 Mozart's brilliance in 7.1 Surround Sound |
| Review Date: December 11, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Keith Piterson, Chicago, IL |
Alfred Brendel's recent revisits to his discographic Mozartian past have yielded great results, and this release is no exception. Brendel achieves playing that's pin-sharp in focus, his scrupulous clarity depends on the keyboard/finger interface alone, hardly ever touching the pedals, yet attaining much of the ear-pricking transparency you'd expect from a classical-period fortepiano. Sir Charles Mackerras' astonishing conducting of the 25th concerto takes the center stage. He reveals the full measure of Mozart's brilliance as an orchestrator, eliciting lean textures that allow important wind and brass motives their due. Every nuance of voicing and timbre is pinpointed to a tee.
This Blu-ray Audio Disc demonstrates compellingly several of the advantages that 7.1 surround sound can bring to such a recording - greater spacial detail, greater fidelity of piano sound, and an extra `presence' that brings the listener perceptibly closer to the performance it is also convincingly demonstrate the unequalled richness, depth and detail that 7.1 multi-channel recordings can offer.
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The sound quality is excellent. Is Brendel the ghost of Mozart?
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| Review Date: October 18, 2009 |
| Reviewer: J. Jordan, Cleveland, OH |
The performance of No 25 K503 is actually rather Beethovenian, which seems correct to me for this later work: the orchestral introduction is robust and Brendel's entry is similarly dramatic. Throughout this work the woodwind solos and string playing are really beautiful, and Brendel plays with an ideal combination of power and crisp elegance, especially in the finale. Brendel's interpretation of the sonatas is insightful and, where appropriate, very moving. This is a truly gorgeous and very classical true to Mozart from. Beautiful in it`s simplicty
Sonically, this DTS-HD recording is superb - as I have mentioned the acoustic is fairly spacious but the presence of the performers is excellent, with a generous soundstage and tangible depth to the image.
I only listened in multichannel, and give this very high marks for the technical side of the recording. I can't recall a piano concerto recording where the solo instrument sounded as good as it does here. The performances are also excellent, so this Blu-ray Audio disc is very recommendable. |
Great Mozart playing
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| Review Date: October 21, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Music Collector, New York, NY |
As someone not too keen on piano music - too often prone to sef indulgent brooding or ill tempered histrionics - I have only ever felt comfortable with Mozart's piano Scottish Chamber Orchestra, in all three volumes of The Great Piano Concerto and sonatas, deliver some of the most breathtakingly beautiful music that I, for one, have heard in a long time. The piano and orchestra are lively, sensitive and, almost playfully at times, in complete agreement with each other. Mozart knew a good tune and, when he got one, he'd turn it into another one and then, just when you thought it couldn't get any better, he'd top it all with something to leave you astonished that someone could create such exquisite music. Just listen to the second movement of concerto number 25, for example but, to be honest, listen to all three volumes of these concerto and you will have dozens of melodies swirling round your mind and enriching your life forever.
Brendels's interpretation of the sonatas is insightful and, where appropriate, very moving. In my opinion this is a "must have" box set for anyone wanting to have all of the sonatas in one collection. On the point of the music itself, I used to overlook Mozart's solo piano music in favour of his concerti and the Operas. So, when I bought this Disc I was amazed how much invention there is in these often intimate works. This is the definitive Mozart for me. |
it's like hearing Mozart anew.
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| Review Date: February 23, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Al Perkins, Florida, USA |
My list of all the wonderful things that transpire through the pianists' sublimely synchronized fingers, minds, and hearts would take longer to read than for you to listen to this disc all the way through. Yet the pianist's articulation, timing, and expressive economy fills each phrase with inspired life. While his homegrown cadenzas depart from Mozart's harmonic syntax, Brendel's suaver delivery allows them to mesh more naturally with their surroundings this time around. Sir Charles Mackerras' astonishing conducting, however, takes center stage. He reveals the full measure of Mozart's brilliance as an orchestrator. Every nuance of voicing and timbre is pinpointed to a tee, yet nothing ever sounds forced or self-conscious, and, needless to say, transcends mere accompaniment.
