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Must-Have Mozart Performace Today launches "Must-Have Mozart," a series in which Nicholas Kenyon, director of the BBC Proms and author of The Faber Pocket Guide to Mozart, guides us through favorite recordings of Mozart's music.
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Must-Have Mozart

Performace Today's recommendation series with Nicholas Kenyon, director of the BBC Proms.

Mozart's Finale: The Requiem K. 626

Mozart authority Nicolas Kenyon joins Fred Child to discuss a favorite Mozart recording, as we make our way to the 250th Mozart birthday in January. Kenyon's pick for today's Must-Have Mozart is the Requiem, K. 626, Mozart's last piece of music.

Hear Nicholas Kenyon Discuss Requiem, K. 626

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Orchestra of the 18th Century: Clarinet Concerto

Music scholar Nicholas Kenyon returns to discuss his favorite recording of the only concerto Mozart ever wrote for the clarinet: a Philips recording with soloist Eric Hoeprich and the Orchestra of the 18th Century.

Hear Nicholas Kenyon Discuss His Favorite Recording of Mozart's Clarinet Concerto

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Piano Concertos with the Camerata Academica

Nicholas Kenyon, author of The Faber Pocket Guide to Mozart discusses a collection of three piano concertos with pianist Geza Anda and the Camerata Academica of the Salzburg Mozarteum.

Hear Nicolas Kenyon Discuss Today's 'Must-Have Mozart' Recording

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