Daniel Barenboim & English Chamber Orchestra Mozart Piano Concertos No.20 & 23 XRCD24

Audiophile XRCD24 Mastered from the Original Analogue EMI Master Tapes!
Can Be Enjoyed on Any CD Player!
EMI producer Suvi Raj Grubb was the one who not only discovered the young Barenboim for recordings. It was also he who recorded the complete cycle of Mozart piano concertos with him for the first time. The partnership between the producer and the artist produced some outstanding recordings, including this recording of the Piano Concertos Nos.20 and 23 with the English Chamber Orchestra.
The recording from 1 and 2 January 1967 from London's Abbey Road Studio No. 1, conducted by Suvi Raj Grubb and Robert Gooch, is undoubtedly excellent. The microphones were naturally balanced, the orchestra perfectly captured. Each instrument has its place and the right presence. The remastering of the XRCD24 was done by Tohru Kotetsu, together with Shizuo Nomiyama and Kazuo Kiuchi.
It was EMI producer Suvi Raj Grubb who not only effectively "discovered" the young Barenboim for records but also gave him his first chance to conduct an orchestra on record with this cycle of the complete Mozart Piano Concertos, of which this was the first release.
The partnership of producer and artist gave rise to many great recordings, including the complete Mozart and Beethoven piano sonatas, as well as the Beethoven Piano Concertos with Klemperer. Barenboim's friendship with Grubb also secured what was to be the last recording of Jacqueline du Pré, Barenboim's first wife, playing Chopin and Franck in 1971 before she became too ill.
In the original July 1967 review in Gramophone:
"Straightaway this record establishes him as a Mozartian of the front rank...the chief delight here is the unity of the performance: the English Chamber Orchestra are happy to see the music the way Barenboim does and are with him to a man...The recording sounds excellent here and the natural microphone balances are especially to be praised, The superb orchestral colour of these performances has been very well captured: the addition of, say, flute or second bassoon to a texture, or the presence of 'divisi' violas, immediately tells and just to the right degree..."

Features:

• Mastered from the Original Analogue EMI Master Tapes!
• Superior Audiophile XRCD24
• XRCD24 is a standard "Red Book" CD and can be enjoyed on any CD player

Musicians:

• English Chamber Orchestra
• Daniel Barenboim, conductor, piano

Selections:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Concerto No.20 in D Minor, K.466
1. 1st Movement: Allegro - Cadenza (by Beethoven arr. Edwin Fischer) - Tempo 1
2. 2nd Movement: Romance
3. 3rd Movement: Rondo - Allegro assai - Cadenza (by Barenboim) - Tempo 1
Concerto No.23 in A Major, K.488
4. 1st Movement: Allegro - Cadenza - Tempo 1
5. 2nd Movement: Adagio
6. 3rd Movement: Allegro assai