Mozart Official Digital Download

Mozart's six piano trios are intimate works, but these three in particular balance the instruments so well and give each so much to do that they have a grandeur all their own; they never seem slight.

A versatile figure at home in lieder and in opera of several types, Katharina Konradi is the first major vocal star to emerge from the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan. Based in Germany, Konradi has appeared in operas by Mozart, Strauss, and Wagner. Konradi was born on June 13, 1988, in the Kyrgyz capital of Bishkek. Like many people in that city, formerly part of the Soviet Union, she grew up speaking Russian. At age 15, she moved to Hamburg, Germany. Although she spoke no German when she arrived, she succeeded in obtaining her Abitur (secondary school graduation) certificate at the Johannes-Brahms-Schule in Pinneberg in 2009.

Piano legends of the 20th-century in the spotlight: after Claudio Arrau, it is now Walter Gieseking to be honored with an complete boxset of his Warner recordings, out on November 11th 2022.

Newly signed on with naïve, the Korean pianist Yeol Eum Son immerses herself in the limitless whimsical imagination of Mozart's sonatas, and with this complete collection takes us on a voyage in a land of contrasts.

The Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin's performance of Mozart's beloved opera Le nozze di Figaro under the baton of conductor Karl Böhm, released in 1968 by Deutsche Grammophon, is a timeless masterpiece.

To mark its 75th anniversary, the Zurich Chamber Orchestra has compiled a selection of popular masterpieces for small orchestra ensembles.

Following the fantastic Chopin album earlier this year, we announce the release of pianist Jan Lisiecki’s upcoming album Night Music. With this album Lisiecki continues to explore the universe of night music with works by Mozart, Ravel & Schumann, and consist of selected tracks of his Würzburg recital in 2018.

For the sixth volume of this series devoted to Mozart performances by the young generation of soloists, the pianist Roman Borisov, who won First Prize at the Kissinger KlavierOlymp in 2022 when he was the youngest participant in the competition, has recorded the Concertos K413 and K415 with the ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. The French oboist Gabriel Pidoux, winner of the ‘Revelation’ award at the Victoires de la Musique Classique 2020, who recorded his first solo album for Alpha in 2022 (Romance, Alpha789), presents the famous Concerto K314, with the Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, conducted as always by Howard Griffiths.

Counter-tenor Franco Fagioli makes his Pentatone debut with Anime Immortali, together with the Kammerorchester Basel, exploring the music that Mozart composed for castratos. Ranging from opera to sacred music and culminating in Exsultate, jubilate, the recorded works share a sublime and profound character, demonstrating Mozart’s strong connection to the castrato voice. With this album, Fagioli finally returns to the composer that inflamed his desire to become a musician during his youth.

With his album ”Mozart", the oboist Albrecht Mayer has once again demonstrated the right flair for a unique album program: “excellently done”, says Rondo.