Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Sinfonieorchester Des Südwestfunks, Antoine-Pierre de Bavier - Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 15 & 20 (Remastered 2023) (Live) (2023)

Tracklist

01. Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-Flat Major, K. 450: I. Allegro (Remastered 2023) (Live)
02. Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-Flat Major, K. 450: II. Andante (Remastered 2023) (Live)
03. Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-Flat Major, K. 450: III. Allegro (Remastered 2023) (Live)
04. Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466: I. Allegro (Remastered 2023) (Live)
05. Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466: II. Romance (Remastered 2023) (Live)
06. Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466: III. Rondo. Allegro assai (Remastered 2023) (Live)

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli’s piano playing is until this day highly praised for its tremendous reflectiveness. He could spend decades immersing himself in a piece in order to get to know it inside out. His art of touch, his wealth of overtones and his highly refined sense of sound are just as praiseworthy qualities that came in especially useful for playing Chopin and Debussy. Michelangeli is, however, less known as a Mozart interpreter which makes these 1956 recordings with the orchestra of Süddeutscher Rundfunk conducted by Anton von Bavier so fascinating. Here, Michelangeli presents a life-affirming, even vigorous Mozart with almost Olympian pride. His manner of playing is always forward-pushing, at times boisterously passionate. In his interpretation there is no exaggerated sensitivity, no fiddling with sound, no over-reflectiveness and, in particular, no sentimentality in the slow movements.

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