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Post Subject: Foo-foo Mozart PC 20 & 25 (Angel 35215)Posted by Paul S on: 7/13/2008
Hans Rosbaud directing the Philharmonia Orchestra (more's the pity)
Re, K 503: Rosbaud should be blindfolded and tied to a chair, forced to listen to Paul Angerer/Pro Musica (Vienna), with Alfred Brendel (qv).
Here, R wants that over-the-top, fop-ish "courtly" sound, which lightens the piece to the point of degradation, IMO, and then G gives up after the 1st cadenza.
#20 (K 466) is a tiny bit "better", I suppose, but only because the minor key seems to thwart Rosbaud's intentions somewhat.
Is G just going through the motions here, or am I just so put off by Rosbaud that I am lumping them together?
I tried the Brendel K 503 and it is wonderful, as always.
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