Alfred Brendel, Sir Neville Marriner - Mozart: Piano Concertos (1970) [2016 DSD64]

Anyone who knows the series of piano concertos of Mozart with Brendel and Marriner knows of its importance and significance. Few pairings of conductor and pianist have so successfully navigated Mozart’s supreme masterpieces with such panache and style, and when these were released both critical opinion and public acclaim merged as if one voice to proclaim them the most sensational recorded issuances of these works ever accomplished. They were not entirely complete—and this is a shame. But the greats and almost-greats were, making them mandatory acquisitions. This release, one in Pentatone’s series dedicated to reissues of recordings originally made in four-channel surround sound for quadraphonics, is a real beauty, and self-recommending, one of two the company has released so far.


Tracks:

01. Piano Concerto No. 12 in A, K. 414 - Allegro
02. Piano Concerto No. 12 in A, K. 414 - Andante
03. Piano Concerto No. 12 in A, K. 414 - Rondo (Allegretto)

04. Piano Concerto No. 17 in G, K. 453 - Allegro
05. Piano Concerto No. 17 in G, K. 453 - Andante
06. Piano Concerto No. 17 in G, K. 453 - Allegretto

Personnel:

Alfred Brendel - piano
Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields
Sir Nevlle Marriner - Conductor