Whether you listen in 7.1 DTS-HD surround or conventional 5.1, you will be rewarded with supremely natural, tactile, and warmly focused recorded sound. Excellent internal balances, rich bass, and an open but never shrill top project the music so that nothing comes between you and a visceral experience of the music itself.
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Remarkable performance!
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| Review Date: April 21, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Pure Francis, |
| Brendel's interpretations of Mozart's piano concertos are immortal classics that should not be overlooked. Granted, it is a crowded field, which include many excellent accounts (Perahia's, for example). But these Blu-ray recordings are fine examples of the rare moments in music making. Brendel knows Mozart by heart, and he performs these works with an unmatched dedication and sophistication. Technical brilliance is not the ultimate goal here; it is rather the music itself, how to let it flow with a balanced passion. This keeps the element of spontaneity, so crucial in Mozart's music, alive and sparkling. |
Exellent!
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| Review Date: June 4, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Steven Shelov, Chicago, IL, USA |
Add me to the people raving about this new 7.1 music titles. I have been searching for quite some time to find music on Blu-ray and I finally found it. The quality of the recordings is very high, as one would expect with DTS-HD Master Audio. I would buy this disc set first, listen to it for about three months, and then and only then move on to the other stuff.
I must say that listening to this discs is a wonderful change to today's music.
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Music in DTS-HD Master Audio
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| Review Date: April 27, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Phillip Berry, San Francisco, CA/ Nice, Fr |
| This was one of the very first Blu-ray recordings I ever owned. I got it as soon after buying Sony 550 Blu-ray player. I listened to this excellent performance again and again amazed at the quality of the sound this great new medium provided. I was hooked. There was no going back to CD. This recordings is a must have for a classical (or any other music genre) lovers Blu-ray collection.7.1 Music Classical Colletion - Acoustic Reality Experience [Blu-ray] |
Deprived Beauty
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| Review Date: June 8, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Benjamin, Florida, USA |
| I find Mozart's piano concerto and sonatas just a joy to listen to. Should there be a heaven, and should I manage to go there, I wouldn't be surprised if piano concerto no. 25 is playing on the way up. At least that is how it makes me feel when listening. Like the music of Bach, there is an underlying simplicity in Mozart's music that makes it very accessible and timeless. On a technical note, I found the sound quality of DTS-HD is outstanding, and of course it does not get better than this entire cast of musicians and producers (including the brilliant Alfred Brendel). |
great artistry from Brendel
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| Review Date: October 23, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Falco, Frankfurt |
| The sound quality alone is so much better than on any other recording of a Mozart concerto that I know, it's a permanent joy just how brilliant, fluent and full bodied both piano and orchestra are recorded (or rather, re-mastered - I hear older, un-re-mastered versions are nowhere near as good). The most important thing, though, has to be the reading. It is perfect. Brendel manages to integrate and blend the seemingly competing hallmark traits of Mozart's: The lightness and joy with the thoughtfulness and depth; the dancing ease with the introspective qualities of the slow movements. There is an utterly natural, incredibly engaging flow to the playing, sharing pianist Brendel understanding of the music. His approach is deceptively simple but it belies great artistry. These Mozart performances are intimate, classical, spontaneous and deeply satisfying. He employs no pianistic tricks or interpretive quirks, just gives us the music as close to Mozart's scores as possible. I've loved these sonatas for many years and listened to a fair few performances, and I can't but recommend this disc with the greatest enthusiasm. This is purely Mozart. |
Mozart Piano Works
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| Review Date: March 12, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Laura Collins, |
I just had a lovely memento of a fine Mozart evening.
