Alfred Brendel, Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields, Sir Nevlle Marriner – Mozart: Piano Concertos 12 & 17 (1970) [Reissue 2016] [MCH SACD ISO + DSF DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC]

Alfred Brendel, Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields, Sir Nevlle Marriner – Mozart: Piano Concertos 12 & 17 (1970) [Reissue 2016] [MCH SACD ISO + DSF DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 55:41 minutes | Front/Rear Covers | 2,32 GB
or DSD64 2.0 Stereo (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Front/Rear Covers | 2,21 GB
or FLAC Stereo (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Front/Rear Covers | 1,13 GB
Features Stereo and Quadrophonic Surround Sound | Label: Pentatone # PTC 5186 236

Anyone who knows the series of piano concertos of Mozart with Brendel and Marriner knows of its importance and significance. Few pairings of conductor and pianist have so successfully navigated Mozart’s supreme masterpieces with such panache and style, and when these were released both critical opinion and public acclaim merged as if one voice to proclaim them the most sensational recorded issuances of these works ever accomplished. They were not entirely complete—and this is a shame. But the greats and almost-greats were, making them mandatory acquisitions. This release, one in Pentatone’s series dedicated to reissues of recordings originally made in four-channel surround sound for quadraphonics, is a real beauty, and self-recommending, one of two the company has released so far.Being one of the founding fathers of the German-Viennese classical tradition, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s contribution to music history speaks for itself. More specifically, one of his greatest achievements in composition is the piano concerto. While improvising and experimenting Austrian pianist Alfred Brendel is one of the most important exponents of the German-Viennese classic and romantic traditions, whose intellectual rigor and poetic spirit has enriched the public for more than 60 years. The main focus throughout his extensive concert and recording career has been on interpreting Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann and Brahms. This interaction between instrumental and operatic elements can particularly be heard in the last movement of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17, which on this album is coupled with his Piano Concerto No. 12.

Austrian pianist Alfred Brendel is one of the most important exponents of the German-Viennese classic and romantic traditions, whose intellectual rigor and poetic spirit has enriched the public for more than 60 years. The main focus throughout his extensive concert and recording career has been on interpreting Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann and Brahms.

This latest release in PENTATONE’s Remastered Classics series presents a 1970 Philips Classics recording of the two piano concertos in a performance by Alfred Brendel, with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields conducted by Sir Neville Marriner. It doesn’t get much better than that.

Tracklist:

01. Piano Concerto No. 12 in A, K. 414 – Allegro
02. Piano Concerto No. 12 in A, K. 414 – Andante
03. Piano Concerto No. 12 in A, K. 414 – Rondo (Allegretto)
04. Piano Concerto No. 17 in G, K. 453 – Allegro
05. Piano Concerto No. 17 in G, K. 453 – Andante
06. Piano Concerto No. 17 in G, K. 453 – Allegretto

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