Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 19 & 27

On this CD:

1. Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major, K. 459
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra with Clara Haskil
Conducted by Ferenc Fricsay

2. Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K. 595
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Clara Haskil
Conducted by Ferenc Fricsay

Tracks:

Pno Con No.18 in B flat, K.456: Allegro Vivace
Pno Con No.18 in B flat, K.456: Andante Un Poco Sostenuto
Pno Con No.18 in B flat, K.456: Allegro Vivace
Pno Con No.19 in F, K.459: Allegro Vivace
Pno Con No.19 in F, K.459: Allegretto
Pno Con No.19 in F, K.459: Allegro Assai

Customer Reviews:

Perfect.......2001-01-05

This is an absolutely phenomenal new recording of two Mozart piano concertos, two of my faves, 18 and 19, by Andreas Staier, who was Goebel's keyboard player in the mid 80s, and sounds it. He's playing a magnificent reproduction of a Walter piano, the same that Mozart would have played. He plays with the period band Concerto Koln, some of whose members played with MAK over the years. The recording is peerless: dynamic, transparent, detailed; the interpretation simply beyond praise. Pointed, subtle, every phrase beautifully considered, perfect ensemble and intonation, gorgous timbres, intensely virtuosic throughout (the tempo for the F-major concerto finale is blistering, fastest I've ever heard, and works beautifully, not forced at all; Staier has been a major talent for years, but this proves it beyond any doubt whatsoever) I've heard a lot of good Mozart piano playing in the last 10 years especially...I didn't think it could actually be done BETTER by this point...but it can, and is, by these guys. Freaking incredible. You have to hear it sometime. To my ears, based on my readings, this may be as close as anyone has come yet to what it all sounded like to Mozart himself, only better, since he didn't usually have the kind of preparation time these guys must have had. Just fantastic. Let's hope we get all the concertos from these guys. It'll be hard for anybody to match, let alone exceed, this kind of work.

Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 19; Variations on a Minuet by Duport

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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 19; Variations on a Minuet by Duport

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ASIN: B000OZ6YQU
Release Date: 2007-06-26

Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9, 19, 21, 23 & 27

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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9, 19, 21, 23 & 27

Manufacturer: EMI Classics
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ASIN: B000NPCMIU
Release Date: 2007-04-24

Tracks:

I. Allegro
II. Andantino
III. Rondeau: Presto
I. Allegro Cadenza
II. Allegretto
III. Allegro Assai Cadenzas
I. Allegro Assai Cadenzas

Tracks:

II. Andante
III. Allegro Vivace Assai Cadenza
I. Allegro Cadenza
II. Adagio
III. Allegro Assai
I. Allegro Cadenza
II. Larghetto
III. Allegro Cadenza

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Specially priced 2-CD set in space-saving brilliant box with accompanying three-language booklet. Digitally remastered to the highest standards at the world-famous Abbey Road Studios.

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A famous recording, but it sounds surprisingly underplayed
Mozart piano at it's finest!

Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 19 & 20

Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B0001ENYJY
Release Date: 2004-02-24

Tracks:

I. Allegro
II. Allegretto
III. Allegro Assai
I. Allegro
II. Romance
III. Rondo: Allegro Assai
Allegretto Grazioso

Customer Reviews:

A famous recording, but it sounds surprisingly underplayed.......2006-06-15

For a long time Mozart's piano concertos were neglected except for those few that could be made to fit the Romantic mold, chief among them being the D minor, K. 466. Pianists often oerplayed to the point of sounding like quasi-Beethoven. Serkin and Szell certainly avoid that--the pickup Columbia Sym. Orch. is a small, lean group, Szell keeps everything under restraint, and Serkin follows suit with a surprising amount of underplaying. Admirers would say that this is clean, classic musicianship, but it sounds a bit bloodless to me. Even the rollicking Rondo finale flies by without either partner digigng beneath the surface.

The gentler F major concerto, K. 459 seems to suit their low-key approach better. As lovely as his touch is, I wish Serkin had more of a smile in his playing, and Szell sounds efficient rather than inspired. The opening Allegro is a bit slack in tempo, and the second movement Allegretto is more like an Andante. For this reissue, Sony gives us much better sonics than these early (1961) recordings had before. As filler we also get a much livelier reading of the Concert Rondo K. 382, conducted in robust style by Alexander Schneider (not Szell, as Amazon mistakenly lists). Serkin seems to be in fine humor here, and despite the boxy mono sound, this was the performance I enjoyed the most.

Mozart piano at it's finest!.......2004-12-02

Although I bought this CD to hear Serkin and Szell's take on the famous d minor concerto, it is really the F major one (number 19) that is the iceing on this CD. Simply one of the finest examples of Mozart recorded. Nothing, absolutely nothing is out of balance. The Columbia Symphony plays superbly for Szell and Serkin is completely in sync with them. The recording was made with such clarity in 1961, that it still rivals most current digital versions, and performance-wise, leaves them in the dust.

