A gallery of Mozart performances from the mid-1950s, including many forgotten and newly remastered recordings. Deutsche Grammophon marked the 200th anniversary of Mozart’s birth in 1956 with a 6LP ‘Jubilee Edition’. Three ‘evenings’ of orchestral, chamber and vocal music drew on DG’s most experienced and dynamic Mozartians, from Ferenc Fricsay and Clara Haskil to Maria […]

A first CD release on Deutsche Grammophon of four concertos from a master interpreter of Mozart. Describing his experience as a youth in Hungary hearing Bruno Walter play and conduct a Mozart concerto, the Hungarian pianist, Andor Foldes, stated that all in attendance ‘were happy, so obviously happy, in the service of a higher power […]