Camerata Academica des Mozarteums Salzburg

Camerata Academica des Mozarteums Salzburg, Géza Anda – Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 6, 17 & 21 (1962/2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:18:51 minutes | 1,45 GB | Genre: Classical
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Although he played very little Mozart in his early career Géza Anda became the first pianist to record the full cycle of Mozart’s piano concerti; he recorded them between 1961 and 1969, conducting himself from the keyboard. His performance of the Andante from Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 in C on the soundtrack of the 1967 film Elvira Madigan led to the epithet “Elvira Madigan” often being applied to the concerto. Indeed his performance of this work is generally considered the benchmark recording; he plays artistically, full of emotion and the orchestra supports him wholeheartedly. His performance of the 17th concerto is also superb and the 6th is equally pleasing.

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