Mozart: Violin Concertos

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Monica Huggett (Conductor), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
• Conductor: Monica Huggett
• Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Audio CD (June 8, 1999)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: EMI Classics
• ASIN: B00000J2Q2
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #190,367 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Why pay more?, May 7, 2000

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This review is from: Mozart: Violin Concertos (Audio CD)

Virgin Classics wasted no time in reducing these fine performances to super-bargain price but you need not worry that there's anything cut-rate about them. Huggett is a nimble soloist with excellent intonation. Interpretively, she's a bit reticent, not as extrovert as some performers. The use of period instruments is all gain and no pain: all of the benefits of textural clarity and rhythmic agility apply but there's is no abrasion and over-brightness, partly due to the superb recording. It's remarkable how the sound of Huggett's period violin carries in spite of the slender tone. This two-disc set is a steal.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Splendid Mozart violin concerti courtesy of Monica Huggett, April 21, 2004

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John Kwok (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mozart: Violin Concertos (Audio CD)

If you want to have some idea what Mozart's violin concerti sounded like during his lifetime, you can't go wrong by purchasing this impressive, yet inexpensive two-cd collection of violinist Monica Huggett leading the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. These performances are simply revelatory, showing the textural richness of Mozart's scores that are often lost when played by modern instrument ensembles and more exuberant soloists. Indeed, I concur with a previous reviewer in noting that Huggett's performances sound a bit reticient, but no means do they sound inferior to those by other, more prominent, violinists. The recordings are exemplary for early 1990's digital sound. At this price it is a steal for those interested in concerti, Mozart and period instrument performance.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fine period instrument performance, January 24, 2007

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Ross Kennett "Ross Kennett" (Narooma, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
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There are many different interpretations of Mozart's youthfull violin concertos, and I can't claim to have heard more than 5 or 6 of them, but I find this performance very satisfying. The old Grumiaux recording with the London Symphony is often cited as the best, but I don't like the big orchestra sound, especially in an old recording, I much prefer the more open sound of the Orchestra of the 18th century. And I think Monica Huggett's playing on a violin of the period near perfect. A crititism ? The cover notes are a bit skimpy, but so is the price !