Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20, 23, 24, 26 & 27
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Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus MozartConductor: Benjamin Britten
Conductor: Istvan Kertesz [conductor]
Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Performer: Clifford Curzon
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2002-02-12
Music Label: Decca
Free Music Notes for Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20, 23, 24, 26 & 27
Free Music Review: Great straightforward Mozart
Hit: 5 Stars
These recordings predate today's fads of inserting lots of flashy embellishments, inventing new (usually prolix) cadenzas, imitating the limitations of a pianoforte, accellerating tempi, and producing sparkling Mozart Lite. All Curzon delivers is outstanding playing with plenty of feeling but no fussiness. Curzon knew better than most musicians how to play slow music so it comes across as deep rather than boring, so he doesn't rush the slow movements as so many performers do. He plays the usual Beethoven cadenzas in #20.
All 5 performances are polished to perfection; and the recorded sound, while not state of the art, is very good for its time (1967 - 1970). I respectfully disagree with the reviewer who finds the piano too faint; if anything, the widespread vice of making the solo instrument too prominent in concerto recordings has been rather narrowly avoided.
So don't buy this set to revolutionize your view of Mozart. Buy it for great playing, full of delightful subtleties.
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