Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 23, K. 488 (1786) {Pollini/Böhm}

[@luisgundel4425]

My mother played this Concerto on the piano when she was in her teens. Until today, she never forgot the magnificient second part, the Adagio. Its just pure beauty.

[@canman5060]

I love playing the third movement rondo. It gives me a lot of joy.

[@canman5060]

Never get tired of playing the third movement since my early teenage years. Always makes me feel young all the time especially now at old age.

[@christopherkeller7734]

I love this concerto most of all. 20-27 are such miracles of music that it's damn near impossible to pick a favorite, but I just feel a special connection with K.488 and I always will.

[@stephenmolk6332]

The exquisite suspensions in the tutti parts of the 2nd movement make it one of my all-time favorite concerto movements.

[@antoniocarlosantunesantune3217]

Great version and exellent sound ! Thanks for upload this work!

[@jocelynjosssheehy2970]

Wofgang Amadeus Pollini !

[@evanmisejka4062]

We just studied the first movement last week in my music history class. It is such an amazing work.

[@TheStealthDawg]

It makes me so mad he died at 35. We were robbed of countless more pieces of music from Mozart. Truly a god gifted musician. His works are some of humanities greatest creations.

[@evanmisejka4062]

@@TheStealthDawg how different would music be today if he had lived into the 19th century.

[@larsjohansson7954]

@@evanmisejka4062 Not much... We got Beethoven right in the beginning of the 1800s. Mozart was no revolutionary in music, rather a "refiner" of what other already had done.

[@evanmisejka4062]

@@larsjohansson7954 I fundamentally disagree with this statement. Both Mozart and Haydn are the biggest innovative minds of the late 1700s. They are the two biggest influences on Beethoven and without them, he would be nothing, thus everything else would fall behind. All it takes is to study an Opera like Don Giovanni or Der Zauberflöte to understand how innovative Mozart really was. He even pushed the boundaries of tonality (a good example is symphony 41 where it is not atonal, but uses a complete aggregate in quick succession much like serial music does) leading to more romantic harmonies which leads to impressionism and all the way to Jazz and modern music.

[@larsjohansson7954]

@@evanmisejka4062 I don't say that Mozart wasn't an innovator. Sure he was, mostly in opera, concert and woodwind writing. Haydn developed symphony and chamber music. My point is that it wouldn't have changed history much if Mozart had lived until he was, say 55 (1812). Yes, he could have written a few more fabulous operas or symphonies, but his style wouldn't have changed much. (And of course he was ill and didn't have much power left in the end.) Beethoven was a much bigger innovator musically than Mozart ever was. He took his ideas as much as from music from literature, politics, nature, or inner urge to express his feelings. Already in 1802, when the Eroica came, he was far beyond what Mozart ever wrote. Mozart had already contributed to the development as much as he could. And soon after his death came Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, Weber, Marchner, Meyerbeer, Berlioz, etc. who developed the opera way beyond Mozart's style.

[@notaire2]

Wunderschöne Interpretation dieses perfekt komponierten Konzerts mit klarem und elegantem Klang des technisch fehlerlosen Soloklaviers sowie gut harmonisierten und perfekt entsprechenden Tönen der anderen Instrumente. Die Kadenz klingt echt schön und auch sauber. Der zweite Satz klingt besonders schön und fast himmlisch. Im Kontrast klingt der dritte Satz echt lebhaft und auch inspirierend. Der intelligente und erfahrene Maestro dirigiert das weltklassige Orchester im gut betrachteten Tempo und mit sorgfältig kontrollierter Dynamik. Zweifellos eine der zehn besten Aufführungen dieses Meisterwerks im 20. Jahrhundert!

[@user-gc8vo9qr4f]

K384 overture please

[@foolim1]

I don’t like the recording that much…

[@bartjebartmans]

Let me know if there is anything better out there. Can't wait for a link.