Mozart Piano Concertos
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Composer or Director: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Label: Classics
Magazine Review Date: 9/1989
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 57
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 790788-2

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 21, 'Elvira Madigan' |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Jean-Bernard Pommier, Piano Warsaw Sinfonia Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 23 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Jean-Bernard Pommier, Piano Warsaw Sinfonia Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Composer or Director: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Label: Classics
Magazine Review Date: 9/1989
Media Format: Cassette
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 790788-4

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 21, 'Elvira Madigan' |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Jean-Bernard Pommier, Piano Warsaw Sinfonia Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 23 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Jean-Bernard Pommier, Piano Warsaw Sinfonia Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Composer or Director: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Label: Classics
Magazine Review Date: 9/1989
Media Format: Vinyl
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 790788-1

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 21, 'Elvira Madigan' |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Jean-Bernard Pommier, Piano Warsaw Sinfonia Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 23 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Jean-Bernard Pommier, Piano Warsaw Sinfonia Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer |
Author: Christopher Headington
Pommier and his excellent Polish orchestra have equally the measure of the C major Concerto, K467; this is thoroughly likable playing. If one must have reservations, perhaps it should be said that there is little of the daemonic in this Mozart and it could be too mild or bland for some tastes. Otherwise I have only praise, though the booklet note translated from French that talks of ''unrealized desires and perpetual restlessness'' and ''the Mozartian 'I' … confronted by the reality of his own scission'' doesn't illuminate the music much.
Of the alternative versions, that of Rudolf Serkin and Claudio Abbado on DG must with regret be set aside. The great pianist was no longer at his best when this was recorded in the early 1980s, and there are sluggish tempos and awkward piano passagework, as well as some humming. The major competition comes from Murray Perahia on CBS. He doesn't offer this coupling, but his performances of both concertos, otherwise coupled, on separate discs, go deeper into the music than Pommier's; if in doubt about this, sample them anywhere to find a wider range of tone-colour and an ability to characterize the music more fully although, paradoxically, this is done often with what seems like a quiet reticence. But even if the good Virgin disc is overshadowed by superlative CBS performances, buy it with confidence if you want this coupling.'
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