A very nice record today, from 1951. Paul Badura-Skoda and Felix Prohaska come together for fine performances of Mozart's 24th and 27th piano concertos.
Couple things I'd like to mention. First, I am dazzled by the maturity and strength of these recordings from quite early in Badura Skoda's career. This man was blessed with inate good taste and a surehanded technical mastery of the keyboard. Incredibly sensitive and collaborative musician. Second, Felix Prohaska was both an underrated conductor and pioneer in presenting the baroque and classical period composers without varnishing their intents in romantic excess. In these performances, you hear details that are often buried beneath a keyboard's fight with a bloated orchestra of strings and winds. Not here - its all neat, clean and complimentary. In short, lovely and riveting.
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