André Previn: Mozart - Piano Concerto K. 491 (Royal Philharmonic Orchestra)

[@pianist8963]

Andre Previn was a great musician and the classic and the jazz music!

[@Piratebreadstick]

I love Previn's quasi 50s jazz musician's demeanor. No forced movements of the head to emphasise a sforzando, no painful grimaces to demonstrate deep feeling. The only thing missing when he's conducting is a cigarette hanging out of his mouth.

[@789armstrong]

Heavenly music performed with grace and authority.

[@ellioshiem7892]

priceless....

[@wilsonshields6769]

A genius musician. RIP André Previn

[@Eddie71883]

Amazing

[@leestamm3187]

It is a genuine pleasure hearing and watching Andre Previn making beautiful music on that exquisite Bösendorfer piano.

[@mymind7508]

The larghetto of this concerto is my favorite. I remember hearing it for the first time while driving. I became paralyzed with wonder and had to pull off to the side of the road and listen. It should be illegal to play this on the radio. It can lead to DUI......

[@josellorca4799]

The best interpretation of K 491. I have the DVD (not even yet blue ray version) of this concert, but the sound is acceptable. And is my favorite

[@paolots]

This should be the best version ever... I think

[@wocomoMUSIC]

If you want to know more about the context of this piece, don't miss this documentary: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5nSnqprpKeIfpY :)

[@paolots]

many thanks

[@prabhudhasivanson7110]

A very fine rendition - thanks

[@JJTownley_Classical-Composer]

This was always one of Previn's specialties. He was as deft at playing and conducting as was his good friend, Vladimir Ashkenazy who he taught to conduct. During the record they made of the Rachmaninoff concerto cycle, Ashkenazy had expressed to Previn his desire to learn how to conduct and Previn said, "It's actually pretty simple. All you do is get up there a wave a little stick in a beat pattern. But you must have the orchestra's full confidence in you if you are to succeed." The rest is history.

[@MrPoupard]

Isn't Previn's observation succinct? And he would know. Just wave a stick and beat time - but- that bit about needing the full confidence of the orchestra? Well now that's slightly more difficult ....

[@JJTownley_Classical-Composer]

@@MrPoupard True, but Ashkenazy (who recently retired) seems to have pulled it off.

[@manfredwilhelmyv.w.851]

Excelente ! El Larghetto es elegante y poético ..... muy logrado por este gran artista que fue André Previn

[@StanObirek]

Great performance, among my favourites: Glenn Gould, Murray Perahia, Arthur Rubinstein. Did Previn play his own cadenzas?

[@vinylrescueband2126]

yes

[@kwastormayt]

this performance has best timing of larghetto

[@Listentothemusic23]

Tutti Exp T1 (i) 0:33 a T2 1:22 T3 (i) 2:01 a 2:16 c (b2) Solo Exp T1 (i) 2:54 A2 (… III) 3:21 Aap T2 3:39 (III) 5:14 (iii) 5:41 aAp (III) 6:11 T3 6:43 Deve (III) 7:08 A2d (iv) 7:23 A2d (v) 7:36 Ap 8:13 eE (i) 8:35 Apad Recap T1 (i …) 8:56 (i) 9:23 Apa T2 (iv) 9:36 (i) 9:52 T3 11:32 a Br1 11:46 Cad 11:54 Br2 13:57 T3 14:02 c 14:18 c2 Coda 14:29 Apa

[@leonwhitesell4849]

Thank you!

[@stephenharfield781]

Pure genius, I think he’d given up on Greig bu then!

[@claudioparrella183]

Siamo di fronte ad un vero, grande musicista

[@ぬろろ]

まじカッコいい〜

[@Chacha-mx5zb]

아 정말 좋다 ㄹㅇ..

[@excelsior999]

I have to wonder about the rather tepid response from an audience that had just heard a thoroughly first-rate performance by André Previn and the RPO.

[@letsschubertiad1966]

00:14:54

[@rdean182]

Previn was an extraordinary talent. But this isn't my favorite recording of the piece. Prefer much smaller orch and his cadenza sounds like Chopin.

[@alexanderhoffmann346]

Flügel klingt nicht gut, ist zu hoch gestimmt bzw. Maestro Previn spielt mit zuviel Pedal. Es gibt weit bessere Aufnahmen.