Aaron Rabushka wrote:

>As far as Mozart's successfully maintaining a grim mood I would agree
>on the g-minor symphony, not on the c-minor concerto.  I've always been
>frustrated how the building blacks of tragedy in that concerto have been
>shortchanged by the need for the pianist to show off.

In my view, the grandest c minor piano concerto would be the first movement
from Mozart's w/ the second two from Beethoven's.

Walter Meyer