Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20-23

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Composer), Wolfgang Sawallisch (Conductor), Adrian Bolt (Conductor), Annie Fischer (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Annie Fischer
• Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch, Adrian Bolt
• Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Audio CD (June 20, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Seraphim
• ASIN: B000000UV9
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #83,190 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Allegro Maestoso (Cadenza By Busoni)

2. Andante

3. Allegro Vivace Assai (Cadenza By Busoni)

4. Allegro (Cadenza By Hummel)

5. Andante

6. Rondo (Allegro)

Disc: 2

1. Allegro (Cadenza By Beethoven)

2. Romanze

3. Rondo (Allegro Assai) (Cadenza By Beethoven)

4. Allegro (Cadenza)

5. Adagio

6. Allegro Assai

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enthralling masterworks, budget price, November 24, 2001

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Chosroes III (NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20-23 (Audio CD)

Here's a solid bundle of Mozart's most august work at a price low enough to stuff the stockings. Annie Fischer renders these four canonical Mozart concertos with unfussy polish and grace. The sound on disc one, containing the merrier Concertos Nos. 21 and 22, is somewhat poorer than on the second, but the sensuous ebullience remains. The stormy D minor concerto is interpreted without overweening pathos, while the central movement of No. 23 exhibits shattering despair. You'll want more recordings of these works of course, but (especially at its bargain price) it would hardly be excusable not to add this lovely set.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful recording at a fantastic price!, January 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20-23 (Audio CD)

Marvelous musicianship exhibited in this double CD set. Fischer's interpretation is beautiful with wonderful, flowing lines. Analog recording but with clean clear sound. Liner notes are scant but, with such mainstream works as these, they're not required. A great value at four times the price. In short, a steal.

4.0 out of 5 stars Truly classical recordings, December 15, 2010

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Ian George Fraser (Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20-23 (Audio CD)

(Sir) Adrian Boult's 1960s recordings of Mozart set a new standard. Fast and aggressive, with relatively little sentimentality, they have remained the standard for many listeners until the present day. The sound quality, as befits the manner, is bright even a little dry and if you like a more romantic style you will not like it. Personally today I do find this approach just a little too severe. Boult, for example, allows few if any grace notes. But these are fine historic recordings and well worth the price.