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Title: Mozart stripped of soul
Review: This is actually boring. Andsnes has this cold, polished and impersonal style almost empty of originality. His playing is predictable and when a phrase is repeated it sounds just the same. It seems like he doesn't care what or how he is playing. What counts is to show off this utterly "perfect" form - this musical emperor's new clothes. Nice and streamlined playing has little to do with great performance. I would prefer listening to for example "Vladimir Horowitz Plays Mozart": Piano Concerto No.23 & Piano Sonata K.333, Deutsche Grammophon. "One of the most important facts that comes to light is Mozart's emphasis on feeling and expression in music-macing... His music needs more color not less." (Vladimir Horowitz). Horowitz himself was bored with most modern piansts approach to Mozart.
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