Choose ONE PC Mozart!

TopoGigio · Post by **TopoGigio** » Wed May 28, 2008 2:36 pm

A OneShot thread...you can choose only one PianoConcerto of Mozart
in your fovourite version...yes,an headache,but...taste the fear and
pain of that examination!
Yes,I have not one,sure,,,I wait your wise complaints with a sparkle
in my eyes (poet-in-residence)
I seem otherwise sane

Post by **Lance** » Wed May 28, 2008 2:38 pm

Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466
Artur Rubinstein, piano [RCA/BMG]

Chalkperson · Post by **Chalkperson** » Wed May 28, 2008 3:21 pm

The Rondo in A Minor, K. 511...

Reed · Post by **Reed** » Wed May 28, 2008 3:47 pm

Piano Concerto No. 24--dark stormy, and wonderful.

It was hard to choose between this and #20, though . . .

I guess I just like tragedy.

RebLem · Post by **RebLem** » Wed May 28, 2008 4:54 pm

Piano Concerto # 17 in Major, K. 453 (1784)--Casadesus, Szell

Imperfect Pitch · Post by **Imperfect Pitch** » Wed May 28, 2008 5:10 pm

Definitely #20 (Perahia and ECO do a great job with the second mov't especially)

... followed by #24 (Gould and CBC Sym, with Hummel's superb 1st mov't cadenza)

Brendan · Post by **Brendan** » Wed May 28, 2008 5:31 pm

PC #20, Fricsay and Haskil. (You get #13 on the same disc! The wonders of modern tech!)

Teresa B · Post by **Teresa B** » Wed May 28, 2008 5:35 pm

Piano Concerto no 17, my version!

Teresa

P.S. Seriously, I like Perahia very much.

TopoGigio · Post by **TopoGigio** » Wed May 28, 2008 6:18 pm

TB wrote:My version

I dont know your version, TB, but there is some wonderful in the
domestic versions.Dont be ashame of flaws...thats a new perspective!
I have dozens...

But i dont like Perahia very much!

Agnes Selby · Post by **Agnes Selby** » Wed May 28, 2008 6:21 pm

So sorry, I cannot just chose one as I love them ALL.

AS LONG AS A MOZART CONCERTO IS PERFORMED
WELL, I AM IN HEAVEN.

AGNES.
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gfweis · Post by **gfweis** » Wed May 28, 2008 6:59 pm

No. 24, Brendel/Marriner. (2nd place would be one of Haskil's No. 20's.)

anasazi · Post by **anasazi** » Wed May 28, 2008 7:12 pm

Not really being able to truly choose just one, I would probably go back to the one that got me hooked: #20 in d minor as recorded by Rubinstein.

anasazi · Post by **anasazi** » Wed May 28, 2008 7:13 pm

Teresa B wrote:Piano Concerto no 17, my version!

Teresa

P.S. Seriously, I like Perahia very much.

When do we get to hear it Teresa?

TopoGigio · Post by **TopoGigio** » Wed May 28, 2008 7:25 pm

Ms Selby Has Won !

The Devil is a Tempter and you should not Pay Him Attention!
But you should pay attention to the Czechies!

Werner · Post by **Werner** » Wed May 28, 2008 8:09 pm

Now that Teresa mentioned her performance of K 453, she has also made a strong case for no. 9, K 271 - the first of the great ones.

And who can live without the C minor, K 491? And there is always the great last one, K 595, to fall back on.

Pick just one? Who can? Agnes is right!

Chalkperson · Post by **Chalkperson** » Wed May 28, 2008 8:17 pm

Werner wrote:Pick just one? Who can? Agnes is right!

OK...then in order...OK...then Complete Sets...

Perahia
Brendel
Uchida
Barenboim

I only posted the Rondo to be oblique (like topogigio) although it's my favourite Mozart composition...

Ralph · Post by **Ralph** » Wed May 28, 2008 8:43 pm

While I agree with Agnes, I also will play.

Concerto No. 9 performed by Michiko Uchida.

But there are few Mozart performances to match either Joyce Hatto or our Teresa.

RebLem · Post by **RebLem** » Wed May 28, 2008 9:14 pm

Chalkperson wrote:
Werner wrote:Pick just one? Who can? Agnes is right!
OK...then in order...OK...then Complete Sets...

