Who is the best Mozart Interpreter? (Read 51322 times)

sjeon · «Reply #50 on: March 05, 2010, 03:22:54 PM »

Horowitz and Eschenbach

vviola · «Reply #51 on: March 05, 2010, 10:23:25 PM »

Quote from: john11inch on March 05, 2010, 11:20:14 AM

He's also recorded a lot of Mozart's chamber music and another set of Sonatas, although I can't find that CD for sale any more. But if you actually bother(ed) to look for it, you'll find various parts of it online for download.

No, I didn't really bother, I figured you would find it for me. Thanks. Do you know if the Schubert recordings are any good?

john11inc · «Reply #52 on: March 06, 2010, 01:38:25 AM »

Quote from: vviola on March 05, 2010, 10:23:25 PM

No, I didn't really bother, I figured you would find it for me. Thanks. Do you know if the Schubert recordings are any good?

You should find out for yourself.

jcabraham · «Reply #53 on: March 08, 2010, 09:16:33 PM »

Malcolm Bilson. Christian (Christoph?) Immerseel. Go fortepiano!

pocho · «Reply #54 on: March 09, 2010, 12:16:56 AM »

I love Gieseking.

vviola · «Reply #55 on: March 09, 2010, 12:22:08 AM »

Quote from: jcabraham on March 08, 2010, 09:16:33 PM

Malcolm Bilson. Christian (Christoph?) Immerseel. Go fortepiano!

Two good suggestions! The sonatas also sound quite nice on a clavichord, though I'm not sure anyone has recorded them on one yet.

vviola · «Reply #56 on: March 13, 2010, 09:52:22 PM »

The Alexei Lubimov recordings on fortepiano are also worth looking for.

rmbarbosa · «Reply #57 on: April 04, 2010, 02:39:11 PM »

Do you Know Maria João Pires? Not only with Mozart but also Chopin? She is amazing, perhaps the best I know. Have a look in you tube. Or, better, buy one of her CDs. I would like to know what you think about her.

steinwayb · «Reply #58 on: April 04, 2010, 08:15:00 PM »

Another vote for Uchida. Her version of the sonatas, and the concertos, exhibit pure egoless poaying.

rmbarbosa · «Reply #59 on: April 07, 2010, 11:12:21 PM »

Maria João Pires surely is one of the bests.

si987654321 · «Reply #60 on: April 10, 2010, 05:30:07 AM »

There is a wonderful pianist Natalia Pushkantser, some of the works in her performance can be heard on www.YouTube.com, including the sonata by Mozart. But a concert of Mozart N20 on this site:
http://www.stapravda.ru/projects/afisha/cantabile/music.shtml

simonjp90 · «Reply #61 on: April 10, 2010, 09:46:54 PM »

HOWARD SHELLEY BY A MILE!!! obviously!

ennodio · «Reply #62 on: April 11, 2010, 01:41:06 PM »

Claudio Arrau, always and forever

birba · «Reply #63 on: April 12, 2010, 02:22:24 PM »

Quote from: rmbarbosa on April 04, 2010, 02:39:11 PM

Do you Know Maria João Pires? Not only with Mozart but also Chopin? She is amazing, perhaps the best I know. Have a look in you tube. Or, better, buy one of her CDs. I would like to know what you think about her.

Among living pianists, definitely the top mozart (and not only) interpreter.

pianisten1989 · «Reply #64 on: April 13, 2010, 04:37:58 PM »

Lang Lang.

mmcquillen · «Reply #65 on: August 17, 2012, 08:41:55 PM »

Australian great pianist Gil Sullivan ("The finest interpreter of Mozart in the world" - Südhessen Woche, Germany)

Mozart's Sonata in B flat - K498a (First Movement)

scherzo123 · «Reply #66 on: August 17, 2012, 09:59:31 PM »

Horowitz and Uchida

stiefel · «Reply #67 on: August 18, 2012, 11:15:50 PM »

I love a recording on Youtube of Daniil Trifonov playing concerto 23 in A. Trifonov makes Mozart sound very delicate, feminine, and almost pathetic. Part of me thinks Trifonov goes a little over the top with the femininity, but part of me absolutely loves it!!!! It sounds so satisfied and calm -- almost the opposite of Horowitz's version.

