Don Giovanni review – Mozart’s dark vision delivers subterranean thrills
Under Lloyd Wood’s guiding hand, English Touring Opera go underground to create the work’s best UK staging for some time
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 20 & 21 CD review – strangely disappointing
Buchbinder and the Dresden Staatskapelle looked good on paper…
Heath Quartet/Baillieu review – fluid and elegant quintet playing
James Baillieu’s playing needed a touch more personality in the Mozart but the Elgar was convincingly shaped
Sabine Devieilhe: Mozart & the Weber Sisters CD review – irresistibly good
Amid a glut of classy recent recordings of the composer’s work, this programme that celebrates Mozart in love is exceptional
Bath MozartFest: Nash Ensemble review – five-star poignancy
As the players created a rich and luscious body of sound, the opening concert of this annual celebration proved totally satisfying
Mozart: Les Mystères d’Isis review – purists may hate it but this Magic Flute reboot is fun
This pasticcio written for the Paris Opera and incorporating large parts of The Magic Flute is an interesting and historically significant curiosity
Le Nozze di Figaro review – beautiful and touching in equal measure
This revival brings new shades of meaning and insight to David McVicar’s much-loved production, with luxury casting and a particularly fine performance from Stéphane Degout as the Count
The Marriage of Figaro at Edinburgh festival review – Fischer’s innovative take on Mozart
Iván Fischer and his charismatic Budapest Festival Orchestra ditches the pit and the usual rules for this ‘staged concert’, but ultimately the results are conservative
Mozart: Opera Arias and Overtures review – a thrilling compilation
Soprano Elizabeth Watts lifts this compilation to glorious heights
Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer review – an epic approach to Brahms
Iván Fischer and the BFO gave a colossal force and momentum to Brahms, while soloist Maria João Pires delivered a near-perfect performance of Mozart
Beethoven, Haydn, Mozart: An die ferne Geliebte CD review – clarity and brio from Padmore and Bezuidenhout
Beethoven’s only song cycle is the centrepiece of this engaging recital
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte CD review – a fascinating snapshot of Covent Garden in the 1960s
This remastered 1962 Klemperer recording from the Royal Opera House reveals some first-night nerves, but also some very fine and authoritative singing
Keys to Mozart CD review – an odd selection from Dutch high-flyer
Rising Dutch pianist Daria van den Bercken finds inspiration in Mozart’s operas to confusing effect
Chiaroscuro Quartet: Mozart/Mendelssohn CD review – a shock to the ears of the best kind
The Chiaroscuro Quartet brilliantly exposes the connections between Mozart and Mendelssohn
Mozart: String Quartets, K 387, 421, 428, 458, 464, 465 CD review – transparent and expressive
The Cambini tend to over-interpret things, so that the natural flow is constantly disrupted