Reviews

... Hansjörg Angerer and his musicians of course perform this little jewel (Lanner’s waltz Die Mozartisten) with filigree finesse and it sparkles in such a way as can only be achieved by the Bläserphilharmonie Mozarteum Salzburg … Suppè’s overture to the operetta Pique Dame is very popular nowadays, not least because of its widespread performance in the wind music scene. The interpretation by the Bläserphilharmonie certainly makes one sit up and listen because to be sure the prelude has never been heard played like this before. Simply magnificent! ...
Review of the CD Klang der Donaumonarchie in eurowinds
(international specialist journal, Germany)
November/December 2019
… and it is of course also due to principal conductor Hansjörg Angerer whose orchestra creates such a convincing impression with the characteristic and typical sound aesthetics evolved by him. This is highly emotional, energetic, enthusiastic. The interplay with the Salzburg Bach Choir is also fascinating ...
Review of the CD Durch die Wälder, durch die Auen in Clarino
(international specialist journal, Germany)
September 2018
... the New Year’s Concert of the Bläserphilharmonie Mozarteum Salzburg was again a real triumph ... It is certainly interesting to compare the interpretation of the Triumphant March Gloria all’Egitto from the opera Aida by Verdi with the performance at the Salzburg Festival in 2017 conducted by Riccardo Muti. Hansjörg Angerer and the Bläserphilharmonie Mozarteum Salzburg have here recorded a valid wind version that can always be used for reference ...
Review of the CD Viva l’Italia in eurowinds
(international specialist journal, Germany)
November/December 2017
… this homage to Italy … is further proof of the excellent work that has been carried out for decades at the Mozarteum. All those involved are students or graduates of this renowned teaching institution …
Review of the CD Viva l’Italia in Clarino
(international specialist journal, Germany)
September 2017
… the result is that we here have one of the most unusual and at the same time most convincing CDs from the sphere of entertaining wind music for the concert hall. Without exaggeration it is a great hit ...
Review of the CD Musikalische Verführung. Frühling in Salzburg in eurowinds
(international specialist journal, Germany)
September/October 2017
... What this wonderful work [Radetzky-Marsch by Johann Strauss father] often has to suffer, immediately becomes apparent when you listen to the Salzburg recording: utmost musicality, the incomparable Salzburg sound and Angerer’s interpretation which makes you forget how this march is repeatedly misused …
Review of the CD Wien – New York. Wiener G’schichten aus der Neuen Welt in eurowinds
(international specialist journal, Germany)
January/February 2017
... The interpretation of works by Walton and Elgar by the Salzburgers is so thrilling and “British to the core” that Hansjörg Angerer and his Bläserphilharmonie Mozarteum Salzburg should really be awarded the OBE ... The recording on two CDs can as always be referred to when one would like to show what is the essence of wind music and how it should sound …
Review of the CD Wien trifft London in eurowinds
(international specialist journal, Germany)
November/December 2015
... on the other hand it is totally undisputed that the Bläserphilharmonie Mozarteum Salzburg is one of the true symphonic wind orchestras in Central Europe and on an international level is indeed one of the best ensembles in this category of orchestras … The Salzburg interpretation of this “socialist ballet” [Ginastera’s ballet Estancia] puts everything else in the shade that was previously known in the United States … In this concert Hansjörg Angerer and the Bläserphilharmonie Mozarteum Salzburg undoubtedly ventured out to new shores with wind versions that make it easy to forget the symphonic original …
Review of the CD Eine musikalische Reise von Wien über Spanien nach Lateinamerika in eurowinds
(international specialist journal, Germany)
May/June 2015
... Jewels of symphonic wind music which again undisputedly characterize the Bläserphilharmonie Mozarteum Salzburg as a leading ensemble among European wind orchestras … a musical ‘must’, not only for the constantly growing community of fans ...
eurowinds
(international specialist journal, Germany)
May 2015
… Here Hansjörg Angerer conducts major 19th-century works which even though they are certainly not unknown in the wind instrument scene are fascinating because they have previously not been recorded in the musical quality found here … Alongside standard-setting recordings of Liszt’s Préludes by significant cultural orchestras, here with this recording we finally have a contrasting wind version ...
