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| Essential Mozart: 32 Of His Greatest Masterpieces | 
 enlarge | Creators: Fritz Dolezal, Franklin Cohen, Peter Schmidl, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Christoph Von Dohnanyi, Christopher Hogwood, David Hill, Georg Solti, George Guest, Gyorgy Fischer, Herbert Von Karajan, Jack Brymer, Myung-whun Chung, Neville Marriner, Peter Maag, Stephen Cleobury, Uri Segal, Willi Boskovsky, Academy Of Ancient Music, Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-fields
Label: Decca
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (17 reviews)
Sales Rank: 921
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 468517
UPC: 028946851722
EAN: 0028946851722
ASIN: B00005A8JZ
Release Date: March 13, 2001
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 a Mozart sampler for any reason you want November 11, 2002
81 out of 83 found this review helpful
This is a great sampler of the world's greatest composer (well, Bach and Beethoven are contenders)! Rather than deciding where to begin -- operas? symphonies? concertos? sonatas? -- you can begin everywhere at once. The performances are not second-rate, they are excerpts from world-class recordings. You can use this set as the basis for further listening adventures, or you can use it as an end in itself. As such, it is surely a contender for Best CD In The World. If you bought complete recordings of every composition excerpted on this disc, you might have to file for bankruptcy, so don't let purism stand in the way of enjoying Mozart.
I used this set as my introduction (it was previously packaged as THE GREATEST MOZART SHOW ON EARTH) when I first ventured into classical music a couple of years ago, and so far I've expanded into operas, piano concertos, violin concertos, and string quintets. The genius revealed over the range of forms led to love at first listening!
Not for purists, but a great introduction nevertheless April 29, 2001
154 out of 162 found this review helpful
I don't think Mozart purists would want a collection that consists in large part of excerpts or single movements from various works, but I bought this for my kids and it really is an entertaining, first-rate, diverse introduction to the endless repertoire of Mozart. Perfect for someone who is only a casual fan of classical music, or kids who need memorable tunes to sustain their interest in classical music, or I suppose for someone who just wants beautiful music in the background.
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