Our Summer BAL No 76 Mozart Piano Concerto No 23 K488

[Barbirollians]

Inspired by the performance yesterday evening I thought after trawlibgvthrough the BAL thread and there not being any sign of it that this might be a good work to discuss .

Hatfuls of terrific recordings I know but Perahia’s recording remains very close to my heart.

[Goon525]

A bit long in the tooth now, but Pollini/VPO/Bohm showed both artists off to best advantage.

[Belgrove]

Another oldie, Brendel-Marriner. No need to explore any further.

[Petrushka]

Another oldie, Brendel-Marriner. No need to explore any further.

Agreed. That was my first ever Mozart piano concerto recording (coupled with No 20 on LP) and although I've bought several others since none satisfies as much as Brendel.

[LMcD]

Agreed. That was my first ever Mozart piano concerto recording (coupled with No 20 on LP) and although I've bought several others since none satisfies as much as Brendel.

Brendel/Marriner for me, too, even though it's split over 2 CDs!

[Petrushka]

Brendel/Marriner for me, too, even though it's split over 2 CDs!

Yes, that's a serious irritant. Prompts me to have a search to see if it's available on CD without that drawback.

[LMcD]

Yes, that's a serious irritant. Prompts me to have a search to see if it's available on CD without that drawback.

It's available on eBay as a Penguin Classic and also as a Philips Solo.

[BBMmk2]

I’ll have to get this one, having heard it at the Proms.

[Bryn]

I’ll have to get this one, having heard it at the Proms.

Careful, BBM, once infected you might get long-Mozart.

[Barbirollians]

Careful, BBM, once infected you might get long-Mozart.

I never got the love for the Brendel/Marriner recordings. I found the conducting dull . I much preferred not only Perahia but the later Brendel/Mackerras recordings but I don’t think they ever recorded K488 together.

Other favourites - Fischer/Boult , Schiff/Vegh, Shelley/LMP ,Curzon/Kertesz and of course Kempff/Leitner.

Also the Rubinstein recording in that mega cheap Sony box.

[Bryn]

[jayne lee wilson]

La Grande Référence....

https://www.eclassical.com/performers/brautigam-ronald/mozart-complete-piano-concertos.html

"There are the Alps......
..... you will have to go a long way round if you want to avoid them..."
(Basil Bunting)

19/23 c/w is one the best in this series.....

[Richard Barrett]

I wouldn't know who to choose between Bilson, Brautigam, Sofronitsky (V) and Immerseel. Luckily I don't have to. (& nor do I ever have to hear this music played on an instrument Mozart couldn't have imagined existing!)

[Petrushka]

I never got the love for the Brendel/Marriner recordings. I found the conducting dull .

I remember a fascinating South Bank Show broadcast on ITV in around 1974 which filmed the Brendel/Marriner recording of the Piano Concerto No 27.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Brendel/Marriner for me, too, even though it's split over 2 CDs!

It isn't split in the Philips Complete Mozart Edition.