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Piotr Anderszewski brilliert mit Mozarts Klavierkonzert in c-Moll, während Thomas Hengelbrock und das NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester Mahlers Fünfte packend musizieren.

Lodernder Bruckner, aber unauffälliger Mozart von Daniel Barenboim und seiner Staatskapelle Berlin in der ersten der drei Proms, die diese Komponisten in dieser Woche kombinieren.

Herzlicher Empfang für David Zinman, der Zürich mit Bruckners Fünfter besucht.

Mozart und Bruckner haben inhatlich nicht unbedingt viel miteinander zu tun. Lang Langs Interpretation mit Mozarts kompositorischen Ideen leider auch nicht. Gewohnt brilliant sind dafür Daniele Gatti und die Wiener Philharmoniker. Auch bei den Festspielen kann nicht alles perfekt sein. 

The Lammermuir Festival's opening weekend culminates in a pair of Mozart piano concertos, with an agile and invigorating take on Britten's Frank Bridge Variations.

A pair of piano concertos envelop a concert aria as Yunchan Lim opens his Mozart project with poise and nerve in Seoul. 

Sir András Schiff ofreció junto a la Cappella Andrea Barca un magnífico concierto en el que destacó especialmente una inolvidable interpretación de Mozart.

La venue du chef allemand, pourtant habitué du Capitole de Toulouse, a suscité davantage d'interrogations que de satisfaction dans un programme Mozart-Bruckner.

Teodor Currentzis presenta una versión del Réquiem de Mozart abrumadora, casi histriónica, y sin embargo execlente por su capacidad de entresacar el dramatismo más genuino sin renunciar a la espiritualidad.

Alexander Liebreich y la Orquestra de València concluyen la temporada con un concierto brillante. 

Gábor Takács-Nagy and Jean-Efflam Bavouzet tackle Mozart's Piano Concertos nos. 24 and 25 with the Manchester Camerata with their usual panache.

If Purcell’s genius was muted, it was not missing in the Mahler Chamber Orchestra's appearance at London's Southbank.

Inon Barnatan performs Mozart’s C minor piano concerto with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, while Joshua Weilerstein impresses with his musical insights into Dvořák's Seventh Symphony. 

Pablo Heras-Casado a programme featuring a classic combination of Mozart and Schumann. 

The rising Icelandic piano star made his Proms debut alongside conductor Paavo Järvi and London's Philharmonia Orchestra, in a programme that seamlessly shifted between Classical, Baroque and Modern styles.

Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson makes his debut both with the conductor Paavo Järvi and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

A month into the year-long "Nature Unwrapped" programme at Kings Place, it was the turn of its resident Aurora Orchestra to contribute to the series.

Aux Sommets musicaux, Nicholas Angelich a délivré une interprétation formidable du Concerto n° 24 de Mozart, avant que l'Aurora Orchestra ne se lève dans la Symphonie n° 1 de Beethoven.

Dvořák’s rarely heard Fourth Symphony and Janáček’s brassy Sinfonietta bookended a Mozart piano concerto with Yefim Bronfman in this varied Cleveland Orchestra program.

Yefim Bronfman's performance of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24 highlighted Maestro Lorenzo Viotti's guest-conducting appearance with Montreal's Orchestre Symphonique.

Haochen Zhang, Thomas Dausgaard and the Singapore Symphony impress in Mozart and Bruckner.

A concert of ear-catching tunes from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra swept by under the efficient and occasionally uninvolved direction of Kirill Karabits.

La confiance du chef a hissé l’Orchestre Français des Jeunes vers l’excellence dans un programme entièrement consacré à Mozart, suivant un discours musical parfaitement abouti.

A quarter century after its New York première, Corigliano’s Symphony no. 1 has maintained its emotional impact. 

John Harbison's Second Symphony takes the listener from Dawn to Darkness, while Vaughan Williams' Fifth offers “the similitude of a dream” in Boston. 

Franz Welser-Möst selected a Viennese-inspired program for The Cleveland Orchestra’s annual gala, with works of Strauss (both Richard and Johann II) and Ravel following a Mozart piano concerto.

The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, conductor Mei-Ann-Chen, and pianist Lang Lang play a spectacular all-Mozart concert.

Works by Stravinsky and Mozart launched this year’s Lucerne Festival, whose theme is “Childhood”.

Tandis que la canicule embrasait Montréal dimanche dernier, la Maison symphonique offrait à ses visiteurs des rafraîchissements propres à les griser. 

Queffélec et l'orchestre communient en apesanteur dans l'ascèse. Admirable de probité, d' « honnêteté artistique », ce concert à la Roque-d'Anthéron restera dans les mémoires. 

Pianist David Fray was equally impressive as soloist in a subtly played Mozart Concerto no. 24.

At 71, Radu Lupu continues to amaze. No one gets so much out of a piano with such a light touch and minimum of effort. 

On Friday evening, the first snow cast its veil over my hometown. Despite the frost, Olli Mustonen’s concert at the Turku Concert Hall got people on the move.

Young French pianist Lucas Debargue and the Russian soprano Sofia Fomina join the LPO and Vladimir Jurowski for a programme of Haydn, Mozart and Mahler.

Sous le caractère abordable des concertos de Mozart se cache un enjeu de taille : seule une exécution parfaitement limpide permet de restituer la présence sacrée du compositeur à son piano. Dans un programme où Mozart dramaturge était partout présent, l'interprétation de Jean-Claude Pennetier invitait à la foi et à l'optimisme.

Beautifully interpreted performance of Mozart and Elgar at Sydney's Opera House, with Ross Edwards' White Ghosts Dancing. 

Fervent flag-waving is usually reserved for the Last Night of the Proms, so what was going on in this Philharmonia concert? The Arena was awash with a sea of red flags, the chorus – and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen – were decked out in T-shirts bearing portraits of Lenin or Stalin.

A promising programme of works was overshadowed by some incoherent playing but also moments of promise to stoke excitement for Gardner's forthcoming tenure at the Bergen Philharmonic. 

Master improviser, Robert Levin, proved an informative and fun guide to a selection of Mozart's later masterpieces, performed with panache by the Academy of Ancient Music.

As a last-minute replacement, Martin Helmchen courageously stepped in to perform Mozart, while veteran Herbert Blomstedt returns with a moving Pathétique. 

A strident Mozart concerto from Christopher Park, followed by an expansive but richly varied Bruckner Sixth from Eschenbach.

It was an evening for showing off. The Basel Chamber Orchestra (being Bartoli and Scholl’s frequent partners) performed Bizet and Rameau, plus a Mozart concerto with conductor Christian Zacharias directing from the piano. 

Steven Osborne's Mozart with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra captivates whilst Gardner's Elgar does not entirely convince.

The Toronto Symphony’s 92nd season’s gala featured three works connected to operas, and who better to bring out the singing quality and dramatic storytelling of a piano score than pianist Lang Lang.

Capping off their two-weekend Mozart Festival, the Dallas Symphony played three minor-key masterworks this weekend, plus one major-key selection. Music in minor keys is the exception to the Mozartian rule – only two each of the 27 piano concerti and 41 symphonies are in minor.

Bruckner wrote to the conductor, Artur Nikisch, before the first performance of his 7th Symphony in 1885 that there are many important tempo changes that should be observed, but not marked in the score. Daniel Barenboim has taken Bruckner’s advice to heart and his performance was, for the most part, masterly in its use of flexible tempi.