Mozart, Concerto in A, K. 488

[scriabinophile]

I want to have a student work on the Mozart Concerto in A, K.488, and I'd appreciate advice on a good modern edition with orchestra reduction for second piano.  (As a student, I learned this piece from an old Shirmer Edition with second piano reduction, but I've misplaced that copy over the years. Plus, I don't recall that edition being anything great. Now, when I play the piece, I refer to a minature score so I can also see the orchestra parts.) Anyway, I'd like my student to buy a modern Urtext edition with a nice, clear layout that is printed on good quality paper. Fingering suggestions and intelligent editorial comments (eg: about the bare-bones nature of the second movement piano writing, and about possible embellishments) would be a plus.

On IMSLP, I see an old (1938) Peters Edition by Edwin Fischer and Kurt Soldan.  

https://javanese.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/5/50/IMSLP89451-PMLP15393-Mozart---PianoConcerto-No23---2Pianos.pdf

On first glance, it looks fairly good, but since it's now in public domain, I suspect that version is out of print. I'm going to check into whether that edition is still in print and for sale somewhere, but if someone knows of something else that might be better, please let me know.  Thanks!

[j_menz]

It's still in print, and can be purchased, inter alia, here.

[cometear]

I think a Urtext edition would be best. Great copy for concerti. Actually, I'm using one myself for an upcoming competition.

[scriabinophile]

I think a Urtext edition would be best.

Right.  Actually, the German word "Urtext" simply means that an edition is based on the earliest text(s), which in the case of K. 488 would be Mozart's manuscript.  There are many different Urtext editions by different publishers. For K. 488, I see online that Breitkopf has an Untext edition; Baerenreiter has one, too. So does Eulenberg; and so does Henle. There are possibly others, as well.

The Henle Urtext edition of K. 488 apparently was edited by Andras Schiff; I'm tempted to have the student get the Henle edition. 

Q: Does anyone out there actually own the Henle Urtext edition of K. 488?  If so, what do you think of it?

I appreciate the help/advice. I live in Asia, nowhere near a large classical music store, so I cannot just run out and look at lots of scores for comparison.  I have to order things online, sight unseen.

[cometear]

Thanks for the info. I always associated Urtext with Henle.

[j_menz]

There are many different Urtext editions by different publishers. For K. 488, I see online that Breitkopf has an Untext edition; Baerenreiter has one, too. So does Eulenberg; and so does Henle. There are possibly others, as well.

Indeed. The Peters Edition you have now proudly displays "Urtext" on its cover.