Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Conductor: Nigel Short Ensemble: Tenebrae; Chamber Orchestra of Europe Record label: Warner Classics International Catalogue ID: 2564 601912

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791 : Austria) Conductor: Roy Goodman Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Soloists: Nicholas Cox Record label: RLPO Live Catalogue ID: CLASSCD 1502

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini Ensemble: Norwegian National Opera Orchestra Record label: Naive Catalogue ID: OP 30479

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791 : Austria) Conductor: Anton Steck Ensemble: Concerto Cologne Record label: Archiv Produktion

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Conductor: Charles Mackerras Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; Apollo Voices Soloists: Danielle De Niese Record label: Decca Catalogue ID: 478 2417

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791 : Austria) Conductor: Claudio Abbado Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe Soloists: Maria-Joao Pires Record label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalogue ID: 4399412

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Conductor: Edward Higginbottom Ensemble: Choir of New College, Oxford; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Record label: Novum Catalogue ID: NCR 1383

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