Search - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Marta Deyanova :: Complete Piano Sonatas

Underrated...

Hugo D. Hackenbush | Main Street, USA | 11/02/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Recording quality aside (which while it could be better, is no where near as bad as some will have you believe), her playing is tight, passionate and excellent... and far more effective than the Barenboim recordings, which are too eccentric-sounding (not to mention self-indulgent; less Barenboim, more Mozart, please) for my tastes. Regarding the matter of Mozart and "lightness", that, too, is a stylistic choice, and, ultimately, matter of preference... even if it is a widely-accepted one. Unless someone uncovers some original Mozart recordings (good luck!), we never will know how the great man intended his music to be played, will we?"