Amazing! This beatiful concerto is forgotten and never played. The entrance of the piano in the 1st movement is odd and super. Excellent execution. Alberto 79
Mozart wrote his father that a performance of this and the following 5 piano concertos that he composed was "successful" (that is, made him some badly needed money). He added that this particular one would make a pianist sweat. I agree, and Ms. Uchida is up to the task!
This is the closest Mozart got to rewriting the marvelous concerto in D K. 175, this time with larger orchestration and better technique. The eighteen year old Mozart could never write that stunning passage at 1:11, again with piano at 7:06.
Gosto de concertos e sinfonias, sou cristalizado às composições de W. A. Mozart. Outras músicas são migalhas das mesas desses famosos. I like concerts and symphonies, I am crystallized from the compositions of W. A. Mozart. Other songs are crumbs from the tables of these famous ones.
Frequently the middle movement is played too slow for the 16th concerto. Mozart indicated "Andante", which in his time was a moderately rapid pace. This performance is pretty close to the brisker pace the composer intended.
It is only my guess, but I believe that Uchida style closely resembles that of Mozart, who according to many witnesses played in a subtle, soft, kind of feminine (by today standard) way.
I hate to break it to you all, but as a trained historian, Mozart was in fact considered to be a fairly poor pianist in his day. Beethoven himself (when he met him at 16 years old) said that Mozart's playing was "choppy." He didn't care for it. There was no legato at all to speak of. I am reminded of a concert where five different musicians performed concertos in Vienna. Mozart was one of them. The audience voted him the worst pianist of all five, despite an almost unanimous love for his music. It was said at that concert that Mozart had a tendency to play out of time with his left and right hands. A quirk. Mozart was indeed not at all a "great" piano player. He was a great musician and a prodigy, but he felt little need to hone his skills into perfection. He was simply glad to be competent, and a great composer. If anyone has evidence to the contrary, I would be happy to hear it.
To directly answer your question, Paul, Mozart's piano concertos are not demanding. When Beethoven sat down to play in front of Mozart, he played his late concerto in C minor. Mozart responded, "Anyone can play that, play something else." In short, Mozart was more than just a pianist-composer-musician. He was a businessman as well. He wrote his music for mass consumption, and the idea was to write music that most able musicians could play. Beethoven was the one who wrote concertos that others could not perform. The first concerto of Beethoven's is quite difficult, but the "Emperor" takes incredible skill and dexterity. Only a master can perform it.
***** I disagree. I am a historian and a PhD in the subject. I have ascertained the letters of one CONSTANZE MOZART. She attests to the fact that the meeting took place, and that those words were spoken. These letters are not for public consumption until a book is created. The letters also discuss an illnus with Franz Xaver Mozart, which I find fascinating. Perhaps he contracted Typhoid fever from Mozart during his father's death? There was an epidemic in Vienna at the time. I am also an M.D. - UCLA Medical School.
A cadenza is a part before the ending of the 1st movement, the 3rd movement, or both in which the pianist shows his/her virtuoso skills. In Mozart's time it was common to improvise it
In Mozart's time it was something free, but he wrote numerous cadenzas for his concertos thinking about the less gifted musicians who weren't very imaginative to compose their own cadenza, however it is possible that he played diferent cadenzas for the same concerto because he was able to improvise very well. Today improvising during a concerto is an almost dead tradition and also considered a wrong practice for some close-minded musicians, therefore is more habitual to play a cadenza written by Mozart or by another composer.
Daniel Maia Beethoven is one of the most rhythmically innovative composers in history, what the hell are you talking about. The 3rd movement of the Eroica is in three but is felt in two. There noting like the hemiola in the first movement of the same work in any Mozart.
Daniel Maia Why, because I caught you mouthing nonsense. You should remember there are people on RUclips, unlike you who know something, and when they read BS they respond.
Of all the recordings of Concerto No. 16, that of Mitsuko Uchida remains one of the most brilliant. Congratulations and thank you Madame.
The finale of this concerto opens like an operatic aria. I can just imagine a singer making his or her entrance after the introduction.
Such a great concerto, and unusually bold and adventurous for a Mozart work. It's Handelian, almost Beethovenian in its vivacity and verve.
Non acquisterò mai mai mai un prodotto od un servizio reclamizzato con un'interruzione ad un brano di Mozart !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Amazing! This beatiful concerto is forgotten and never played. The entrance of the piano in the 1st movement is odd and super. Excellent execution. Alberto 79
Love the woodwinds in this concerto!
Brilliant simply brilliant
De tous les enregistrements du concerto n° 16, celui de Mitsuko Uchida reste l' un des plus brillant. Bravo et merci Madame.
Mozart wrote his father that a performance of this and the following 5 piano concertos that he composed was "successful" (that is, made him some badly needed money). He added that this particular one would make a pianist sweat. I agree, and Ms. Uchida is up to the task!
Thank you. Wonderful always. She's fantastic.
Flawless.
This is the closest Mozart got to rewriting the marvelous concerto in D K. 175, this time with larger orchestration and better technique. The eighteen year old Mozart could never write that stunning passage at 1:11, again with piano at 7:06.
