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Sunday Times
Number 1 Classical Record of 2008
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5 Stars
"En definitiva, una auténtica delicia, con una grabación exquisita, característica intrínseca de Linn Records."
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"Magnificent."
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Star Ledger of New Jersey
4 Stars
"...blending period style with modern virtuosity."
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"Nous aimons...beaucoup"
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"These may be the best versions of Symphonies 38 and 39 ever recorded..."
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Recording of the Month: "...a benchmark of our time."
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'Mozart vive!'
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Early Music Review
...powerful, individual readings.
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4½ Stars
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Klassik.com
5 Stars
So gelingt gleichsam unter der Hand Mozart-Interpretationen, die man zu den überzeugendsten dieser Sinfonien zählen darf.
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The Ticket (Ireland)
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simply irresistible
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audiophile.no
5 Stars
Linn Records har spilt inn Mozart sine fire siste symfonier. Til denne oppgaven har de selvfølgelig håndplukket Scottish Chamber Orchestra dirigert av Sir Charles Mackerras.
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International Record Review
A vibrant and utterly gripping appearance from first moment to last, and all caught in sound that is amazingly lifelike. No Mozartian should be without these inspiring discs.
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The Guardian (Live)
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Mackerras's Mozart is full of the life-affirming vitality more often associated with youth
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...Performances that may well take their place among the best on record.
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Orchestral Disc of the Month: "exhilarating ... ravishing"
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Audiophile Audition
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some spectacular readings in first class sonics
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exciting and thrilling
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MusicOMH.com
5 Stars
Anyone who loves classical music has to own this recording...this will be one of the year's finest recordings.
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Independent on Sunday
...Few recordings have the authority and warmth of this release.
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The Observer
Mozart's last four symphonies...have rarely shone as luminously as in these uplifting accounts.
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The Herald
5 Stars
This will have you out of your seat with excitement...a Mozart set to match any.
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The Week
5 Stars
...Astonishing...
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Financial Times
...Sheer vitality...
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BBC Online
This recording should have you stampeding to the record shops.
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Metro
5 Stars
Pure delight.
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SA-CD.net
5 Stars
I can't imagine Mozart being better performed...a wonderful set that will remain long in the memory.
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The Sunday Times
5 Stars
Classical CD of the Week: Possibly their finest record to date...I don't know more enthralling accounts of the G minor and the Jupiter on disc.
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The Guardian
5 Stars
These are the finest versions of Mozart's greatest symphonies to have appeared on disc in years.
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ClassicalSource.com
Beautifully judged...exciting listening
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ClassicsTodayFrance.com
4½ Stars
An outstanding review for the orchestral recording
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Mozart Symphonies - SCO & Sir Charles Mackerras - The Times


01 March 2008
The Times
Sarah Urwin Jones
5 Stars

Sir Charles Mackerras has a rare ability with Mozart, both in his path less travelled - taking the best of period and modern approaches and making something thoroughly persuasive - and in his brilliant musical insights. Mackerras and Scottish Chamber Orchestra's take on Mozart's final four symphonies is consistently fresh and illuminating. The Prague Symphony (No 38), fizzes with operatic intricacy, No 39 resounds with wonderfully diverse clarinet, but it is the No 40, G Minor, in which Mackerras and the SCO brilliantly contrast bright startling effervescence with deep, dark undertows, and the staggering Jupiter (No 41) that place this among the very best recordings of these four symphonies on disc.

 




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