Die Zauberflöte by W. A. Mozart from Festspielhaus Baden-Baden, performed at Festspielhaus Baden-Baden / Baden-Baden Festival Hall, 2013. Directed by Robert Carsen, conductor Simon Rattle. Starring Pavol Breslik, Michael Nagy, Kate Royal, Ana Durlovski, Dimitry Ivashchenko, Regula Mühlemann, Jame...

Mozart's last work, the Requiem Mass in D minor K626, receives a strong performance from the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus under Mozart specialist Sir Colin Davis in a classic recording made in 1984. Popular legend has it that the Requiem was commissioned by a mysterious stranger, ...

Mozart's Gran Partita - the Serenade No. 10 in B flat K361 - is scored for twelve wind instruments (two oboes, two clarinets, two basset horns, four horns, two bassoons) and a double bass. The seven-part work is performed by woodwind players of the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, specialists...

Die Zauberflöte is the artistic and philosophical testament of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who died a few weeks after the work’s première in Vienna.

Intertwining music of awesome purity and beauty with the conventions of the singspiel - a popular form of musical comedy – Mozart’s final operatic l...

"The old philosopher Don Alfonso enrages his two friends, the officers Ferrando and Guglielmo, with his claim that their fiancées will sooner or later be unfaithful to them - like all women. He proposes a wager, which the two friends accept. They swear on their honour as soldiers that they will p...

"Premiered not very successfully, in Prague on September 6th 1791, La Clemenza di Tito had turned into a considerable triumph within a month and was the first Mozart opera to be heard in London in 1806. The opera celebrates one man’s wisdom and regal benevolence and his struggle to maintain cleme...

Mozart’s charming opera tells the story of a Countess who disguises herself as a gardener in order to find and forgive her lover, who thinks he has killed her in a quarrel. The score is one of real musical delights with uncommonly rich and full orchestration and prominent parts for wind in partic...

Luciano Pavarotti and Mirella Freni's incomparable partnership as Rodolfo and Mimi, the tragic lovers in Puccini's much-loved bittersweet opera, is captured for posterity in this live recording from the San Francisco Opera. Francesca Zambello's production boasts a superlative cast with Gino Quili...

"Set in the exotic seraglio of the Pasha Selim, the story revolves around the rescue of the lovely Constanze by her lover Belmonte – a tale of love, bravery and forgiveness. In this work, Mozart breaks new ground in introducing dramatically rounded characters with recognisably human feelings and ...

Verbier Festival 25th anniversary - Strings by J. S. Bach, P. Sarasate, P. Heidrich, W.A. Mozart, G. F. Händel, J. Strauss and G. Rossini, from Verbier Festival, performed at Salle des Combins, 2018. Conductor Gábor Takács-Nagy (Mozart; Handel; J. Strauss II: Éljen a Magyar!); Valery Gergiev (J...

To celebrate 25 years of the Verbier Festival, enjoy this extensive, star-studded program. Featuring J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto no. 3 (BWV 1048), P. Sarasate & D. Sitkovetsky's "Navarra Fantasy," P. Heidrich's Happy Birthday Variations, B. Smetana's Sonata for 2 Pianos, J. Brahms' Souvenir ...

Sergei Babayan and the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra performs J.S. Bach's Concerto in D minor (BWV 1052), W.A. Mozart's Piano concerto no. 25 in C major (K. 503). In between, Babayan performs J.S. Bach's Prelude in C major (BWV 939), Prelude in C minor (BWV 999), and Menuet-Trio in G minor (...

Leonidas Kavakos (violin and conductor), Antoine Tamestit (viola), and the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra perform W.A. Mozart's Sinfonia concertante for violin and viola (K. 364), his Symphony no. 31 (k. 297/300a) "Paris," and L. Beethoven's op. 92, Symphony no. 7. Performed as part of the Ve...

Le Nozze di Figaro by W. A. Mozart, from Opéra National de Paris, 2006. Directed by Christoph Marthaler, conductor Sylvain Cambreling, starring Peter Mattei, Christine Schäfer, Heidi Grant Murphy, Lorenzo Regazzo and Christine Oelze. Performed in Italian.

Cosi fan tutte by W.A. Mozart, from Teatro Real, Madrid, 2013. Directed by Michael Haneke and Hannes Rossacher, conductor Sylvain Cambreling. Starring Anett Fritsch, Fiordiligi; Paola Gardina Dorabella; Juan Francisco, Gatell Ferrando; Andreas Wolf, Guglielmo; Kerstin Avemo, Despina; William Shim...

Under the baton of Thomas Hengelbrock, the Orchestre de Paris performs the Overture to W.A. Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, L. Beethoven's Symphony no. 4, the Overture from J. Strauss II's Die Fledermaus, an extract from J. Strauss II's Ritter Pazman, and the "Ballet des mouches" and "Galop infernal...

The Gewandhausorchester Leipzig performs C. Debussy's "La mer" and I. Stravinsky's Firebird Suite (1919 version). Pianist Martin Helmchen joins them to perform W.A. Mozart's Piano Concerto no. 17 in G major (K. 453). Performed as part of the Lucerne Festival.

Die Zauberflöte (for Children) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, from St. Margarethen Römersteinbruch, 2006. Performed in German.

Le Nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, from Teatro Real, Madrid, 2009. Directed by , conductor Jesús López Cobos. Starring Ludovic Tézier, Barbara Frittoli, Luca Pissaroni, Isabel Rey, Marina Comparato, Jeanette Fischer, Carlos Chausson, Raúl Giménez, Enrique Viana, Soledad Cardoso, Migue...

Under the baton of Zubin Mehta, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra performs J. Haydn's Symphony no. 88 in G minor. Pianist Denis Matsuev joins them to perform W.A. Mozart's Piano Concerto no. 17 in G major. Violinist David Radzynski, cellist Emanuele Silvestri, oboist Dudu Carmel, and bassoonist D...

Highlights from Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, from Verbier, Switzerland, 2009. Directed by Philippe Béziat, conductor Manfred Honeck. Starring René Pape, Leporello; Bryn Terfel, Don Giovanni; Michael Schade, Don Ottavio; Sylvia Schwartz, Zerlina; Robert Gleadow, Masetto; Anna Samuil, D...

Under the baton of Andrew Manze, the Camerata Salzburg and the Salzburg Bach Choir perform L. Mozart's Litaniae Lauretanae in E♭ and W.A. Mozart's Great Mass in C minor (K. 427). Featured vocalists include sopranos Carolyn Sampson & Marianne Beate Kielland, tenor Benjamin Bruns, and bass Douglass...

Under the baton of Jakub Hrůša, the Mahler Chamber Orchestra performs the Overture from F. Mendelssohn's op. 26 "The Hebrides" and R. Schumann's op. 61 Symphony no. 2 in C major. Flautist Emmanuel Pahud joins them to perform W.A. Mozart's Flute Concerto no. 1 in G major (K. 313). Performed as pa...

Le nozze di Figaro by W. A. Mozart, from Opéra national de Paris, performed at Opéra Bastille, 2010. Directed by Giorgio Strehler, conductor Philippe Jordan, starring Ann Murray, Robert Lloyd, Barbara Frittoli, Luca Pisaroni, Ekaterina Siurina, Ludovic Tézier, Karine Deshayes, Maria Savastano, Ch...