MOZART: GREAT PIANO CONCERTOS, VOL. 1 (NTSC)

MOZART: GREAT PIANO CONCERTOS VOL. I

Mitsuko Uchida · Vladimir Ashkenazy · Homero Francesch
Mozarteum Orchester, Salzburg; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
Jeffrey Tate; Vladimir Ashkenazy; Gerd Albrecht, conductors

Picture Format: NTSC · 4:3 fullscreen
Sound Formats: PCM Stereo · Dolby Digital 5.1 · DTS 5.1
Region Code: 0
Booklet Notes: English, German, French
Running Time: 95 mins

AVAILABLE IN EUROPE, NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, DUBAI & SOUTH AFRICA

Cat. No.: 2010218

• Mozart Year 2006 - 250th birthday on 27 January 2006
• Featuring a piano concerto from each period of Mozart's life in a series of four DVDs
  (VOL I: No.9, K.271 "Jeunehomme"; No.12, K.414; No.26, K.537 "Coronation")
• With performances by internationally well-known soloists
  (VOL I: Mitsuko Uchida, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Homero Francesch)
• The performances were shot in highly attractive baroque venues - castles, palaces - where Mozart lived, composed and performed himself
  (VOL I: Mozarteum, Salzburg; Hampton Court Palace, London; Christian-Zais-Saal, Wiesbaden)
• Further releases, VOL II - September, VOL III - October, VOL IV - November

"One heard a polished, technically superb, finely blended and beautifully balanced account." -- The Chicago Tribune on Uchida's Mozart interpretation

"…modern, very truthful recordings of one of the pre-eminent Mozart pianists of the day, directed by a Mozart expert. Could we wish for anything better - probably not." -- MusicWeb on Uchida's/Tate's Mozart audio recording

"The Mozart concerto benefit from Ashkenazy's tasteful, cultivated keyboard contributions." -- Classic.com on Ashkenazy's Mozart interpretation