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Mozart: Great Piano Concertos [Box set]

~ Philharmonia Orchestra
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  • Audio CD (7 Jul 1997)
  • SPARS Code: ADD
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Box set
  • Label: Universal Classics
  • ASIN: B0000041LF
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 4,070 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Disc: 1
1. 1. Allegro
2. 2. Andante
3. 3. Allegro vivace assai
4. 1. (Allegro)
5. 2. Larghetto
6. 3. (Allegretto)
7. 1. Allegro maestoso
Disc: 2
1. 2. Andante
2. 3. Allegretto
3. 1. Allegro
4. 2. Andante
5. 3. Allegro assai
6. 1. Allegro
7. 2. Romance
8. 3. Rondo (Allegro assai)
On this CD:
  1. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 20 in D minor
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    with Vladimir Ashkenazy

  2. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 21, "Elvira M in C
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    with Vladimir Ashkenazy

  3. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 23 in A
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    with Vladimir Ashkenazy

  4. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 24 in C minor
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    with Vladimir Ashkenazy

  5. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 25 in C
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    with Vladimir Ashkenazy

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Decca has gotten around the perennial problem of filling Mozart Piano Concerto CDs by splitting No. 25 between two discs, giving us 155 minutes of Mozart for the price of a single top-line CD. The performances are top-line, too, if you like big-orchestra Mozart. Ashkenazy performs this music in a public, large-auditorium style, without the intimacy or niceties we hear from period instruments or from such pianists as Richard Goode and Mitsuko Uchida. His own cadenzas for three of the concertos are also very extroverted - and, alas, not very imaginative. Also, there are a few moments when the orchestra might have benefited from a firmer hand on the tiller than the pianist-conductor can provide. Overall, though, these are dramatic, involving Mozart performances, even if their style belongs more to the past than to the present. --Leslie Gerber

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5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant introduction to Mozart's keyboard concerti, 22 Dec 2000
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As a long-time fan of Vladimir Ashkenazy's playing, I could have been given no better Christmas present from my friend than this CD. Mozart is a sublime composer (one of my favourites), and I have rarely encountered someone who doesn't admire and respect his oeuvre. These concertos (20, 21, 23, 24 & 25) stem from his later period and are all beautiful examples of Mozart's skill at keyboard composition. The piano is superbly balanced against the orchestral accompaniment, and in these recordings Ashkenazy performs at his best. Lyrical and articulate (as he always is) he takes the concertos at a natural pace and allows them to breathe. As he is also conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra from the piano the recording has a sense of freshness, vitality, and grace that stems from the soloist's interaction with his orchestra under the dual hat of conductor. A worthy CD in every respect, I warmly recommend it for first-time Mozart listeners and well-learned Mozart scholars alike.

A point of interest regarding the two C major and the C minor concertos recorded here is that the cadenzas are composed by Ashkenazy himself; the other two by Mozart (K488) and Beethoven (K466).

A beautiful CD and a must-have for the collection.

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Mozart Concertos, 10 Jan 2008
By A Brahms fan (London, England) - See all my reviews
Mozart is deceptively hard to play - everything is so exposed and must sound clean and polished. I have a lot of respect for Ashkenazy as a pianist, because in these Mozart concertos he has achieved just that. Perfect legato, even playing. I find these recordings so satisfying to listen to, as he is in utter control of everything. The playing of the Philharmonia is beautifully refined (Ashkenazy conducting from the keyboard) - every melodic line is brought out, and the emphasis on phrases is exactly where it should be. I would say that the orchestral playing in the Ashkenazy cycle is superior to that of the revered Murray Perahia cycle - Mozart - The Piano Concertos.

The D minor concerto has to be one my favourites of Mozart's 27, and it is given an amazing performance here (as are the rest). I found it more satisfying than Perahia's - Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 27. The work itself is so good, Beethoven wrote a magnificent set of cadenzas for it! I particularly enjoy listening to how Ashkenazy executes these cadenzas with so much expression and real virtuosity.

Ashkenazy's performance of these works sound perfect to my ears. Go on treat yourself! Once I heard this selection of concertos, I jumped at the chance to purchase the Ashkenazy box - Mozart: The Piano Concertos from Amazon for a crazy £16! I highly recommend that purchase too. I notice Amazon's prices fluctuate from time to time...
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