastienne; Der Schauspieldirektor
- Wiener Symphoniker, Uwe Christian Harrer
- London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis


CD106-108 Mitridate, re di Ponto
- Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset

CD109-110 Ascanio in Alba
CD111-112 Il sogno di Scipione
CD113-115 Lucio Silla
CD116-118 La finta giardiniera

- Mozarteum-Orchester Salzburg, Leopold Hager

CD119-120 Il re pastore
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

CD121 Zaide
- Staatskapelle Berlin, Bernhard Klee

CD122-124 Idomeneo
- English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner

CD125-126 Die Entführung aus dem Serail
- Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood

CD127 L’oca del Cairo; Lo sposo deluso
- Kammerorchester “Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach”, Peter Schreier
- London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis


CD128-130 Le nozze di Figaro
- Drottningholm Court Theatre Ensemble, Arnold Östman

CD131-133 Don Giovanni
- Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

CD134-136 Cosě fan tutte
- Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Georg Solti

CD137-138 Die Zauberflöte
- Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

CD139-140 La clemenza di Tito
- Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

CD141 Thamos in Ägypten; Les Petits Riens, etc.
- English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- Concerto Köln, Anton Steck
- Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone
- Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood

CD142-146 Additional Opera Arias, Insertion Arias, Concert Arias
- Singers: Claes H. Ahnsjö, Francisco Araiza, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, Cecilia Bartoli, Teresa Berganza, Walter Berry, Hans-Peter Blochwitz, Stuart Burrows, Julian Clarkson, Fernando Corena, Renée Fleming, Edita Gruberova, Gunnar Gudbjörnsson, Eirian James, Julie Kaufmann, Krisztina Laki, Eva Lind, Robert Lloyd,  Felicity Lott, Charlotte Margiono, Edith Mathis, Sylvia McNair, Peter Mirring, Thomas Moser, René Pape, Luciano Pavarotti, Lucia Popp, Christine Schäfer, Roberto Scaltriti, Anton Christine Schäfer, Anton Scharinger, András Schiff, Peter Schreier, Rita Streich, Lilian Sukis, Elzbieta Szmytka, Kiri Te Kanawa,  Robert Tear, Bryn Terfel, Iris Vermillion, Rolando Villazón, Edith Wiens, Gösta Winbergh
- Conductors: Claudio Abbado, Karl Böhm, Colin Davis, György Fischer, John Eliot Gardiner, Jane Glover, Leopold Hager, Neville Marriner, Charles Mackerras, Gianandrea Noseda, Antonio Pappano, Bernhard Paumgartner, John Pritchard, Argeo Quadri, Christophe Rousset, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Jörg-Peter Weigle

CD147 Arias with Period instruments
- Singers: Cecilia Bartoli, Barbara Bonney, Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, Mojca Erdmann, Gerald Finley, Rodney Gilfry, Jos van Immerseel, Della Jones, Emma Kirkby, Magdalena Kožená, Anne Sofie von Otter, Patricia Petibon, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Kristinn Sigmundsson, Andrea Silvestrelli, Rachel Yakar
- Conductors: John Eliot Gardiner, Daniel Harding, Christopher Hogwood, Andrea Marcon, Arnold Östman, Trevor Pinnock, Simon Rattle

CD148 Famous Arias
- Singers: Thomas Allen, Janet Baker, Cecilia Bartoli, Montserrat Caballé, Plácido Domingo, Renée Fleming, Elīna Garanča, Sumi Jo, Jonas Kaufmann, Kurt Moll, Anna Netrebko, Luciano Pavarotti, Miah Persson, Margaret Price, Anna Prohaska, Samuel Ramey, Christine Rice, Frederica von Stade, Cheryl Studer, Kiri Te Kanawa, Bryn Terfel
Conductors: Claudio Abbado, Myung Whun Chung, Colin Davis, György Fischer, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Herbert von Karajan, James Levine, Charles Mackerras, Neville Marriner, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Georg Solti, Sebastian Weigle 

CD149 Classic Performances: Arias
- Singers: Walter Berry, Stuart Burrows, Lisa della Casa, Fernando Corena, Suzanne Danco, Anton Dermota, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Mirella Freni, Hilde Gueden, Ernst Haefliger, Gundula Janowitz, Tom Krause, Edith Mathis, Bernhard Paumgartner, Lucia Popp, Hermann Prey, Leontyne Price, Irmgard Seefried, Cesare Siepi, Léopold Simoneau, Rita Streich, Tatiana Troyanos, Fritz Wunderlich
- Conductors: Karl Böhm, Colin Davis, Ferenc Fricsay, Eugen Jochum, István Kertész, Josef Krips, Erich Leinsdorf, Ferdinand Leitner, Bernhard Paumgartner, John Pritchard

