Search - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood :: Mozart: Piano Concertos K271 & K414 / Robert Levin, AAM, Hogwood

Robert Levin's Mozart concerto series continues with great success. Again he improvises his own cadenzas to the Concertos, just as Mozart would have done, and decorates the written text with little embellishments and flourishes. Most of the time, though, he just plays what Mozart wrote, bringing it to life with his animated and intelligent playing. There are already two sets of Mozart piano concertos on period instruments in the catalog. Malcolm Bilson's (Archiv) is wonderful, and although I haven't heard Jos van Immerseel's (Channel Classics), I'm told it's also very good. But if you can't splurge on Mozart, what's money good for? --Leslie Gerber