Mozart Piano Concertos


I just saw #10 at the Seattle Symphony and it rekindled my enjoyment of the piano concertos. I'm wanting to put together a pretty good collection of these great works. Can anyone recommend either/or box sets or exemplary pieces? Thanks.
peter_s

Showing 1 response by jult52

I'll add some criticism to the plaudits above:

Haskil - Not lively. Understated to the point of moribund.

Rudolf Serkin (on DG) - Please. Unattractive pianism mars superb accompaniment by Abbado (an underrated Mozart conductor, IMHO).

Brendel - He's always OK but his early set done in the 1960s with Viennese pick-up orchestras has a brio and sparkle that is missing from the later recordings.

For me, the Perahia and (older sound) Casadesus recordings are always the standard.