CD150-152 Classic Performance: Le nozze di Figaro
- Wiener Philharmoniker, Erich Kleiber


CD153-173 Sacred & Private:

CD153-154 Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots, etc.
- Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart, Neville Marriner

CD155-156 La Betulia liberata
- Mozarteum-Orchester Salzburg, Leopold Hager

CD157 Davidde penitente, etc.
- Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart, Neville Marriner

CD158-169 Church Music
Mass Settings, Litanies, Vespers, Shorter Works, Epistle Sonatas, Requiem
- Giovanni Antonini, Il Giardino Armonico, Julia Lezhneva
- Emma Kirkby, Westminster Cathedral Choir, Academy of Ancient Music & Chorus, Christopher Hogwood
- Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- The Choir of John’s College, Cambridge, Wren Orchestra, George Guest
- The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra, Stephen Cleobury
- Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig, Herbert Kegel
- Schola Cantorum of Oxford, George Malcolm, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner
- Wiener Sängerknaben, Chorus Viennensis, Wiener Symphoniker, Uwe Christian Harrer
- Netherlands Chamber Choir, Orchestra of the 18th Century, Frans Brüggen
- Gabrieli Consort and Players, Paul McCreesh
- Chorus Musicus Köln, Das neue Orchester, Christoph Spering


CD170 Supplementary Performances:
Solemn Vespers, Requiem, etc.
- Winchester Cathedral Choir, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- Rachel Harnisch, Swedish Radio Choir/Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
- Wiener Kammerorchester, György Fischer
- Arleen Auger, Cecilia Bartoli, Vinson Cole, René Pape, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti


CD171 Songs
- Elly Ameling, Dalton Baldwin, Benni Ludemann
- Cecilia Bartoli, Jean-Yves Thibaudet
- Kathleen Battle, James Levine
- Hans Peter Blochwitz, Rudolf Jansen
- Measha Brueggergosman, Justus Zeyen
- Wolfgang Holzmair, Imogen Cooper
- Edith Mathis, Hermann Prey, Bernhard Klee, Jörg Demus, Maria Stader
- Peter Schreier, Andras Schiff
- Janet Baker, Raymond Leppard
-  Anne Sofie von Otter, Melvyn Tan


CD172 Masonic Music
- Hermann Prey, Bernhard Klee
- Hans Peter Blochwitz, Rudolf Jansen
- Werner Krenn, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Istvan Kertesz
- Wolfgang Holzmair, Imogen Cooper
- Dresden Radio Chorus Leipzig
- Netherlands Wind Ensemble, Edo de Waart
- Members of the Holliger Wind Ensemble
- Leipzig Radio Chorus, Staatskapelle Dresden, Peter Schreier


CD173 Canons & Partsongs
- Damenchor Des Concertus Vocalis, Chorus Viennensis, Guido Mancusi, Uwe Christian Harrer
- Radio Symphony Orchestra Leipzig, Herbert Kegel
- Berlin Soloists, Dietrich Knothe
- Sandrine Piau, Topi Lehtipuu, Frederic Caton, Quatuor Galuppi
- Elly Ameling, Elisabeth Cooymans, Peter van der Bilt, Members of the Netherlands Wind Ensemble
- Members of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra



CDs 174-200 Supplement:


CD174-175 Fragments, Discoveries & Curios
- Florian Birsak
- Webern Kammerchor, Glassner, Radio Symphony Orchestra Wien, De Billy
- Liang Zi Lan
- Duo Crommelynck
- Trio des Joseph-Haydns-Konservatoriums Eisenstadt
-
Sibylla Duffe, Merit Ostermann
- Christian Bauer
- Thomas Trotter
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner
- L'Archibudelli
- Roberto Prosseda
- Shavleg Macharashvili, Ensemble der Universitaet Graz
- Ildiko Raimondi
- Les Solistes des Musiciens du Louvre
- Consortium Classicum
- Isabelle van Keulen, Ronald Brautigam
- Acies Quartet
- WahlKüren Quartett
- Michael Kranebitter
- Mitsuko Uchida, Neil Black, Thea King, Julian Farrell, Robin O'Neill
- Lothar Odinius, Ulrich Eisenlohr
- Gilles Thomé, L'Harmonie Bohémienne
- Clarinet Connection
- English Chamber Orchestra, Barry Tuckwell
- Salomon Quartet, Barry Guy
- Emma Johnson, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Rebecca Hirsch, Tim Boulton, Andrew Shulman
- Colin Lawson, The Revolutionary Drawing Room
- Julie Kaufmann, Hans Peter Blochwitz, Anton Scharinger, Rudolf Jansen
- Ensemble Plus
- Nederlands Solistenensemble
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
- Daniel Hyde
- Malcolm Bilson, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
- Ingrid Haebler, Capella Academica Wien, Eduard Melkus
- Claire Elizabeth Craig, Florian Birsak
- Erik Smith, Neville Marriner
- Christoph Eschenbach 


