A celebration of some of Mozart's greatest woodwind concertos, in Claudio Abbado's 80th birthday year. Drive Featured Album, 22 April 2013. If this album is anything to go by, there's a reason ...

Other than the tenor saxophone, the bassoon is perhaps the only instrument of its register that receives much solo exposure. Renowned for its unique timbre and a range that stretches up into the high ...

Divertimento for 2 Violins, 2 Violas and Cello, Movements: Marcia (Johann) Michael Haydn, Composer Fruzsina Hara, Trumpet Bolzano String Academy Sergio Azzolini, Bassoon Concerto for Bassoon and ...

We all enjoy whistling, but this guy whistling Mozart's Bassoon Concerto is next level... Who doesn't love to whistle? Whistle on your way to work, whistle in the car, whistle in the shower ...

Under the direction of renowned French clarinettist and conductor Paul Meyer, the Omega Ensemble, appearing for the first time in an expanded chamber orchestra configuration, delivers a glowing ...

The piano concertos, like his operas, are where you get to meet Mozart himself. And what you find is a man who sought to disrupt privilege and let us see the world through the eyes of others When I ...

Guest conductor Jun Märkl will lead the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in a program featuring ASO Principal Bassoon Carl Nitchie at center stage for Mozart's Bassoon Concerto in B-Flat Major. Also on the ...

On period instruments the wind concertos of the classical era take on a different personality. The plush uniformity of modern instruments is replaced by solo playing of quirky charisma. In Mozart’s ...

In the world of Mozart’s concertos, the ones for piano always get top billing — not without reason — followed by the late and majestic Clarinet Concerto and then, in some order, the works for violin, ...

Claudio Abbado's explorations of the 18th century, via music by Bach, Pergolesi and Mozart, have been the unexpected treasures among his recordings of the last decade. This latest disc continues a ...