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Hmm. And No. 27 not even dignified w/ a mention! And what's No. 9?
Chopped liver?
Actually, I like No. 25, and it is perhaps my favorite. Obviously a case
of de gustibus, etc. It was the first lp I ever bought (in 1950) w/ Gaby
Casadessus playing the piano and Eugene Bigot conducting the Lamoureux
orchestra. As I recall the album notes, it was first performed in Vienna
on December 4, 1786 (for the Advent concert season) w/ Mozart playing and
conducting, and then not performed publicly again until 1934 when Schnabel
played it w/ Szell conducting the Vienna Philharmonic. It was, however,
never an unknown work, and was quoted and analyzed by both 19th and 20th
century musicologists. Tovey used it as the primary example of the perfect
classical concerto, asserting (according to the record jacket notes) it
to be superior to the Beethoven concertos. The comparison was among
"classical" concertos, leaving out of consideration, I would assume,
Beethoven's last three concertos.
Walter Meyer
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