A Civilised Way To Pass The time

Mozart violin concertos played by Viktoria Mullova directing the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and an absolute delight. There are three concertos on the disk, nos 1, 3 and 4. Not much point in me posting about the quality of Mozart, except to say what a perfectly civilised way it seeems to spend an hour on a Sunday afternoon. It maybe more interesting to write a little about Mullova, whose career has progressed in a very interesting way when it could have been strictly that of a star soloist travelling the circuit and churning out the main romantic concerto repertoire. She still performs those from time to time but is much more interested in contemporary commissions, collaborative efforts with multi genre musicians and exploring the baroque and period instrument scene. On this record she is playing her Strad with gut strings and baroque bow and producing a wonderfully expressive tone and texture that seems a million miles away from her original "ice queen" reputation back in the Soviet days.