You have Serkin's almost unnatural ability to play the keys with an even weight, plus his beautiful touch, always each note very distinct and measured. And Szell giving the same weight to the orchestral soloists.

As I mentioned, I purchased this CD to hear the Serkin/Szell performance of the d minor concerto, which I can also say is just as good, but there are a few equally good recordings of this famous work (but none in the price range).

But the radiant performance of the F major concerto truly makes this a must buy CD. As an extra, the Second Rondo for piano and orchestra is included.

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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 19 & 20

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ASIN: B00005NGYA
Release Date: 2001-09-04

Tracks:

Pno Con No.20 in d, KV 466: Allegro
Pno Con No.20 in d, KV 466: Romance
Pno Con No.20 in d, KV 466: Allegro Assai
Pno Con No.19 in F, KV 459: Allegro
Pno Con No.19 in F, KV 459: Allegretto
Pno Con No.19 in F, KV 459: Allegro Assai

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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 27 & 19

Manufacturer: Polygram Records
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ASIN: B00000E3P5
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Mozart: Piano Concertos nos 10, 19 & 20 / Rabinovitch, Argerich

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Splendid No. 20
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A new way with Mozart
Classic Argerich
Good but not all that needed

Mozart: Piano Concertos nos 10, 19 & 20 / Rabinovitch, Argerich
Alexandre Rabinovitch , Martha Argerich , Orchestra Di Padova E Del Veneto , Wurttembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn , and Jorg Faerber
Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
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ASIN: B00000J9HS
Release Date: 1999-07-06

Tracks:

Concerto No. 20 In D Minor For Piano And Orchestra, K. 466: Allegro
Concerto No. 20 In D Minor For Piano And Orchestra, K. 466: Romance
Concerto No. 20 In D Minor For Piano And Orchestra, K. 466: Allegro assai
Concerto No. 19 In F Major For Piano & Orchestra, K. 459: Allegro
Concerto No. 19 In F Major For Piano & Orchestra, K. 459: Allegretto
Concerto No. 19 In F Major For Piano & Orchestra, K. 459: Allegro assai
Concerto No. 10 In E Flat Major For Two Pianos & Orchestra, K. 365. (316a): Allegro
Concerto No. 10 In E Flat Major For Two Pianos & Orchestra, K. 365. (316a): Andante
Concerto No. 10 In E Flat Major For Two Pianos & Orchestra, K. 365. (316a): Rondeau: Allegro

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These are glorious performances of three very different piano concerti by Mozart. No. 19 (K. 459) is a handsome showpiece, filled with dramatic turns for the soloist; No. 10 (K. 365) for two pianos is simply lovely; and No. 20 (K. 466) is a deeply felt, intricately woven, brooding, but finally exultant masterpiece. Martha Argerich tears into No. 20's darkness with great fury, abetted by Rabinovitch's tense, turmoil-filled accompaniment; she plays Beethoven's appropriately heavy cadenzas with brilliance, and her headlong blaze into the final movement is breathtaking. Rabinovitch plays and leads No. 19 with charm and virtuosity. And the two pianists zip through K. 365 as if it were a delicious ice-cream sundae, which, frankly, it is. A terrific disc, highly recommended. --Robert Levine

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Splendid No. 20.......2005-12-23

Argerich offers a refreshing take on Mozart's D Minor Concerto, one of the composer's most famous among his 27 in this genre. Her articulation is incisive, and the unfolding of the drama free of sentimentality. For those who cannot associate Argerich with Mozart, I would just say that you owe it to yourself to give this CD a try. Some "canon" interpreters can go to the extreme in sculpting the beauty of Mozart so pure and ethereal as to rob away the wider range of emotions embodied in his music; this D Minor Concerto is a good example.

Robinovitch's F Major No. 19 pales in comparison. The first of the two cadenzas in the last movement is truly strange--very uncharacteristic of Mozart--not sure if it was composed by Robinovitch himself. The CD redeems itself with a fine performance of the Concerto for Two Pianos.

Who's Who?.......2000-04-24

Goh Aik Guan's review of this CD is unfortunate as the F major concerto is not played by Argerich - it's Rabinovitch who plays this one, and it's not to my taste either.

