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The Philadelphia Orchestra offered Mozart’s Gran Partita, his summation of writing for wind ensemble, but not before a delightful opener from American composer Valerie Coleman.

There was a delicious chocolate-colored texture to the low bass akin to what Great British Bake-Off aficionados would recognize as the foundation of a great Sachertorte.

A warm, accomplished Metamorphosen needing a notch or two more anguish, followed by precision in Mozart's Gran Partita.

As Europe’s concert-giving tentatively emerges from the coronavirus lockdown, Simon Rattle and the BRSO celebrate its rebirth with a sublime pairing of Vaughan Williams and Mozart.

Manchester Camerata looks to Sven Helbig for its next cross-genre collaborator, with some hits and some misses.

As he does when his spirit is most honestly invoked, Schumann spoke directly across the ages through Moraguès and Pinto-Ribeiro, and in the process allowed the two musicians to reveal the dimensions of their own love for music.

Lars Vogt and Royal Northern Sinfonia deliver Beethoven's Symphony no. 9 with swaggering self-confidence, and heroic chorus singing.

Andris Nelsons' Mozart–Shostakovich pairing allowed the Boston Symphony winds to take the spotlight in the first half, leaving the strings and limited percussion to their task in the second. 

Directed by Emmanuelle Haïm, French period instrument ensemble Le Concert d'Astrée served up a few choice cuts of Figaro Harmoniemusik before a delicious main course of the Gran Partita.

James Levine conducts the MET Chamber Orchestra in the intimate setting of the Weill Recital Hall

Happy Birthday, Mozart! An incisive Gran Partita from London Winds, a spirited Sesto from Christine Rice, and a memorable and arresting Concerto from Collins and the City of London Sinfonia.

An accomplished technical display from the OAE's period wind ensemble which occasionally lacked personality.