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MainlyMozartSD OP t1_iqw6v9e wrote

Reply to comment by basileiosd in I'm concertmaster (principal violin) of New York's Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and a professor at Juilliard. Next week, I'll be performing with the Mainly Mozart All-Star Orchestra in San Diego - the largest annual gathering of concertmasters and principal players in North America. AMA! by MainlyMozartSD

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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