Lugansky - Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 (1785) Nikolai Lugansky, Soloist Alexander Rudin conducting the Musica Viva Orchestra, 2012 Moscow Philharmonic Society I. [0:00] Orchestral Expos. (Allegro) [2:17] Solo Expos. [5:39] Quasi-development [7:31] Recap. [10:47] Cadenza [13:10] Coda II. Romance (Rondo. B♭major) [14:26] A [16:17] B [17:38] A’ [18:22] C (G minor) [21:06] A’’ III. Rondo [23:18] A/B (Allegro assai) [25:21] C [25:46] A’/B’ [27:44] C’ [28:23] Cadenza [29:44] Coda (D major) “Devotees of the great Romantic piano concertos tended to hear Mozart’s examples, with their singing melodies and perfection of form, as beautiful rather than great. One exception was his No. 20, Beethoven’s favorite, and the one Mozart piano concerto he always kept in his own performance repertory. Today, of course, we have adopted a longer view, understanding that su