Mozart: Concertos for piano No20; Concertos for piano No24
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Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus MozartConductor: Charles Mackerras
Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Performer: Alfred Brendel
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1999-11-09
Music Label: Philips
Soundtracks:
- Piano Concerto No. 20 In D Minor, K466: 1. Allegro
- Piano Concerto No. 20 In D Minor, K466: 2. Romance
- Piano Concerto No. 20 In D Minor, K466: 3. Rondo: Allegro assai
- Piano Concerto No. 24 In C Minor, K491: 1. Allegro
- Piano Concerto No. 24 In C Minor, K491: 2. Larghetto
- Piano Concerto No. 24 In C Minor, K491: 3. Allegretto
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Free Music Review: The finest of opera composers...................
Hit: 5 Stars
Mozart's sense of individuality was, no doubt, a by-product of his genius and the spirit of the age, and it prompted him to favor the life of a freelance musician. In Vienna during the early 1780's, he was in great demand as a composer and performer for the middle-class public, which had become the main arbiter of taste. The pianoforte was a new keyboard instrument, louder and more percussive than either the harpsichord or clavichord it had quickly replaced. Mozart wrote his mature piano concertos during his first years in Vienna, more of less inventing the genre. Combining the ritornello practice of the Baroque concerto with the dynamism inherent in the new sonata principle, these three-movement works, in which soloist and orchestra play equal roles, are conceived on the scale of a symphony. For the grandeur of its opening movement and the daring variation-form finale, Mozart's "Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor K.491 is among the finest of his achievements.
Mozart: Concertos for piano No20; Concertos for piano No24 Poster
Although Brendel seems to rerecord his entire repertory every leap year, he doesn't always just repeat himself. These performances show definite changes from his most recent versions (with Marriner and his Academy). The playing is tauter, more pointed, and at the same time more spontaneous-sounding--an impression furthered by the pianist's occasional additions to Mozart's score, which sound authentic. He also plays his own cadenzas, which may not be brilliant but they do have the virtue of sounding unfamiliar--as Mozart's cadenzas always did when he improvised them. One major rival for this disc comes from Philips; Uchida seems even more urbane and subtle than Brendel, and Tate's English Chamber Orchestra sounds less beefy than the Scottish ensemble here. And if you want improv, and a period instrument, don't miss Levin's brilliant recordings for Decca. But if you're interested in Brendel's latest takes on these masterpieces, you'll find this disc thoroughly rewarding. --Leslie GerberClassical Music CDs
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