7:00 simply beautiful
Super Wolferl !!!
Como siempre...genial...alimenta el espíritu.
Gosto de concertos e sinfonias, sou cristalizado às composições de W. A. Mozart. Outras músicas são migalhas das mesas desses famosos. I like concerts and symphonies, I am crystallized from the compositions of W. A. Mozart. Other songs are crumbs from the tables of these famous ones.
7:06 - What an incredible passage!
I imagine this is close to how Mozart would play it himself.
he would play while looking at you with funny faces and smiling and dancing like if its so easy
Frequently the middle movement is played too slow for the 16th concerto. Mozart indicated "Andante", which in his time was a moderately rapid pace. This performance is pretty close to the brisker pace the composer intended.
Thanks for uploading!
amazing!!!!!!
This is fantastic
I enjoy Mitsuko Uchida interpretations of Mozart's Piano Concertos This Concerto is up to her excellent standards
Andrew Smith
It is only my guess, but I believe that Uchida style closely resembles that of Mozart, who according to many witnesses played in a subtle, soft, kind of feminine (by today standard) way.
I. Allegro assai
II. Andante (09:50)
III. Allegro di molto (15:51)
Mozart's musical adventurousness is seriously underplayed.
By whom? Uchida, Brendel, Barenboim, Vogt, and many others do a fantastic job!
I meant by people in general, not performers.
Mr. Palika, you seem to have difficulty choosing between Mr. Perahia and Dame Uchida, a difficulty I share :)
I've heard great interpertatons of this cocerto. NONE of them even come close to this one.
Why?
The opening has a V-IV transition. This is not "allowed" in classical music. Listen for it after the crescendo.
@shnimmuc...totally insane remark wich proves that you do not hav a clue what is going on in music
This is not...oops. Thinking 18
Was there a pianist other than Mozart capable of playing his demanding concertos, in his day?
+Paul H. Cohen Muzio Clementi evidently once bested Mozart in a piano duel.
I've read that Sergei Rachmaninoff was a great pianist as well in addition to being a composer.
I hate to break it to you all, but as a trained historian, Mozart was in fact considered to be a fairly poor pianist in his day. Beethoven himself (when he met him at 16 years old) said that Mozart's playing was "choppy." He didn't care for it. There was no legato at all to speak of. I am reminded of a concert where five different musicians performed concertos in Vienna. Mozart was one of them. The audience voted him the worst pianist of all five, despite an almost unanimous love for his music. It was said at that concert that Mozart had a tendency to play out of time with his left and right hands. A quirk. Mozart was indeed not at all a "great" piano player. He was a great musician and a prodigy, but he felt little need to hone his skills into perfection. He was simply glad to be competent, and a great composer. If anyone has evidence to the contrary, I would be happy to hear it.
To directly answer your question, Paul, Mozart's piano concertos are not demanding. When Beethoven sat down to play in front of Mozart, he played his late concerto in C minor. Mozart responded, "Anyone can play that, play something else." In short, Mozart was more than just a pianist-composer-musician. He was a businessman as well. He wrote his music for mass consumption, and the idea was to write music that most able musicians could play. Beethoven was the one who wrote concertos that others could not perform. The first concerto of Beethoven's is quite difficult, but the "Emperor" takes incredible skill and dexterity. Only a master can perform it.
***** I disagree. I am a historian and a PhD in the subject. I have ascertained the letters of one CONSTANZE MOZART. She attests to the fact that the meeting took place, and that those words were spoken. These letters are not for public consumption until a book is created. The letters also discuss an illnus with Franz Xaver Mozart, which I find fascinating. Perhaps he contracted Typhoid fever from Mozart during his father's death? There was an epidemic in Vienna at the time. I am also an M.D. - UCLA Medical School.
cadenza is mozart?
What is a cadenza?
A cadenza is a part before the ending of the 1st movement, the 3rd movement, or both in which the pianist shows his/her virtuoso skills. In Mozart's time it was common to improvise it
Jesús Rubén Navarrete It is like a free play in the composition?
In Mozart's time it was something free, but he wrote numerous cadenzas for his concertos thinking about the less gifted musicians who weren't very imaginative to compose their own cadenza, however it is possible that he played diferent cadenzas for the same concerto because he was able to improvise very well.
Today improvising during a concerto is an almost dead tradition and also considered a wrong practice for some close-minded musicians, therefore is more habitual to play a cadenza written by Mozart or by another composer.
+Jesus Ruben Navarrete
I'm pretty sure that's Mozart's cadenza.
Check IMSLP.
4x4x4x Mozart is stuck on the four measure groupings. In Haydn you never know what he going to do.
In Beethoven too.
Daniel Maia Beethoven is one of the most rhythmically innovative composers in history, what the hell are you talking about. The 3rd movement of the Eroica is in three but is felt in two. There noting like the hemiola in the first movement of the same work in any Mozart.
***** You don't need to be so agressive
Daniel Maia
I hate stupid statements.
Daniel Maia Why, because I caught you mouthing nonsense. You should remember there are people on RUclips, unlike you who know something, and when they read BS they respond.