Sweden's BIS label enlivens the historical-performance arena with this recording of Mozart's two concertos for more than one piano with orchestra, and the results are mixed. A trio of veteran players delivers performances that are confident, detailed, and graceful throughout. The sound, despite the fact that the booklet is festooned with logos representing all manner of high-tech sound techniques, is disappointing; the use of the Floriankirche in Straden, Austria (was a church a normal performance venue for a Mozart ...
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Sweden's BIS label enlivens the historical-performance arena with this recording of Mozart's two concertos for more than one piano with orchestra, and the results are mixed. A trio of veteran players delivers performances that are confident, detailed, and graceful throughout. The sound, despite the fact that the booklet is festooned with logos representing all manner of high-tech sound techniques, is disappointing; the use of the Floriankirche in Straden, Austria (was a church a normal performance venue for a Mozart keyboard concerto?) gives the music a rather chilly brightness at odds, especially, with the intimate, domestic quality of the Concerto for three pianos and orchestra in F major, K. 242, of 1776. The good news is that the performance of that work, a piece of total fluff that seems dull and formless if the players do not enter into its playful spirit, is just about ideal. Director and annotator Manfred Huss points out in the booklet that the score is full of jokes heard only by the...
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Add this copy of Concertos for Two & Three Pianos to cart. $21.80, new condition, Sold by Importcds rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sunrise, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2007 by BIS.
