Mozart: Concertos for Two and Three Pianos

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), English Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra), Radu Lupu (Performer), Murray Perahia (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Radu Lupu, Murray Perahia
• Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra
• Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Audio CD (August 23, 1991)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000026PW
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #57,204 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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35 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential Mozart, March 31, 2001

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R. Williams "code slubber" (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mozart: Concertos for Two and Three Pianos (Audio CD)

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<g>). 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.

The Fm Fantasia was a revelation worthy of the purchase price, if you haven't heard that piece.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mozart: Music for 2 and 3 Pianos, November 3, 2004

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C. Misik "Age: 22" (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mozart: Concertos for Two and Three Pianos (Audio CD)

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.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sheer piano lust!, October 15, 2002

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This review is from: Mozart: Concertos for Two and Three Pianos (Audio CD)

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!