Review of the CD Die Macht des Schicksals in eurowinds
(international specialist journal, Germany)
March/April 2015
… Slowly but surely all superlatives have been used up when it comes to reviewing the recordings of the Bläserphilharmonie Mozarteum Salzburg. In brief let me sum up by saying that they are simply fabulous! ...
Clarino
(international specialist journal, Germany)
February 2015
… The New Year’s Concerts by the Bläserphilharmonie Mozarteum Salzburg have become the symphonic wind parallel to the traditional New Year’s Day concerts by the Vienna Philharmonic ...
eurowinds
(international specialist journal, Germany)
May 2014
... Transcriptions in incomparable versions for symphonic winds by Albert Schwarzmann ...
eurowinds
(international specialist journal, Germany)
August 2014
… coupled with the absolutely incredible musicality of the musicians, Angerer’s passionate conducting and the atmosphere of the venue in Salzburg, this is an extraordinary sound document …
Review of the CD Kristalle der Musik aus Böhmen und Mähren in Clarino
(international specialist journal, Germany)
April 2012
… What the Bläserphilharmonie Mozarteum Salzburg, conducted by Hansjörg Angerer, performs here is the most brilliant interpretation of this work [Fučík’s overture Miramare] in the version for winds ... The orchestra again proved itself to be one of the few ensembles on the international wind music scene that has an unmistakeable, individual sound, whose style makes it immediately recognizable …
Review of the CD Kristalle der Musik aus Böhmen und Mähren in eurowinds
(international specialist journal, Germany)
March/April 2012
... The production at the Landestheater in Innsbruck [opera Die Sennenpuppe by Ernst Ludwig Leitner] was highly sophisticated music-theatre ... Thanks to Leitner’s skilful composition for the wind orchestra and Angerer’s masterful conducting of his excellent musicians it was a successful and gripping performance with excellent coordination between singers and the wind orchestra ...
WASBE – world association for symphonic bands and ensembles
December 2011
... The orchestra, the Bläserphilharmonie Mozarteum Salzburg conducted by Hansjörg Angerer, celebrated wind playing of the highest order, dynamically refined even for the smallest detail, emotion in every note ...
Tiroler Tageszeitung (Austria)
May 2011
... The Berlin Philharmonic and the Vienna Philharmonic, the London Philharmonic and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande are considered throughout the world to be unsurpassed leading orchestras. When it comes to wind ensembles, the same is true of the Bläserphilharmonie Mozarteum Salzburg ...
Cover story The Zenith of Symphonic Wind Music eurowinds
(international specialist journal, Germany)
March/April 2010
... Hansjörg Angerer and the Bläserphilharmonie Mozarteum Salzburg present excellent interpretations. ... The CD collection is a must on the record shelves of every fan of sophisticated wind music ... it sets standards as regards presentation, programming and quality ...
Clarino
(international specialist journal, Germany)
March 2010
… Technical perfection, musically rousing performances, effervescent energy and superb dynamic articulation are distinctive features of all CDs ...
Clarino
(international specialist journal, Germany)
March 2010
... He is a shining bright star in the aurora of symphonic wind music and his Philharmonie has achieved international renown. When Hansjörg Angerer embarks on new projects, one can be certain that it will be difficult to find anything of comparable standing. One simply wants to encourage him further and cry out, ‘Brilliant!’ ...
Clarino
(international specialist journal, Germany)
January 2007
... Outstanding playing and refined sound … unusual listening enjoyment. From an artistic point of view the ensemble is well on the way to establishing symphonic wind music on an equal footing with the repertoire for symphony orchestras ...
M-Musik zum Lesen
(international specialist journal, Germany)
March 2005
… Principal conductor Hansjörg Angerer succeeds in achieving a homogeneous sound, otherwise known only from more well-known top orchestras. Angerer aims for an aesthetic and dynamic sound, thereby conveying a very special musical experience! ...
Kronenzeitung (Austria)
October 2004
… Wind music of the highest standard, a special kind of listening and sound experience – an unmistakeably homogeneous orchestral sound … The quality of playing of the orchestra members is extraordinary, as is the conducting by Hansjörg Angerer ...
Clarino
(international specialist journal, Germany)
January 2004
... Simply an event …
Salzburger Nachrichten (Austria)
June 2002