A new way with Mozart.......2000-01-21

This disc is most important in the Mozart catalog, despite the dismissive comments from some poorly-informed listeners here. In an age where genteel Mozart dominates, these bold, masculine recordings are a new way of looking at old relics, and quite frankly probably closer to the way Wolfie intended. Over the centuries Mozart has become the man-child in most interpretors' hands (see the chapter "The Myth of the Eternal Child" in Solomon's biography, _Mozart, A Life_) and this recording makes one finally able to imagine the Mozart who had stubble, who was a man and not a boy. The comment that Argerich can scarcely be expected to negotiate this music after her bold "recent" Rachmaninoff 3rd recording should just be ignored: the Rach 3 disc is not recent but from 1983, and she no longer plays the Rach in her repertoire, and it was clearly far from her mind when she made these recordings. (Her style in the two discs bear no more than a superficial relation.) But she does attack all music with force and conviction, and is not for the faint-hearted. She challenges conventions...I thought this is what artists (like Mozart himself) were supposed to do.

Classic Argerich.......1999-12-16

When one listens to Argerich, one must expect the extraordinary. Not for her is the run of the mill performance which conventional wisdom associates with the "correct" style. She is here to offer gems of ideas of how a composer's work can be intepreted. Her rendition of the D minor Concerto is classic Argerich. Her tone colour (eg.with brlliant use of the una corda), "fantasique" use of rubato and how she makes the music soar make one realise how exciting Mozart music can be. I would rank her D minor rendition with Clara Haskil's (listen to how she ends her cadenza in the 1st movt; the almost unbearable tension and well-gradated crescendo; ditto for Haskil). Different in their own ways, but similar in how they each imprint their individualism in the work. My only problem was with the 1st movt of the F maj. The approach is affected, and I cannot quite understand some of the things she does (eg. tempo rubato at some points) which seem to be idiosyncracies. Her approach seems to be too robust for something so dainty. I would go for Alicia De Larocha's 1st movt for her transparency and simplicity. But Argerich's 2nd movt and 3rd are classic, esp her statement of the 1st subject of the 3rd movt after the first "small" cadenza: the deliberateness in which she reiterates the theme after that, seems almost as if she has not got over her musing in the cadenza. Strongly recommended for students and music lover who want something that goes beyond the jaded renditions of Mozart, and of course for Argerich fans, which I count myself as one.

Good but not all that needed.......1999-07-10

With a market already overladen with Mozart Piano Concerti, any new arrival had best offer something extraordinarily novel. After her fairly recent smash-bang performance of Rachmaninoff's Third, Martha Argerich would hardly be expected to negotiate the delicate balances demanded by Mozart. Her latest Teldec offering of Mozart's (4509 98407-2) with co-pianist Alexandre Rabinovich and the Wurtembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn under Jorg Faerber gives us some splendid playing here, some interesting sounds there, but I cannot see this replacing some of the older recordings of these same pieces. On the other hand, if one does not already have these pieces in the collection, then by all means give this one a chance. I think you will especially like the No. 10 in E flat for two pianos and orchestra.

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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 19 & 25
Fellner , Janiczek , and Camerata Academica Salzburg
Manufacturer: Apex
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ASIN: B00007KI1B
Release Date: 2006-05-26

Mozart: Piano Concertos Vol 3 - nos 17 & 19

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Phenomenal adagio

Mozart: Piano Concertos Vol 3 - nos 17 & 19

Manufacturer: Delta
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Tracks:

Pno Con No.20 in d, K.466: I. Allegro
Pno Con No.20 in d, K.466: II. Romance
Pno Con No.20 in d, K.466: III. Rondo. Allegro Assai
Pno Con No.27 in B flat, K.595: I. Allegro
Pno Con No.27 in B flat, K.595: II. Larghetto
Pno Con No.27 in B flat, K.595: III. Allegro

Customer Reviews:

Phenomenal adagio.......2006-11-05

Mozart's piano concerto no.17 is highly esteemed for phenomenal and unique adagio. Here, Christine Schornsheim and New Bach Collegium Musicum are at their highest altitude.

Allegros, a typical Mozart's concept with careful orchestral exposition, piano intro, intelligent and passionate development, cadenza and vary careful finale, make the specific plot to what comes after: Andante. It opens with short very quiet phrase in string section and immediately establishes the ambience of the movement. Then, it comes the first subject: a beautiful melancholy, a beautiful melody in a perfect orchestration. Then, piano repeats the same opening phrase, that finishes in the famous rest, complete silence. That creates highly intensive tension before the second subjerct is introduced, a very intimate tragedy, just underlined dominant minor accord in a tutti accompanied by piano walking across the melody line. That is where I hysterically burst into tears..."Damn" Mozart!

The concerto no. 19. is brilliance of orchestral and piano dialogue, and cadenza is well known, and it is a special page to all serious artists. Christine is on the top notch of the best performance ever. This CD is for large audience to enjoy, but also is for serious musicians to have as handy material when analyze such lovely music. I, just a veterinarian, am able to enjoy this precious music only by listening and make my life less trivial.
Mirro

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