Clara Haskel recital of Mozart's Piano Concertos No 9 and 19

Clara Haskil is one of the supreme Mozart interpreters, here at her finest with Schuricht as a sympathetic accompanist. The rather muddy sound is well worth putting up with.

Michael Tanner

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Michael Tanner

Published: July 11, 2017 at 8:03 am

COMPOSERS: Mozart
LABELS: SWR Music
ALBUM TITLE: Mozart
WORKS: Piano Concertos – No 9 in E flat, K271 (Jeunehomme); No. 19 in F, K459
PERFORMER: Clara Haskil (piano); SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra, Stuttgart/ Carl Schuricht
CATALOGUE NO: SWR 19013CD (1952/56)

Clara Haskil is one of the supreme Mozart interpreters, here at her finest with Schuricht as a sympathetic accompanist. The rather muddy sound is well worth putting up with.

Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.
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