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Stephen Kovacevich, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis - Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 23 (1978/2024)

Posted By: delpotro
Date: 28 Jan 2024 17:15:58
Stephen Kovacevich, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis - Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 23 (1978/2024)

Stephen Kovacevich, London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Colin Davis - Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 23 (1978/2024)
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Classical | Label: Decca Classics

There are many excellent recordings of Mozart's later piano concertos – Perahia, Brendel, Uchida, Casadesus among others – but I want to put a word in for Stephen Kovacevich's accounts with Colin Davis, originally recorded for Philips in the 1970's. He recorded Concertos numbered 20, 21, 23, and 25, and for a while the two discs comprising these performances were available on Philips's Concert Classics budget label, which seems to have been discontinued, but you might be able to pick them up second hand. There's nothing flashy or meretricious about the performances – Davis accompanies with what sounds like a slightly scaled-down London Symphony (he was recording the major Mozart operas in those years) and the outer movements are springy and lithe, and the slow movements played with great feeling, but well within the bounds of classical style. Kovacevich's playing combines clarity, energy, rhythmic alertness, and lovely phrasing and tone, and I recommend them highly. Around the same time, he recorded the Beethoven and Brahms concertos with Davis, and while he re-recorded these later in digital format (and in fine performances), he never returned to the Mozart. Now in the twilight of a distinguished career, he seems unlikely to do so. So if you're lucky enough to have his Mozart recordings come your way, grab 'em.
Tracklist:
01 - Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466: I. Allegro
02 - Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466: II. Romance
03 - Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466: III. Rondo. Allegro assai
04 - Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K488: I. Allegro
05 - Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K488: II. Andante
06 - Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K488: III. Allegro assai

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