Mozart: Piano Concertos 5-27,

Mozart is central to the repertoire of Christian Zacharias, who this year celebrated his 70th birthday. Trained in Karlsruhe and Paris, Zacharias is a pianist whose clarity, elegance, perception and wit make him a master of the Classical style. The New York Times has described his playing as "Apollonian ... notable for its probing insights and carefully wrought details".

Comprising the piano concertos Nos 5-27, the complete piano sonatas and a selection of chamber music, this 15CD box shows Zacharias as both a soloist of prowess and as a sensitive partner to such fellow instrumentalists as Sabine Meyer, Frank Peter Zimmermann and Tabea Zimmermann.

Content:

CD 1 Piano Concertos Nos. 6, 11 & 5

CD 2 Piano Concertos Nos. 8, 9 & 12

CD 3 Piano Concertos Nos. 13, 15 & 17

CD 4 Piano Concertos Nos. 16, 19 & 18

CD 5 Piano Concertos Nos. 20, 21 & 14

CD 6 Piano Concertos Nos. 22 & 23

CD 7 Piano Concertos Nos. 25 & 26

CD 8 Piano Concertos Nos. 24 & 27

CD 9 Concertos for Two Pianos Nos. 10 & 7 · Sonata for Two Pianos K. 448

CD 10 Piano Sonatas Nos. 13, 16 & 5 · Quintet for piano & wind instruments KV 452

CD 11 Piano Sonatas Nos. 14, 4, 6 & 12

CD 12 Piano Sonatas Nos. 8, 2, 9 & 1

CD 13 Piano Sonatas Nos. 10, 15, 18 & 17

CD 14 Piano Sonatas Nos. 7, 3 & 11

CD 15 Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2

Christian Zacharias piano

Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart/Sir Neville Marriner · Staatskapelle Dresden, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, English Chamber Orchestra/David Zinman · Sinfonieorchester des Norddeutschen Rundfunks/Günter Wand · Polnisches Kammerorchester/Jerzy Maksymiuk · Bamberger Symphoniker/Christian Zacharias

With Marie-Luise Hinrichs piano · Bläserensemble Sabine Meyer · Frank Peter Zimmermann violin · Tabea Zimmermann viola · Tilmann Wick cello