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Mozart: Piano Concertos No 9 & 21 / Mitsuko Uchida, Cleveland Orchestra


Release Date: 09/04/2012 
Label:  Decca   Catalog #: 001718102  
Composer:  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Mitsuko Uchida
Conductor:  Mitsuko Uchida
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Cleveland Orchestra
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
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Notes and Editorial Reviews

The definitive Mozart pianist of our time continues her Grammy Award-winning series of concerto recordings with no. 9 known as “Jeunehomme” and very popular no. 21.

The Concertos Nos. 23 and 24 release in the series was a huge critical and popular success, already selling nearly 30,000 copies and winning a Grammy award.

These extraordinary performances are the result of Mitsuko Uchida’s longstanding association with The Cleveland Orchestra. Unlike her first cycle of recordings for Philips, they feature Dame Mitsuko directing the orchestra herself, from the piano, delighting in a very special musical collaboration.

“No pianist conveys the rapture of Mozart quite like Mitsuko Uchida does” -- The
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Works on This Recording

1. Concerto for Piano no 9 in E flat major, K 271 "Jeunehomme" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Mitsuko Uchida (Piano)
Conductor:  Mitsuko Uchida
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Cleveland Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1777; Salzburg, Austria 
2. Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:  Mitsuko Uchida (Piano)
Conductor:  Mitsuko Uchida
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Cleveland Orchestra
Period: Classical 
Written: 1785; Vienna, Austria 

Customer Reviews

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 I'm Hoping for the Whole Cycle February 12, 2013 By Jay S. (Pepper Pike, OH) See All My Reviews "We're long-time 'fans' of the Cleveland Orchestra and always have enjoyed Uchida's remarkable performances conducting and playing the Mozart piano concertos. I'm hoping that one day she and the CO complete the cycle on these brilliantly recorded and realized CDs." Report Abuse
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