Perahia Plays and Conducts Mozart

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During the 1970s and '80s, Murray Perahia recorded all the Mozart piano concertos with the English Chamber Orchestra, conducting from the keyboard. His playing here is on the highest level--vibrant, unfailingly beautiful, wonderfully acute in its grasp of style and expression. Equally outstanding is the work of the ECO, which turns in an effortlessly brilliant performance of both scores. The recorded sound, while not quite as radiant as the music making, is consistently good and well balanced. --Ted Libbey

Tracks:

Concerto No. 11 For Piano & Orchestra, K. 413: I - Allegro
Concerto No. 11 For Piano & Orchestra, K. 413: II - Larghetto
Concerto No. 11 For Piano & Orchestra, K. 413: III - Tempo Di Menuetto
Concerto No. 12 For Piano & Orchestra, K. 414: I - Allegro
Concerto No. 12 For Piano & Orchestra, K. 414: II - Andante
Concerto No. 12 For Piano & Orchestra, K. 414: III - Allegretto
Concerto No. 14 For Piano & Orchestra, K. 449: I - Allegro
Concerto No. 14 For Piano & Orchestra, K. 449: II - Andantino
Concerto No. 14 For Piano & Orchestra, K. 449: III - Allegro ma non troppo

Customer Reviews:

Mozart's 11th, 12th. and 14th Piano Concertos.......2007-04-12

Perahia's is the best recording that I have heard of each of the 3 concertos, respectively.

Three Wonderful Concertos from Vienna.......2002-03-03

Mozart broke away from the shackles of his Salzburg life in May of 1781, and these 3 concertos were written shortly thereafter, especially No.11 in F, K.413 and No.12 in A, K.414. Murray Perahia captures the breakaway spirit of Mozart wonderfully in this fine release. K. 413 is quite impressive, filled with many delights. The slow movement of K.414 is based on a theme by his friend and mentor, Johann Christian Bach, who had passed on January 1, 1782. Both first and last movements are bright and lively. Concerto No.14 in E-flat, K.449, was written early in 1784. The success of The Abduction from the Seraglio seemed to inspire Mozart to new dramatic heights, as evidenced by the tension and dramatic changes in the opening movement especially. As always, Perahia and the English Chamber Orchestra provide distinguished accounts of these early Viennese masterpieces. This CD is warmly recommended.

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Perahia Plays and Conducts Mozart

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ASIN: B0000026F6
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Concerto No. 20 For Piano & Orchestra: I - Allegro
Concerto No. 20 For Piano & Orchestra: II - Romance
Concerto No. 20 For Piano & Orchestra: III - Rondo: (Allegro assai)
Concerto No. 27 For Piano & Orchestra: I - Allegro
Concerto No. 27 For Piano & Orchestra: II - Larghetto
Concerto No. 27 For Piano & Orchestra: III - Rondo: Allegro

Amazon.com

During the 1970s and '80s, Murray Perahia recorded all the Mozart piano concertos with the English Chamber Orchestra, conducting from the keyboard. His playing here is on the highest level--vibrant, unfailingly beautiful, wonderfully acute in its grasp of style and expression. Equally outstanding is the work of the ECO, which turns in an effortlessly brilliant performance of both scores. The recorded sound, while not quite as radiant as the music making, is consistently good and well balanced. --Ted Libbey

Customer Reviews:

melodious marvels.......2002-12-12

These two concertos are glorious, with melodies to sweep you off your feet and fall in love with them.
Concerto # 20 is powerful, and has an exquisite second movement "Romance". One of the two most frequently performed of Mozart's piano concertos (the other being # 21, with its "Elvira Madigan" slow movement), it is what the liner notes call "the most Beethovenian" of the concertos, pointing the way to 19th cent. music.
Mozart did not write any cadenzas for this piece, and Perahia plays one written by Beethoven in the opening Allegro, and dazzles us with one he composed himself in the third movement.

Concerto # 27 was completed in the year of Mozart's death, and despite his ill health and much sadness, wrote an intensely spiritual concerto, with an uplifiting, beautiful finale; of the two, I think this one might be my favorite.

Perahia's interpretations are masterful. With flawless technique and fluidity, there is a purity and simplicity to these performances, both as pianist and conductor of the excellent English Chamber Orchestra. Recorded in '77 and '79, the sound is good, liner notes minimal, and total time 61'32. A truly wonderful CD of two of the loveliest pieces ever written for the piano.

Glowing and sublime.......2001-03-13

Nos. 20 and 27 are two of the greatest five piano concerti ever written by Mozart, and both are given glowing, unsurpassable performances here by Murray Perahia and the ECO. Perahia is at his best in the melting slow movements, stamping the themes forever into your consciousness, but he is fine too in the allegros, technically perfect but emotional, never going over the top for the sake of virtuosity, letting the music speak for itself. Great rapport between soloist and orchestra throughout. You cannot possibly go wrong with Perahia here or in any of the other Mozart concerti.

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