CD176-178 Works completed by others
- Alfred Brendel
- Ronald Brautigam, Isabelle van Keulen
- Hans Deinzer, Trio di Clarone
- Jörg Demus, Paul Badura-Skoda
- Albrecht Mayer, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado
- Francesco Piemontesi
- Carl Seemann
- Thomas Trotter
- Dagmar Schellenberger-Ernst, Rosemarie Lang, Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig, Herbert Kegel
- Les Solistes des Musiciens du Louvre
- Beaux Arts Trio
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
- Iona Brown, Stephen Orton, Nobuko Imai, Howard Shelley, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner, Iona Brown
- Wiener Mozart Ensemble, Willi Boskovsky
- Eva Lind, Dresdner Philharmonie, Hans-Peter Blochwitz, Anton Scharinger, Rudolf Jansen, Julie Kaufmann, René Pape, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Jörg-Peter Weigle
- Stuart Burrows, Robert Lloyd, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Colin Davis

CD179-181  Arrangements of other composers
- Northern Chamber Orchestra, Nicholas Ward
- Erik Smith
- Robert Levin, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
- Hans-Joachim Ribbe, Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Herbert Kegel
- Wiener Mozart Ensemble, Willi Boskovsky
- Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner
- Ton Koopman, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
- Julie Kaufmann, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Jörg-Peter Weigle
- Hagen Quartet
- Thomas Trotter
- London Mozart Players, Jane Glover
- Andreas Röhn, English Chamber Orchestra, Bryn Terfel, Miah Persson, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Charles Mackerras


CD182-183 Handel Arrangements: Acis und Galatea
- Handel & Haydn Society, Christopher Hogwood

CD184-185 Handel Arrangements: Der Messias
- ORF-Sinfonieorchester, Charles Mackerras

CD186-187 Handel Arrangements: Das Alexander-Fest, Ode auf St. Caecilia
- Handel & Haydn Society, Christopher Hogwood

CD188-190 Die Gärtnerin aus Liebe
- Sinfonieorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks, Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt

CD191-193 Self-Arrangements
- Peter Frankl, Soloists of English Chamber Orchestra
- Grumiaux Trio, Max Lesueur, Árpád Gérecz
- Simon Lepper
- Francesco Piemontesi
- Carl Seemann
- Jacques Zoon, Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado
- Amadeus Winds, Bastiaan Blomhert


CD194-200 Works of Doubtful Authenticity
- Alessio Allegrini, Alessandro Carbonare, Guilhaume Santana, Lucas Macías Navarro, Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado
- Artur Balsam
- Hermann Baumann, Heinz Holliger, Aurčle Nicolet, Klaus Thunemann, Bryn Terfel, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner
- William Bennett, Grumiaux Trio
- Florian Birsak
- Peter Frankl, Tamás Vásáry
- Mayumi Fujikawa, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Walter Weller
- Edita Gruberova, Mozarteum-Orchester Salzburg, Leopold Hager
- Michael Harris, Timothy Lines, Colin Lawson
- Simon Lepper
- Francesco Piemontesi
- London Wind Soloists, Jack Brymer
- Members of the Netherlands Wind Ensemble
- The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock
- Wiener Mozart Ensemble, Willi Boskovsky
- David Garrett, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado
- Cecilia Bartoli, Peter Schreier, Andras Schiff
- Eva Lind, Dresdner Philharmonie, Jörg-Peter Weigle
- Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Leipzig, Herbert Kegel, Peter Schreier
- Wiener Symphoniker, Uwe Christian Harrer

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Reviews

There are the vivid, transparent accounts of the early symphonies by Trevor Pinnock and Christopher Hogwood, moving for the later ones to Frans Brüggen and John Eliot Gardiner. There are the pioneering fortepiano accounts of the concertos by Malcolm Bilson and Robert Levin. But there are always alternatives as well, so devotees of Alfred Brendel, Mitsuko Uchida and Clifford Curzon in the concertos, or even Karl Böhm, Eugen Jochum and George Szell in the symphonies, need not be disappointed. ... This is music of peerless craftsmanship and deeply ambiguous emotional content –truly music for our age, lovingly assembled.  Nicholas Kenyon
The Observer 1 January 2017

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