Perahia
Brendel
Uchida
Barenboim

I only posted the Rondo to be oblique (like topogigio) although it's my favourite Mozart composition...

I have the complete set by Malcolm Bilson, and all of the Casadeus/Szell recordings, among others.

ch1525 · Post by **ch1525** » Wed May 28, 2008 10:31 pm

My vote goes for #20!!! What does it say about me that most of my favorite compositions are in the minor key?!?

I really do love almost all of Mozart's Piano Concertos.

I think I tend to listen to the Brendel complete set the most, but I also have Uchida and Barenboim's cycles. The Perahia set is totally way up there on my list of things to acquire, though!

Werner · Post by **Werner** » Wed May 28, 2008 11:14 pm

You'll find it well worth having, Chad. I'm not usually in favor of completer sets, but I did decide to acquire this one over time, and I'm not sorry.

Agnes Selby · Post by **Agnes Selby** » Thu May 29, 2008 1:10 am

TopoGigio wrote:Ms Selby Has Won !

The Devil is a Tempter and you should not Pay Him Attention!
But you should pay attention to the Czechies!

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Thank you, I am really flattered.

By the way, Topo, I love my daughter's Mozart best,
and then comes my old friend, Teresa's Mozart which I love equally.

Regards,
Agnes.
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Post by **Lance** » Thu May 29, 2008 1:15 am

AGNES, you won! I always knew you were a WINNER! Congratulations. Maybe the prize will be a complete set of Mozart's piano concertos! I fell for TopoGigio's "trap" and provided exactly what he asked. You knew better and provided the most obvious response!

Agnes Selby wrote:
TopoGigio wrote:Ms Selby Has Won !

The Devil is a Tempter and you should not Pay Him Attention!
But you should pay attention to the Czechies!
---------------

Thank you, I am really flattered.

By the way, Topo, I love my daughter's Mozart best,
and then comes my old friend, Teresa's Mozart which I love equally.

Regards,
Agnes.
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Post by **Corlyss_D** » Thu May 29, 2008 3:01 am

Werner wrote: no. 9, K 271 - the first of the great ones.

That's my pick as well.

val · Post by **val** » Thu May 29, 2008 3:59 am

My choice:

The 19th Concerto K 459, played by Rudolf Serkin with George Szell.

Teresa B · Post by **Teresa B** » Thu May 29, 2008 5:54 am

anasazi wrote:
Teresa B wrote:Piano Concerto no 17, my version!

Teresa

P.S. Seriously, I like Perahia very much.
When do we get to hear it Teresa?

Thank you, anasazi, and you other folks who kindly gave me a compliment!--I tooted my own horn, but of course I do not compare my playing to any of the greats. (I do love Uchida's no 9, by the way!) I had posted my renditions of no 17 and no 9, on pianostreet, and if you're interested, here are the links:

No 17(K453):
http://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.ph ... 24917.html

No. 9 (K271):
http://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.ph ... 390.0.html

Teresa

Agnes Selby · Post by **Agnes Selby** » Thu May 29, 2008 3:40 pm

Lance wrote:AGNES, you won! I always knew you were a WINNER! Congratulations. Maybe the prize will be a complete set of Mozart's piano concertos! I fell for TopoGigio's "trap" and provided exactly what he asked. You knew better and provided the most obvious response!

Thank you, Lance.

Regards,
Agnes.

TopoGigio · Post by **TopoGigio** » Thu May 29, 2008 6:25 pm

Anyone can obtain as gift a collection of commercial CDs... nowadays copies are made in minutes!
Many CDs are given without involved money and without generosity, for pure informative purposes...My CDs arrive and leave with easiness...
A gift can be impersonal, as the hanged MP3s,also...
Im sure MsSelby deserves better, no material things...

Wallingford · Post by **Wallingford** » Thu May 29, 2008 8:00 pm

#20.....BRUNO WALTER, conductor and soloist.

nadej_baptiste · Post by **nadej_baptiste** » Thu May 29, 2008 11:59 pm

From the poet-in-reticence:

No. 14 in E flat major, K 449; Peter Serkin, Alexander Schneider & English Chamber Orchestra; 1973.

nadej_baptiste · Post by **nadej_baptiste** » Fri May 30, 2008 12:07 am

Teresa B wrote:I had posted my renditions of no 17 and no 9, on pianostreet, and if you're interested, here are the links:

No 17(K453):
http://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.ph ... 24917.html

No. 9 (K271):
http://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.ph ... 390.0.html

Teresa

Teresa, these are delightful.

premont · Post by **premont** » Fri May 30, 2008 5:00 am

Wallingford wrote:#20.....BRUNO WALTER, conductor and soloist.

