Gottlieb Wallisch: Mozart in Vienna | CD review

Gottlieb Wallisch (piano)(Linn)Mozart's final, intensively creative years in Vienna produced all manner of wonders – operas, symphonies, concerti and several works for the keyboard. "Sonata No 17 in B flat major" and "Sonata No 18 in D major" date from this period and are coupled here with "Ten Variations in G major", "Fantasy in D minor" and "Rondo in A minor". But what should be a delicious programme in the hands of a young Viennese star is instead cold and clinical. Wallisch fails to connec...

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