Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 25

Thi is a really fine performance [of K503], with impeccably judged tempos in all three movements, and great playing from the Orchestra Mozart...[in the D minor Concerto] Argerich's playing is... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 10th Feb 2014
Catalogue No: 4791033
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Length: 61 minutes

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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K503

Work length30:42

Martha Argerich (piano)
Orchestra Mozart
Claudio Abbado
Recorded: 2013-03-15
Recording Venue: KKL, Lucerne

1. Allegro maestoso

Track length14:18

2. Andante

Track length7:01

3. Allegretto

Track length9:23

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466

Work length30:56

Martha Argerich (piano)
Orchestra Mozart
Claudio Abbado
Recorded: 2013-03-17
Recording Venue: KKL, Lucerne

1. Allegro

Track length14:05

2. Romance

Track length9:01

3. Rondo (Allegro assai)

Track length7:50

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Favourites, Shelf Discovery: Martha Argerich

5th May 2020

In the first instalment of a new occasional series comparing early and late-career recordings by the same artist, Paul revisits two landmark albums from the Argentine pianist.

Obituary, Claudio Abbado, 1933-2014

20th January 2014

The first new release for ten years from Martha Argerich and Claudio Abbado was their first ever album of concertos by Mozart, and the final recording made by Maestro Abbado. The legendary pianist and conductor added the sublime music of Mozart to their unrivalled, multi award-winning DG discography of concertos by Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Ravel, Prokofiev, Beethoven and Liszt.

Both concertos were recorded with Claudio Abbado’s Orchestra Mozart, at concert performances at the 2013 Lucerne Festival that had critics searching for new superlatives

This release is Martha Argerich’s first recording of solo concertos by Mozart on Deutsche Grammophone.

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April 2014

Thi is a really fine performance [of K503], with impeccably judged tempos in all three movements, and great playing from the Orchestra Mozart...[in the D minor Concerto] Argerich's playing is full of both unforced poetry and eloquence, as well as commanding authority where needed.

16th March 2014

Argerich has not always been prized as a Mozartian, but her years of chamber-music-making bring a special rapport in the dialogues with the wind soloists in the urbane C major (K503) and dramatic D minor (K466) concertos. Her Mozart is highly personal...but always worth hearing.

7th February 2014

although not perfect is overwhelmingly beautiful. Argerich digs deeply into the keys, but never makes an ugly sound. Her subtle shaping with Abbado of the central movement in the D minor concerto is slow but serene, and the way she lifts the final simple phrases of the coda is heartbreaking.

24th January 2014

the tidy sheen of the Orchestra Mozart’s young professionals tells us plenty about his genius as an orchestral trainer. And his rapport with the mercurial Argerich...is audible in every bar...In the C major concerto, No 25, Argerich’s light, playful attack is immediately apparent; so is the orchestra’s suavity.

Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 25

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Favourites, Shelf Discovery: Martha Argerich

Obituary, Claudio Abbado, 1933-2014

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