Mozart: Complete Piano Trios - Barenboim, Barenboim, Soltani (2 CDs)

Mozart: Divertimento (Piano Trio) in B flat, K254
Mozart: Piano Trio No. 1 in G major, K496
Mozart: Piano Trio No. 3 in B flat major, K502
Mozart: Piano Trio No. 4 in E major K542
Mozart: Piano Trio No. 5 in C major, K548
Mozart: Piano Trio No. 6 in G major K564

Brimming over with infectious spontaneity and bonhomie, this enjoyable set suggest the wide-open spaces of the modern concert hall rather than chamber-room intimacy…at 76 Barenboim shows few signs of waning powers – indeed, there is a freshness about his playing here that is reminiscent of his outstanding Mozart concerto cycle with the English Chamber Orchestra, recorded over 40 years ago. -BBC Music Magazine