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| Mozart: The Great Piano Concertos, Vol. 2 | 
 enlarge | Creators: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-fields, Alfred Brendel
Label: Philips
Category: Music
List Price: $17.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (12 reviews)
Sales Rank: 4061
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 442571
UPC: 028944257120
EAN: 0028944257120
ASIN: B0000041AB
Release Date: October 11, 1994
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| Customer Reviews:
 Such a bargain. April 14, 2004
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Here are five of Mozart's finest piano concertos within a two-disk set which is the companion of a volume one.This is vintage and essential Brendel and is very good. Not excellent, not truly beautiful, not illuminating, but good, intellectual, workmanlike Brendel. His tone is just about perfect and his attention to detail is admirable. The slow movement of no. 15 is probably the finest track in this entire set - Brendel develops the theme along with Mozart's subtle recontouring and harmonic changes. Tempi are well-chosen, the orchestra is standard Marriner (excellent), and absolutely nothing is out-of-place. The recording quality is good, although it reveals its age in that it is not as clear as modern recordings and the bass is sometimes murky or "fuzzy". This is a minor point, but any collection that bills itself as "The Great Piano Concertos" and doesn't include no. 17 is, in my opinion, incomplete. Thankfully, the brilliant and utterly soulless no. 26 is not included. These are good recordings for the price and are an excellent introduction to Mozart's piano concertos.
 Brendel....My Favourite Performer of Mozart and Beethoven December 19, 2003
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
Mozart is the greatest composer of all times...and his best works are his late piano concertos...Brendel is one of the best Mozart performer of all times (in my opinion)...The combination of this situation gives us a great recording...And the orchestra...Academy of St. Martin in the Fields...They are the most experienced orchestra about Mozart.Because Phillips had an engagement with this orchestra to record Mozart's complete works...They have the Mozart soul...Everything is wonderful about this recording...but there is only one problem...we can't say that it is a real problem but there is a wrong note played by Brendel in 22nd concerto's 2nd part during the 5th minute...
well if we look at the whole performance everything makes me forget about this wrong note...it is the one you have to get ...you Can't go wrong if you buy the combination of Mozart and Brendel and ofcourse the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields...
Great performances, great price December 22, 2002
61 out of 63 found this review helpful
This is an inexpensive way to get five concertos by two great Mozarteans: Brendel and Marriner. The recordings are from their much-lauded cycle dating from the 70s and early 80s. These are great performances, and this release includes Brendel's compelling 9 and his nonpareil 15.This recording of 9 is my all-time favorite, surpassing even the marvelous Ashkenazy/Kertesz (London). In 15, perfect tempos and perfectly judged phrasing, along with the superb orchestral accompaniment, make this one simply unbeatable. II is exceptionally beautiful. At 1:49, where the strings take over the melody and the piano plays arpeggios, it's just gorgeous beyond belief. No other recording of this moves me more. I can find nothing wrong with Brendel's 22, but here he doesn't smile as much as Barenboim (EMI) and Ashkenazy (London). It's worth mentioning that 22 is split between the two discs. 25 is the only concerto from this cycle with Marriner that was recorded live. It's a barnburner and Brendel is superb throughout. You'll never guess it's live until III, where it becomes quite obvious. Two more great 25s are Barenboim (EMI) and Ashkenazy (London). Brendel is graceful in 27 and the Academy plays wonderfully. But my favorite here is Serkin/Abbado (DG), which, for me, yields the best blend of sunlight and darkness in this reflective piece. Also not to be missed is the almost miraculous performance by Emil Gilels with Karl Boehm and the Vienna Philharmonic. There is also the very fine recording by Daniel Barenboim on EMI. There is a companion to this release on Philips that includes five more Mozart concertos: Brendel's fabulous 19 and 23 along with 20, 21 and 24. If you like this cycle, you can always go for the complete set of concertos by Brendel and Marriner (Philips 422 507), like I eventually did.
Cheers,
Murray
Excellent performances of excellent music December 1, 2002
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
See my review for Vol. 1 of 'The Great' Piano Concertos. All the same stuff applies.Great performances by a great pianist of great classical music. What more could you ask for? It is said that Mozart brought the piano concerto to maturity. If you listen to these, you will ponder how a piano conerto could get any better. If I had to choose one composer to listen to for the rest of my life, it would be Mozart. I can't recommend this enough to anyone who likes (or thinks they might like) classical music.
This one has some DDD February 16, 2002
2 out of 38 found this review helpful
Persons ( a fan what people use in summer time) mkp51 and A music fan, and other potencial buyers, on volume 2 Philips gave us some DDD recording.The concerto N 9 , Mozart wrote for his own enjoiment. On volume 1 concerto N 23 the second movement was used for tv series "The charter house of Parma"
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