Two decades on from his Deutsche Grammophon recordings, the Latvian violinist Gidon Kremer revisits Mozart's Violin Concertos, this time in the company of his own group, Kremerata Baltica. It's almost ...

Playing Mozart's music on Mozart's own violin is like reaching through 250 years of history to commune with the legendary composer, says Christoph Koncz. Koncz, the principal second violinist of the ...

Next week, an outstanding new recording of the complete Mozart violin concertos hits the shops. Latvian violinist Gidon Kremer is joined by Kremerata Baltica – an ensemble he founded – and Simon Bates ...

Serenade in D-major, Kv 239 ("serenata Notturna"): Marcia [Maestoso] Serenade in D-major, Kv 239 ("serenata Notturna"): Minuet Serenade in D-major, Kv 239 ("serenata Notturna"): Rondo [Allegretto - ...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Violin Concertos 1, 3, 4 et al., Frank Peter Zimmermann, BR Chamber Orchestra, Radoslaw Szulc (leader), Hänssler Classic To say that Mozart wrote some pieces that are greater ...

Mozart wrote five violin concertos, all but one of them in the same year—1775, when he was nineteen. The Concerto No. 1 was written two years before, possibly. Musicologists are unsure. Are they great ...

A lone violin piece that replaced one of Mozart's concerto movements, this piece has become legendary in its own right. In addition to his five complete violin concertos, Mozart composed a few ...

When you're all grown up, you — at least theoretically — put away childish things. But there are exceptions, as violinist Hilary Hahn proves in her latest recording project. The album is a pairing of ...

The violin and viola that Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart played himself are in the United States for the first time ever. The instruments come out of storage only about once a year at the Salzburg Mozarteum ...

What’s the difference between a viola and a trampoline? You take your shoes off to jump on a trampoline. Those damn viola jokes! Though usually good-natured and funny, they nonetheless belittle a ...