Track Listing

1. Concerto for 2 pianos & orchestra in E flat major ('Concerto No. 10'), K. 365 (K. 316a): I. Allegro
2. Concerto for 2 pianos & orchestra in E flat major ('Concerto No. 10'), K. 365 (K. 316a): II. Andante
3. Concerto for 2 pianos & orchestra in E flat major ('Concerto No. 10'), K. 365 (K. 316a): III. Rondeaux: Allegro
4. Concerto for 3 (or 2) pianos & orchestra in F major ('Lodron,' 'Concerto No. 7'), K. 242: I. Allegro
5. Concerto for 3 (or 2) pianos & orchestra in F major ('Lodron,' 'Concerto No. 7'), K. 242: II. Adagio
6. Concerto for 3 (or 2) pianos & orchestra in F major ('Lodron,' 'Concerto No. 7'), K. 242: III. Rondo: Tempo di Menuetto
7. Fantasia for mechanical organ in F minor, K. 608: I. Allegro ritenuto
8. Fantasia for mechanical organ in F minor, K. 608: II. Andante
9. Fantasia for mechanical organ in F minor, K. 608: III. Allegro ritenuto
10. Variations (5) on an original theme for piano, 4 hands in G major, K. 501: Andante
11. Variations (5) on an original theme for piano, 4 hands in G major, K. 501: Variation I
12. Variations (5) on an original theme for piano, 4 hands in G major, K. 501: Variation II
13. Variations (5) on an original theme for piano, 4 hands in G major, K. 501: Variation III
14. Variations (5) on an original theme for piano, 4 hands in G major, K. 501: Variation IV
15. Variations (5) on an original theme for piano, 4 hands in G major, K. 501: Variation V

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #38108 in Music
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 1991-08-23
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .23 pounds

Amazon.com
Radu Lupu and Murray Perahia should have recorded all of Mozart's piano music for four hands, which includes several neglected masterpieces. This disc reflects their ideal partnership, two artists of great sensitivity collaborating in performances that feature constant interplay of parts, alertness to each other's work, and superb playing as individuals. The Concerto for Two Pianos ripples along without a care in the world, just as it should, and the English Chamber Orchestra doesn't seem to care that nobody is conducting it. The pieces without orchestra are a bit less significant (as is the Concerto for Three Pianos), but the playing is so beautiful you won't care. --Leslie Gerber

Customer Reviews

Essential Mozart
As a reviewer on another piece noted, the modern world seems bent on presenting Mozart as the wunderkind (Tom Hulce playing him like a Martin Short character from SCTV in 'Amadeus' may have had *something* to do with it). Anyway, this was the disc that opened my mind up to another view of Mozart. I wouldn't call it masculine, but rather, deep, brooding, emotional and above all monstrously convincing: these pieces and the fantastic playing on this disc will make you realize that Mozart was not just a huge influence on Romantic music, but that he deserves more credit than he's gotten for the emergence of the deeply personal, individualistic styles of the 19th C.

The Fm Fantasia was a revelation worthy of the purchase price, if you haven't heard that piece.

Mozart: Music for 2 and 3 Pianos
Wow...this is a wondeful recording, plain and simple.

If you haven't listened to the Fanatsia in F minor, originally for mechanical organ, then this is the recording to commence doing so with. This is a fantasic rendition of this piece, full of the darkness that must have pervaded Mozart's final years.

The finale of the E-flat Concerto K365 is also a one-of-a-kind showpiece with wonderful dialogue between the 2 pianos.

Highly recommend this recording as the very best available of the pieces it contains.

Sheer piano lust!
This is one of my all time favorite piano works. I have several different versions of K365 and this seems the best combination of punch/musicality/flow. Fantasia K608 is a masterpiece on its own and probably a one of a kind interpretation since it was originally written for the organ, then re-writeen (not by Mozart) for 2 pianos, and last edited by Perahia and Lupu for its final form.
Highly recommended!