747313912988

Michelangeli Plays Mozart Piano Concertos Nos. 15 & 20

Arturo Benedetto Michelangeli; Sinfonieorchester des Suddeutschen Rundfunks; Anton von Bavier

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Format: CD

Cat No: SWR19129CD

Release Date:  11 August 2023

Label:  Swr Classic / SWR Classic

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  747313912988

Genres:  Classical  Orchestral  

Composer/Series:  Michelangeli plays Mozart Piano Concertos Nos. 15 & 20

  • Description

    Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli's piano playing is until this day highly praised for its tremendous reflectiveness. He could spend decades immersing himself in a piece in order to get to know it inside out. His art of touch, his wealth of overtones and his highly refined sense of sound are just as praiseworthy qualities that came in especially useful for playing Chopin and Debussy. Michelangeli is, however, less known as a Mozart interpreter which makes these 1956 recordings with the orchestra of Suddeutscher Rundfunk conducted by Anton von Bavier so fascinating. Here, Michelangeli presents a life-affirming, even vigorous Mozart with almost Olympian pride. His manner of playing is always forward-pushing, at times boisterously passionate. In his interpretation there is no exaggerated sensitivity, no fiddling with sound, no over-reflectiveness and, in particular, no sentimentality in the slow movements.