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Title: poor video, ok performances
Review: I remember Paul Badura-Skoda from the 50's and 60's, kind of a journeyman pianist recording for the old Westminster label.I usually prefer to have concertos NOT conducted by the soloist, and the results speak for themselves here.These are just average run-throughs, pleasant enough, but nothing exciting. The sound is good enough but the picture doesn't seem sharp, and the video production very amateurish, like they didn't have enough cameras.The program is spread over two dvds, which is wasteful, since the whole thing takes less than two hours. Seems like a ruse to make you think you're getting a two-for-one deal.The accolades in the booklet declaring Badura-Skoda as "one of the greatest pianists of our time" seems self-serving and highly exaggerated.If you want Mozart piano concerti, Buchbinder/VPO on Euroarts dvds are much better.
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