Here is Trifonov:

maestro57 · «Reply #68 on: March 26, 2013, 06:03:49 AM »

I will chime in and say Mitsuko Uchida.

worov · «Reply #69 on: March 26, 2013, 08:55:59 AM »

Definitely Mitusko Uchida.

Lili Kraus is a close second :

awesom_o · «Reply #70 on: March 26, 2013, 02:57:52 PM »

My vote would go to Wanda Landowska:

The little improvisations and the cadenza at the end are totally how I imagine Mozart might have played it himself.

bubffm · «Reply #71 on: March 26, 2013, 09:06:35 PM »

Maria Joao Pires. By a mile. Haebler is also ver nice. I find Uchida pretty boring in the sonatas also I like her in other repertoire.

casey3040 · «Reply #72 on: March 29, 2013, 05:50:45 PM »

Uchida plays with so much expression and emotion. Very good player, but with several pieces, maybe a little too much. Gould should stick with Bach. Horowitz is a classic, and has the technical parts of mozart down, but seems to lack what Uchida has. Schiff is a lot like Uchida, so both get my vote. Emmanuel Ax has a great interpretation as well. Lang Lang plays Mozart OK....he plays in a musical childish way, which fits some of Mozarts pieces, but not all. Valentina Lisitsa has an OK interpretation. Overall my top favorites are: Uchida, Ax, and Schiff.

birba · «Reply #73 on: March 29, 2013, 06:05:46 PM »

Quote from: bubffm on March 26, 2013, 09:06:35 PM

Maria Joao Pires. By a mile. Haebler is also ver nice. I find Uchida pretty boring in the sonatas also I like her in other repertoire.

I wholeheartedly agree. Pires is tops. Uchida is boring, but a camp to watch.

watercooler · «Reply #74 on: March 31, 2013, 09:14:41 AM »

uchida!

lelle · «Reply #75 on: March 31, 2013, 12:17:21 PM »

I really like Ronald Brautigam playing on fortepiano

pianoman53 · «Reply #76 on: March 31, 2013, 01:04:42 PM »

I love Lili Kraus and Edwin Fischer. They have a bit different approach than modern pianists, so if one hears if for the first time, it might sound strange. Though, once I got used to it, I found it highly superior to today's porsilin versions.

danhuyle · «Reply #77 on: March 31, 2013, 11:31:46 PM »

Just for Mozart Sonatas, I like Andreas Schiff's rendition of this set. The clarity and artistry of his playing... WOW.

Other Mozart pieces, I don't know.

rmbarbosa · «Reply #78 on: April 05, 2013, 11:48:04 AM »

Maria João Pires.

ade16 · «Reply #79 on: April 05, 2013, 10:53:29 PM »

Brendel for me in terms of Mozart and Beethoven!!! Have been to several of his recitals over the years, as well as being very familiar with many of his recordings.

This is always going to be highly subjective!!! $:-\$

beethovenopus2no3movt2 · «Reply #80 on: April 10, 2013, 08:52:42 PM »

Guilda

birba · «Reply #81 on: April 11, 2013, 05:09:02 AM »

Well, that's either Gilda or Gulda. Can't you just imagine rita hayworth tearing into the 3rd movement of k.488?

j_menz · «Reply #82 on: April 11, 2013, 05:17:45 AM »

Quote from: birba on April 11, 2013, 05:09:02 AM

Can't you just imagine rita hayworth tearing into the 3rd movement of k.488?

Now that you mention it. Ravishing.

birba · «Reply #83 on: April 11, 2013, 07:00:25 AM »

Wonderful!!!!