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basileiosd t1_iqw6mt6 wrote

What is your absolute favourite Mozart concerto? (It doesn't have to be violin!)

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MainlyMozartSD OP t1_iqw6v9e wrote

Ah great question by expanding it beyond the violin!

Tough choice but it would have to be one of the last piano concertos -- nos. 21, 23, 24 and 27 all top the list but if I had to pick just one it would probably be the last one, K. 595 (#27)

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basileiosd t1_iqw774w wrote

And do you have a favourite performance for this?

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MainlyMozartSD OP t1_iqw7v47 wrote

Emil Gilels / Karl Böhm !

The modern taste for Mozart playing would be lighter and crisper than what Böhm gets here, but the poetry of Gilels is still unsurpassed.

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basileiosd t1_iqw9yne wrote

I must say I did not expect an answer like Gilels! He is certainly one of my favourites as well (but mostly for Beethoven!) Thank you for your insight!

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MainlyMozartSD OP t1_iqwarsm wrote

Hard to pick just one. Uchida, Brendel in no particular order are also favorites.

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