It took 30 years for the greatest living Mozart specialist, Robert Levin, to complete his concerto cycle. Decca, which in the meantime prefers to record Einaudi, did not consider this a priority. The last volume (XIII), which was made possible by a crowdfunding campaign, includes Mozart’s final piano concerto. Robert Levin’s verve, inventiveness and, at the same time, naturalness in the ornamentation of the final movement are like a firework that crowns the entire enterprise. 25e And 27e Concertos (with Levin cadences) are separated by the concert air Do you think I’m telling you? – No time, love wellK. 505, sung by the luminous Louise Alder. The interest of the publication is reinforced by the concomitance with the 24e Concerto played by Élisabeth Pion on this admirable Broadwood by the patron Jacques Marchand, commented on a week ago, since Levin chose the copy of an earlier pianoforte, an Anton Walter (Vienna, 1795), more fragile in sound, but of formidable bearing. Flamboyant ending!
Mozart. Piano concertos
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Piano Concertos Nos. 25 and 27, Robert Levin, Academy of Ancient Music, Richard Egarr, AAM 045
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