Mozart: Concertos for Two and Three Pianos

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Radu Lupu and Murray Perahia should have recorded all of Mozart's piano music for four hands, which includes several neglected masterpieces. This disc reflects their ideal partnership, two artists of great sensitivity collaborating in performances that feature constant interplay of parts, alertness to each other's work, and superb playing as individuals. The Concerto for Two Pianos ripples along without a care in the world, just as it should, and the English Chamber Orchestra doesn't seem to care that nobody is conducting it. The pieces without orchestra are a bit less significant (as is the Concerto for Three Pianos), but the playing is so beautiful you won't care. --Leslie Gerber

Tracks:

Concerto For 2 Pianos & Orchestra In E-Flat Major, K. 365 (K. 316a): I. Allegro
Concerto For 2 Pianos & Orchestra In E-Flat Major, K. 365 (K. 316a): II. Andante
Concerto For 2 Pianos & Orchestra In E-Flat Major, K. 365 (K. 316a): III. Rondeaux: Allegro
Concerto For 3 Pianos & Orchestra In F Major, K. 242 'Lodron' Concerto: I. Allegro
Concerto For 3 Pianos & Orchestra In F Major, K. 242 'Lodron' Concerto: II. Adagio
Concerto For 3 Pianos & Orchestra In F Major, K. 242 'Lodron' Concerto: II. Rondo: Tempo di Menuetto
Fantasia In F Minor, K. 608: I. Allegro ritenuto
Fantasia In F Minor, K. 608: II. Andante
III. Allegro ritenuto
Andante And Variations For Four Hands In G Major, K. 501: Andante
Andante And Variations For Four Hands In G Major, K. 501: Variation I
Andante And Variations For Four Hands In G Major, K. 501: Variation II
Andante And Variations For Four Hands In G Major, K. 501: Variation III
Andante And Variations For Four Hands In G Major, K. 501: Variation IV
Andante And Variations For Four Hands In G Major, K. 501: Variation V

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Radu Lupu and Murray Perahia should have recorded all of Mozart's piano music for four hands, which includes several neglected masterpieces. This disc reflects their ideal partnership, two artists of great sensitivity collaborating in performances that feature constant interplay of parts, alertness to each other's work, and superb playing as individuals. The Concerto for Two Pianos ripples along without a care in the world, just as it should, and the English Chamber Orchestra doesn't seem to care that nobody is conducting it. The pieces without orchestra are a bit less significant (as is the Concerto for Three Pianos), but the playing is so beautiful you won't care. --Leslie Gerber

Customer Reviews:

Another great performance.......2007-05-09

Fabulous music performed by fabulous musicians. Mozart is one of my favorite composers. His music is genius. And Muray Perahia and Radu Lupu are two of the greatest pianists of our time.

Great Mozart.......2005-11-20

This is a very good recording of these pieces. Lupu and Perahia take Mozart seriously and play with energy and lyrical power. The chamber orchestra fits very well into the picture. This is a safe bet for these wonderful pieces.

Mozart: Music for 2 and 3 Pianos.......2004-11-04

Wow...this is a wondeful recording, plain and simple.

If you haven't listened to the Fanatsia in F minor, originally for mechanical organ, then this is the recording to commence doing so with. This is a fantasic rendition of this piece, full of the darkness that must have pervaded Mozart's final years.

The finale of the E-flat Concerto K365 is also a one-of-a-kind showpiece with wonderful dialogue between the 2 pianos.

Highly recommend this recording as the very best available of the pieces it contains.

Sheer piano lust!.......2002-10-16

This is one of my all time favorite piano works. I have several different versions of K365 and this seems the best combination of punch/musicality/flow. Fantasia K608 is a masterpiece on its own and probably a one of a kind interpretation since it was originally written for the organ, then re-writeen (not by Mozart) for 2 pianos, and last edited by Perahia and Lupu for its final form.
Highly recommended!

Essential Mozart.......2001-04-01

As a reviewer on another piece noted, the modern world seems bent on presenting Mozart as the wunderkind (Tom Hulce playing him like a Martin Short character from SCTV in 'Amadeus' may have had *something* to do with it ). Anyway, this was the disc that opened my mind up to another view of Mozart. I wouldn't call it masculine, but rather, deep, brooding, emotional and above all monstrously convincing: these pieces and the fantastic playing on this disc will make you realize that Mozart was not just a huge influence on Romantic music, but that he deserves more credit than he's gotten for the emergence of the deeply personal, individualistic styles of the 19th C.

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Mozart - Concertos for Two and Three Pianos and Orchestra KV 365, 242 - Nikolayeva, Virsaladze, Lugansky, Sondeckis. MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791). CONCERTO FOR TWO PIANOS & ORCHESTRA IN Eb MAJOR (CONCERTO NO.10), K.365 (K.316a): 1.I. Allegro 2.II. Andante 3.III. Rondo, Allegro. Piano: Tatiana Nikolaeva, Eliso Virsaladze. Conductor: Saulius Sandeckis. The Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra. CONCERTO FOR THREE PIANOS & ORCHESTRA IN F MAJOR, K.242 /Lodron/: 4.I. Allegro 5.II. Adagio 6.III. Rondo. Tempo di Menuetto Piano: Tatiana Nikolaeva, Eliso Virsaladze, Nikolai Lugansky. Conductor: Saulius Sondeckis. The Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra. Recorded: February 7, 1986, live at the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire. Total time 49:55.

Mozart - Concert for Two Pianos & Orchestra, Concerto for Three Pianos & Orchestra - T. Nikolaeva, E. Virsaladze, N. Lugansky, S. Sondeckis

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Mozart - Concert for Two Pianos & Orchestra, Concerto for Three Pianos & Orchestra - T. Nikolaeva, E. Virsaladze, N. Lugansky, S. Sondeckis

Manufacturer: Yedang Entertainment
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B0002E2H2I

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MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) CONCERTO FOR TWO PIANOS & ORCHESTRA IN Eb MAJOR (CONCERTO NO.10), K.365 (K.316a) I. Allegro II. Andante III. Rondo, Allegro Piano: Tatiana Nikolaeva, Eliso Virsaladze Conductor: Saulius Sandeckis The Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra CONCERTO FOR THREE PIANOS & ORCHESTRA IN F MAJOR, K.242 "Lodron" I. Allegro II. Adagio III. Rondo. Tempo di Menuetto Piano: Tatiana Nikolaeva, Eliso Virsaladze, Nikolai Lugansky Conductor: Saulius Sondeckis The Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra Recorded: February 7, 1986, live at the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire STEREO

Concertos for Two and Three Pianos and Orchestra Kv 365 and 242

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Concertos for Two and Three Pianos and Orchestra Kv 365 and 242

Manufacturer: Melodiya
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B0009FZPJ2

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W. A. MOZART (1756-1791) Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in E flat major, KV 365 1. Allegro 10:27 2. Adante 7:39 3. Rondeaux. Allegro 7:40 Concerto for Three Pianos and Orchestra in F major, KV 242 1. Allegro 8:46 2. Adagio 9:09 3. Rondeau. Tempo di Menuetto 6:14 Total time 50:09 Tatiana Nikolaeva Eliso Virsaladze Nikolai Lugansky (2) Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra Saulius Sondezkis, conductor Live recorded at the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatoire February 7,1986