Since you are interested in Mozart: Symphonies Volume 8 - Symphonies Nos. 28, 29 and 30, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
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Mozart: Youth Symphonies (Vol 2) Nos 20, 45-47, 51 Academy of St Martin in the fields / Neville Marriner [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Sep/2005 ] "There's something to enjoy here at nearly every turn." (10/10 for performance and sound quality ClassicsToday.com Aug 2005) |
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Mozart: Youth Symphonies (Vol 4) Nos 6, 38, 50-52, 55 [with free Pentatone catalogue] Academy of St Martin in the fields, Neville Marriner [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] "One would never realize the age of the recordings; sonics are superb and Mozart especially doesn't require a subwoofer channel. If your speakers are correctly set up you shouldn't miss the center channel of the four-channel reproduction. The... |
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Mozart: Horn Concertos Alan Civil (horn) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields. conducted by :Sir Neville Marriner [ Pentatone SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 12/Apr/2005 ] "As played by Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin's with Alan Civil as the soloist, with optimal spatial quality and resolution in the sonic soundstage, these lovely, gracious performances are all that one could possibly wish" - Classik... |
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Wind Concertos (flute, bassoon, clarinet) Alison Mitchell (flute) Ursula Leveaux (bassoon) Maximiliano Martin (clarinet) / Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Alexander Janiczek [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 28/May/2006 ] Formed in 1974 with a commitment to serve the Scottish community, the Scottish Chamber Orchestra is one of Scotland's major cultural ambassadors, touring regularly in the Far East, Europe and the USA. |
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Nocturne Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet [ Channel Classics SACD / SACD - released 20/Jun/2005 ] Nocturne The transition from the Baroque to the classical period was characterized by a re-evaluation of the relationship between humanity and nature. |
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Violin Concertos K.216, 218, 219 Andrew Manze (violin & director) / The English Concert [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / SACD - released 24/Jan/2006 ] "His sense of fantasy permeated every flexible phrase." – The Evening Standard, UK (concert review) |
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Violin Sonatas (1781) Andrew Manze (violin) / Richard Egarr (fortepiano) [ Harmonia Mundi SACD / SACD - released 28/Oct/2005 ] Composed after he settled in Vienna, Mozart’s “Auernhammer” sonatas, K.376, 377 and 380, are the first fruits of his freedom from Salzburg serfdom and a sign of his new, revolutionary spirit. |
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Mozart: Clarinet Concert in A, K.622 / Clarinet Quintet in A, K.581 Andrew Marriner (clarinet) / Academy of St Martin in the Fields (conducted by Sir Neville Marriner) [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 20/Apr/2005 ] |
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Oboe Quartets / sonata Bart Schneemann (oboe) Paolo Giacometti (piano) & Rombouts Quartet [ Channel Classics SACD / SACD - released 22/Jan/2007 ] Mozart's Oboe Quartet! What wonderful music that was for me, and how beautiful the oboe sounded: open, warm, expressive, and piercing. It |
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Piano Quintet in A, D667 The Trout / Clarinet Quintet in A KV581 Beaux Arts Trio / Grumiax Quartet [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 18/Aug/2006 ] Not only are both the quintets by Mozart and Schubert recorded on this CD considered radiant pearls in the oeuvre of two outstanding composers, they also rank first place in a fictive listing of instrumental chamber music. |
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Don Giovanni (Complete Opera recorded in 1998) Bryn Terfel, Simon Keenlyside, Carmela Remigio, Matti Salminen / Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon Grand Opera / 3 CD - released 20/Jun/2012 ] "An intensely musical performance, large in scale, keen in its awareness of what is going on in the score and eager to make everything tell. Abbado is often ready to stretch the pulse in order to allow an expressive point in the music to register... |
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Requiem Christine Brewer. Ruxandra Donose. John Tessier. Eric Owens. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Chorus. Donald Runnicles [ Telarc SACD / SACD - released 15/Oct/2005 ] As the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth approaches, Telarc releases a recording of the Robert D. Levin edition of Mozart's Requiem,K.626, by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Chorus. |
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Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626 Christine Schafer (sop) Bernarda Fink (mezzo) Kurt Streit (tenor) Gerald Finley (baritone) / Vienna Concentus Musicus / Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 2/Jul/2004 ] "Subtle realism imbues Harnoncourt's deeply considered second recording" Editor's Choice Gramophone July 2004 |
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Wind Concertos Jacob Slagter (horn) Emily Beynon (flute) Gustavo NAAez (bassoon) Alexei Ogrintchouk (oboe) / Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra [ Pentatone SACD / SACD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] "All four concertos make a fine program, illustrating the unending imagination and creativity Mozart could so easily summon up." ---John Sunier, Audiophile Audition |