Track Listings (6) - Disc #1| All Artists: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, George Szell, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Serkin Title: Piano Concertos 19 & 20 Members Wishing: 1 Total Copies: 0 Label: Sony Release Date: 10/25/1990 Genre: Classical Styles: Forms & Genres, Concertos, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Instruments, Keyboard Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPC: 074643723626 |
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This recording documents one of the great musical partnerships of the century. George Szell's Mozart is one of the glories of the CD catalog, and in Rudolf Serkin he found a pianist who totally complemented Szell's uniq... more » |
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Amazon.com This recording documents one of the great musical partnerships of the century. George Szell's Mozart is one of the glories of the CD catalog, and in Rudolf Serkin he found a pianist who totally complemented Szell's unique combination of severe discipline and expressive intensity. Mozart's 20th piano concerto is one of only two in minor keys--it's his most purely dramatic orchestral composition, linked in spirit to his opera Don Giovanni. Szell and Serkin ensure that the theatrical character of Mozart's writing receives its full due. And although the Columbia Symphony isn't the miracle ensemble that Szell created in Cleveland, they play with total dedication to the cause. --David Hurwitz Similarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsFreightening perfection 10/26/1998 (5 out of 5 stars) "Serkin and Szell on a day unlike any other day in their lives. What a marriage of souls! Serkin plays the Beethoven cadenza in K.466. Pray that this recording NEVER goes out of print." Serkin, Szell A. Park | Mclean, VA United States | 01/10/2003 (5 out of 5 stars) "Serkin and Szell demonstrate a a restrained appraoch to Mozart that suits perfectly. The almost rigid tension and potency seem to be the two artists' secret to highly effective Mozart (who's works are themselves marked by restraint). There are no two musicians then or since that can achieve this level of intensity."
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