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In the great C minor Concerto, K491, the opening tutti rages with all the ferocity of middle-period Beethoven, and when the piano enters it is pleading, fragile. …I found the last [movement]... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2009, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 14th Sep 2009
Catalogue No: 4781524
Label: Decca
Length: 59 minutes

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mitsuko Uchida: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491

Work length32:41

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Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Mitsuko Uchida (cadenzor)
Cleveland Orchestra
Recorded: 2008-12-05
Recording Venue: Severence Hall, Cleveland

I. (Allegro)

Track length14:43

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II. Larghetto

Track length8:04

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III. (Allegretto)

Track length9:54

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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K488

Work length26:46

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Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
Cleveland Orchestra
Recorded: 2008-12-05
Recording Venue: Severence Hall, Cleveland

I. Allegro

Track length11:42

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II. Adagio

Track length6:47

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III. Allegro assai

Track length8:17

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Widely regarded as one of the foremost Mozart interpreters of our time: Mitsuko Uchida returns, conducting the orchestra herself from the piano, with live performances of two of Mozart's most popular concertos.

"we still had the thrill of Uchida, embodying Mozart’s recollections of joy and sorrow with dancing subtlety and love" The Times, London

"Miss Uchida played gracefully and with the flair listeners have come to expect from her….She endows the solo line with a rightness and an inevitability, yet there is originality in the way she shapes every phrase, and remarkable subtlety in her coloration" New York Times

"Uchida’s pellucid, subtly varied tone (no one makes the piano sing more beautifully) and quicksilver response to changes of mood and harmonic colour give unalloyed delight" The Telegraph, London, on Mitsuko Uchida's previous disc of Mozart Piano Concerti

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Christmas 2009

In the great C minor Concerto, K491, the opening tutti rages with all the ferocity of middle-period Beethoven, and when the piano enters it is pleading, fragile. …I found the last [movement] that series of mainly tormented and ever more convoluted variations, as powerful as any performance I have heard... The much sunnier A major Concerto, K488, is perhaps a less problematic piece to play. Uchida...in the slow movement rises to heights of eloquent grief that are demanded, but seldom risked. The last movement is gloriously abandoned.

December 2009

…here is sublime Mozart-playing whether in C minor turbulence or A major radiance. In K491… Uchida conveys an ineffable sadness with sudden withdrawals of such subtlety that all the shades of autumn seem with us… in K488, while nothing is plain sailing, everything is as natural as it is revelatory. When have you heard the central F sharp minor Siciliano more gently or lovingly confided, or the opera buffa finale more joyfully spun off? ...the Cleveland Orchestra are entirely at one with their inspired soloist. ...even a few bars will convince you that you are listening to one of the truly great artists of our time.

2nd October 2009

every phrase is elegantly tooled, every texture perfectly weighted. The Cleveland Orchestra is currently one of the finest in the world, and it is fascinating to hear it scaling down its usually opulent sound to the almost chamber-music transparency that Uchida obviously expects.

Mozart - Piano Concertos Nos. 23 & 24

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