Precisely my choice too. Unfortunately I do not own it. I have to make do with Edwin Fischer´s recording, which is almost as good (poetical).

By the way, I consider Mozart to be the winner of this thread.

Teresa B · Post by **Teresa B** » Fri May 30, 2008 6:11 am

Thanks, Kamila! How about recording some Mozart and posting it some time? I notice you chose K449 as a fav--I like that one very much, and played that one 3 years ago. Maria Joao Pires has a nice recording of it.

Teresa

Agnes Selby · Post by **Agnes Selby** » Fri May 30, 2008 7:19 am

premont wrote:
Wallingford wrote:#20.....BRUNO WALTER, conductor and soloist.
By the way, I consider Mozart to be the winner of this thread.

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I agree.
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nadej_baptiste · Post by **nadej_baptiste** » Fri May 30, 2008 4:02 pm

Teresa B wrote:Thanks, Kamila! How about recording some Mozart and posting it some time? I notice you chose K449 as a fav--I like that one very much, and played that one 3 years ago. Maria Joao Pires has a nice recording of it.

Teresa

I have an F major sonata and B flat major sonata and P.C. #19 under my belt, but alas I haven't got much time to do recording right now! I'll see what I can do about it in the future.

Yeah, 14 is marvelous...

I like 15 too, my father performed that here in Seattle some years back.

Agnes Selby · Post by **Agnes Selby** » Fri May 30, 2008 5:23 pm

Kamila, has your father studied with Mr. Bela Siki, by any chance?

Regards,
Agnes,

nadej_baptiste · Post by **nadej_baptiste** » Fri May 30, 2008 6:19 pm

Agnes Selby wrote:Kamila, has your father studied with Mr. Bela Siki, by any chance?

Regards,
Agnes,

Not that I know of. My father never attended the UW -- he studied conducting in Maine and then piano at Northern Illinois, then taught at Northern Illinois for a while...that's the extent of his college-music life!

Agnes Selby · Post by **Agnes Selby** » Fri May 30, 2008 6:26 pm

nadej_baptiste wrote:
Agnes Selby wrote:Kamila, has your father studied with Mr. Bela Siki, by any chance?

Regards,
Agnes,
Not that I know of. My father never attended the UW -- he studied conducting in Maine and then piano at Northern Illinois, then taught at Northern Illinois for a while...that's the extent of his college-music life!

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Thank you.

nadej_baptiste · Post by **nadej_baptiste** » Fri May 30, 2008 6:32 pm

Agnes Selby wrote:
nadej_baptiste wrote:
Agnes Selby wrote:Kamila, has your father studied with Mr. Bela Siki, by any chance?

Regards,
Agnes,
Not that I know of. My father never attended the UW -- he studied conducting in Maine and then piano at Northern Illinois, then taught at Northern Illinois for a while...that's the extent of his college-music life!
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Thank you.

Why do you ask?

anasazi · Post by **anasazi** » Fri May 30, 2008 7:07 pm

nadej_baptiste wrote:
Teresa B wrote:Thanks, Kamila! How about recording some Mozart and posting it some time? I notice you chose K449 as a fav--I like that one very much, and played that one 3 years ago. Maria Joao Pires has a nice recording of it.

Teresa
I have an F major sonata and B flat major sonata and P.C. #19 under my belt, but alas I haven't got much time to do recording right now! I'll see what I can do about it in the future.

Yeah, 14 is marvelous...

I like 15 too, my father performed that here in Seattle some years back.

That sonata in Bb - I've worked on it a bit. Lovely, especially the second movement. And the third movement has a cadenza? It made me wonder if Mozart maybe planned this to be a concerto? I've not seen that many piano sonatas with a cadenza indicated.

Teresa B · Post by **Teresa B** » Fri May 30, 2008 7:26 pm

We must all have exquisite taste!

The two sonatas I have learned best are the F Major (K332) and B-flat (K333). The B-Flat is interesting--I have been told it was planned to be concerto-like, but I don't know if Mozart planned it originally as a concerto, or he just put it in a concerto-like form for a lark (or a starling

), or something.

Teresa

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