Volume 36, Number 8 · May 18, 1989
Mozart à la Mode
By Joseph Kerman
RECORDINGS DISCUSSED IN THIS REVIEW
Mozart, Piano Concertos No. 20 in D minor, K. 466, and No. 21 in C, K. 467 conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
with Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano, and English Baroque Soloists,
Archiv, CD 419 609-2
Mozart, Piano Concertos No. 22 in E flat, K. 482, and No. 23 in A, K. 488 conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
with Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano, and English Baroque Soloists,
Archiv, CD 423 595-2
Mozart, Piano Concertos No. 25 in C, K. 503, and No. 26 in D, K. 537 conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
with Malcolm Bilson, fortepiano, and English Baroque Soloists,
Archiv, CD 423 119-2
Mozart and Schnabel, Vol. II, Piano Concerto No. 20
with the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Walter Susskind
Arabesque, CD Z6591
Mozart and Schnabel, Vol. II, Piano Concerto No. 21
with the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent
Arabesque, CD Z6591
Mozart and Schnabel, Vol. II, Sonata No. 12 in F, K. 332
with the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent
Arabesque, CD Z6591
Mozart, Piano Concerto No. 26 in D, K. 537, and Rondos, K. 382 and 386
with Murray Perahia, piano and, the English Chamber Orchestra.
CBS Masterworks, CD MK 39224
Mozart, Piano Concertos No. 23 in A, K. 488, and No. 27 in B flat, K. 595
with Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano and, the Philharmonia Orchestra.
London, CD 499 087-2
Several complete or nearly complete recordings of Mozart's piano concertos are listed as available—though whether you will be able to find them at your local record store, or even order them, is another question. What you are more likely to find are CD reissues of famous old Mozart performances: performances by Schnabel, Casadesus, Lipatti, Michelangeli, Clara Haskil, Myra Hess, Clifford Curzon, and others, none of them much improved by digital remastering. The first to issue a complete Mozart set was Alfred Brendel, whose ten CDs span the transition from the analogue to the digital eras (1970–1984). He has been followed by Murray Perahia, Vladimir Ashkenazy, and, most recently, Malcolm Bilson.[1]
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