Pianist Alfred Brendel applies his stylish sensitivity to Mozart concerto and sonatas. There's just enough ornamentation to keep the listener on guard, but never more than necessary. You never can get enough Mozart from vibrant, crystal clarity sound of DTS-HD Master Audio, is more on the way? |
state-of-the-art recording
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| Review Date: April 20, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Mark Skinner, Boston, MA |
| The DTS-HD Master Audio disc illuminates subtle acoustic and timbral details to the extent that the listening experience is just that much more engaging and vibrant. The Multichannel Blu-ray version conveys a true sense of both height and depth such that you hear and "feel" the hall, the instruments seem realistically separated in "real space", and Brendel's elegant touch in the slower movements becomes more riveting, he delivers a well-nigh perfect realization of his enlivening vision, and he deserves full credit for his achievement. |
Blissful!
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| Review Date: April 27, 2009 |
| Reviewer: B. Bernstein, New York, NY |
There are no words to describe how much I love these works! I've listened to them dozens of times to the point of becoming intoxicated by their themes! And I mean really intoxicated, to the point where you replay in your head the same themes every given moment of the day or night, while you get up in the morning, you eat, work, rest, read, watch tv, even in your sleep.
The interaction of the orchestra with the piano were blended perfectly. Mozart takes one little theme & develops it into a beautiful piece of music. Being a piano player myself, it is especially amazing to hear the complexity and dexterity of Alfred Brendel.
Alfred Brendel is one of the world's most famous pianists, but not for reasons that make Argerich, Paderewski, or Rubinstein famous. Brendel is an expert both artistically and technically but he is not given to highly individualistic interpretations that rattle purists and create controversy. In other words, Brendel is a highly reliable pianist. Like Murray Perahia, there are no let downs in his recorded performances and the Disc captures it all in clear, high-powered, state of the art DTS-HD sound, and the Blu-ray version is simply as fine as anything the new medium has to offer. So it doesn't matter if you already own recordings of these works; you'll hear them afresh on this captivating disc--one that offers a rewarding and enriching experience for anyone with even the slightest interest in something new, or in new ways of listening to the tried and true. |
Essential!
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| Review Date: January 17, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Hi-Def.Sam, |
| Brendel does more than just play the music very well: he evokes its purpose and lavishness of content in such a way that brings the listener as close as possible to Mozart himself. The result 7.1 DTS-HD Audio format gives the music tremendous physicality and impact. Make no mistake, this is one of the great versions of Mozart's masterpieces. |
This music is simply beautiful.
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| Review Date: June 3, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Richard Torbo, Miami, FL |
| I love classical piano, and this work is incredible. I cannot tell you how beautiful sound of this disk is. The best part might be that this is actually first of 7.1 recordings ever! There are not words for this work's beauty, and if you are still living without this disk, your life is lacking. I'm not exaggerating. I'm not kidding. This is one great disk. |
recordings such as this will help keep great music alive
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| Review Date: April 11, 2010 |
| Reviewer: William Stromberg, |
Mozart's piano concertos and sonatas occupy a very special place amongst his works. Circumstances enabled him to become regarded in Vienna as composer and performer when he presented twelve of the later concertos to an appreciative audience in Vienna in the 1780s. His letters reveal how personal and important these works were to him. The piano concertos also show how he could imbue a musical form with a depth and a breadth that no one before, and few since, has encompassed.
Decca invited Alfred Brendel to record the complete series, with Charles Mackerras and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, as conductor. The performances were re-released, sounding warm, natural and detailed, in 2009 by Surround Records.
Other pianists might produce a better effect here or there, or provide different inflections and nuances that are appropriate, but Barenboim's interpretations seem to me to be totally satisfying. He uses what Mozart cadenzas have survived and elsewhere provides either his own or those written by creative keyboard players of an earlier generation such as Edwin Fischer and Wanda Landowska.
Recordings have not yet been able to capture the spatial dynamics that seems so magical at an actual performance of a Mozart piano concerto. You can't yet hear and see when only the wind section of the orchestra is playing, or that the trumpet is announcing from the back of the stage that the Concerto is about to finish. Meanwhile, recordings such as this will help keep great music alive in your head and your home. |
DO NOT BUY PIRATED COPIES FROM BLU-RAY BLISS!
