Title : Mozart: Great Piano Concertos
Author : Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Release Date : 19970826
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $17.98
Amazon.com Price : $15.24
(15
%) VISIT AMAZON.COM'S PAGE
Editorial Reviews : 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.
Buyer Reviews : This music is simply beautiful. I love classical piano, and this work is incredible. I cannot tell you how beautiful this CD is. The best part might be that this is actually 2 long-running CD's for the price of one! There are not words for this work's beauty, and if you are still living without this CD, your life is lacking. I'm not exaggerating. I'm not kidding. This is one great CD.
