After building an extensive discography for over two decades with Erato and Warner Classics, French violinist Renaud Capuçon (b. 1976) entered into a new partnership with Deutsche Grammophon in 2022. This will see recordings (audio and visual) produced by a special company co-owned by Capuçon and released by Deutsche Grammophon, an arrangement that gives Capuçon more than the usual degree of creative and artistic control as he works with young performers and composers on a quest to develop “new recordings of landmark violin repertoire”. 

The first project is a comprehensive celebration of Mozart’s music, beginning with this 4CD set of violin sonatas. Mozart completed 32 sonatas for piano and violin, with another four not finished and/or existing in fragments. The first 16 of these sonatas (K6 to 21) were written between the ages of six and ten (let that sink in for a minute) and it appears that these may be recorded at a later date to make a complete set. 

This current release comprises the latter half of Mozart’s output: the ‘mature’ Sonatas Nos. 17–28, 32–3, 35–6, and two...