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| Review Date: May 11, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Patrick Miller, San Francisco, CA USA |
DO NOT BUY PIRATED COPIES FROM BLU-RAY BLISS
this are the copies that have problems! |
Mozart on Blu-ray.
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| Review Date: June 26, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Classico, London, UK |
Put together a great Mozart conductor, his favourite chamber orchestra and the most venerated exponent of the austro/german classics of our times and it would be hard for this to fail ! The chemistry between the all three sparkles. Mackerras listens to Brendel, they exhange little turns of phrase, musical ideas; the orchestra joins in the fun and games; the result this spontaneous, fresh, joyous recording.
Brendel's interpretations unfold gently, phrasing is carefully subtle. Mackerras and the orchestra sound so sympathetic and clearly relishing every note (the SCO is outstanding, notably so the contribution from the woodwind). The recording is perfectly balanced.
I doubt there's a better coupling on the market. For me this is as close to perfection as one could ever wish for in a Mozart disc. |
5 without a doubt. Top class polish and interpretation
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| Review Date: June 29, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Richard Vaymen, Chicago, IL USA |
| As someone with a number versions of Mozarts piano sonatas I am just voting a 5 here as it is a 5. I think Brendel really understands the beauty and grace of these pieces.I found her playing flawless and her interpretation wonderful, Absolutely no way does this deserve a couple of 1`s. Just voting..Didn`t wish to comment. You cannot possibly be dispointed with this. Some of the most beautiful versions I have heard of Mozart `s piano sonatas are on here.For me she really does understand Mozart better than many. This is definately in the top few versions of all time in these piano sonatas... There are some pieces so precison done and with such a light and graceful touch you know she understands Mozart. Utterlybrilliant, My most played version of these wonderful piano pieces so probably my favourite. No way is this a . Do not be put of by people who obviously do not udnerstand Brendel or Mozart. Clear crisp recording.. perfect sound quality of 7.1 dts-hd master audio and wonderful touch. She is a real artist this lady. This is not soulness at all.I cannot think of a version which captures to my mind more of Mozart`s spirti as I imagine it through his works. This is a truly gorgeous and very classical true to Mozart from. Beautiful in it`s simplicty. |
Great Brendel and Makerras!
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| Review Date: August 1, 2010 |
| Reviewer: S. Goldin, |
| If you have to invest in a set of Mozart Piano Concertos you could do a lot worse than this offering which teams the unrivalled talents of Alfred Brendel with Charles Makerras and his world famous orchestra, his interpretation is authoritative if not poetic, the famous "Elvira Madigan" rendition here may not be as poetic as say Mitsuku Uchida's interpretation, I suppose it's worth investing in both so you could have 1 for each mood you happen to be in at the time, but like everything else the more you listen to the one version, the less critical you tend to be, and that's what counts.On paper these sonatas look relatively straightforward for a modestly competent pianist such as myself, but great Mozart playing is the highest level of attainment. Lately he's been returning to Mozart. As with his exquisite Haydn Sonata performances, Brendel's approach is deceptively simple but it belies great artistry. These Mozart performances are intimate, classical, spontaneous and deeply satisfying. He employs no pianistic tricks or interpretive quirks, just gives us the music as close to Mozart's scores as possible. I've loved these sonatas for many years and listened to a fair few performances, and I can't but recommend this disc with the greatest enthusiasm. |
new generation of multichannel audio
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| Review Date: April 8, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Paul Dickinson, Chicago, IL |
| I'd take these performances with me to test audio equipment any day, and the fact that they are equally fine interpretively is just the icing on the cake. Indeed, so fine do they sound that this new multichannel format merely serves to offer a listening experience of a slightly "different" rather than "better" order. All discussions of aesthetics aside, you simply won't find more intelligent or musical recorder playing anywhere, and if you're a fan of Mozart and have Blu-ray player this release will be essential listening. In sum, this is an outstanding recording, strongly recommended, especially to those who want to experience the power of the new generation of multichannel audio. |
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