SCHUMANN : Carnaval · Kreisleriana (Mitsuko Uchida) (1995) APE (image+.cue), lossless

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MOZART : The Piano Concertos (Mitsuko Uchida · English Chamber Orchestra · Jeffrey Tate) 8CD BOX-SET (2006) APE (tracks), lossless

 Tracklist & Credits

BEETHOVEN : The 5 Piano Concertos (Mitsuko Uchida · Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra · Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks · Kurt Sanderling) 3CD (2005) FLAC (tracks+.cue) lossless

CD1 (previously released individually as Piano Concertos)
 = Klavierkonzerte Nos. 1 & 2 (69:43)

CD2 (previously released individually as Piano Concertos)
= Klavierkonzerte Nos. 3 & 4 (72:21)

CD3 (previously released individually as Piano Concerto)
= Klavierkonzert No. 5 "Emperor" • C Minor Variations (51:19)

Composed By – Ludwig van Beethoven
Conductor – Kurt Sanderling
Orchestra – Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (tracks: 2-1 to 2-6), Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks (tracks: 1-1 to 1-6, 3-1 to 3-4)
Piano – Mitsuko Uchida

SCHOENBERG : Piano Concerto; Klavierstücke, Op. 11 & Op. 19, BERG : Sonata, Op. 1, WEBERN : Variations, Op. 27 (Uchida-Boulez) (2001) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Arnold Schoenberg *
Concerto For Piano, Op. 42 = Klavierkonzert = Concerto Pour Piano (19:50)

Anton Webern
Variations, Op 27 (7:57)

Arnold Schoenberg
Drei Klavierstücke, Op. 11 = Three Piano Pieces = Trois Pièces Pour Piano (13:57)
Sechs Kleine Klavierstücke, Op. 19 = Six Little Piano Pieces = Six Petites Pièces Pour Piano (7:42)

Alban Berg
Piano Sonata, Op. 1 = Klaviersonate = Sonate Pour Piano 12:57

Piano [Steinway & Sons] – Mitsuko Uchida
Conductor – Pierre Boulez *

MITSUKO UCHIDA : Mitsuko Uchida Plays Schubert (2004) 8xCD Box-Set / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

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WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART : The Piano Sonatas (Mitsuko Uchida) 5CD (2001) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Philips has reissued, at an affordable price, Mitsuko Uchida's recordings of all the Mozart piano sonatas. It's a great package for anyone who hasn't heard her celebrated performances of these or may have only heard one or two. She uses a lightness of touch and approach as if she were playing on an instrument more like what Mozart would have had, rather than its modern, sturdy descendent. There is also a deliberateness and care given to each phrase, adding a delicate nuance here, a smidgen more drama there. Even in the most dramatic of the sonatas, the Sonata in C minor, K. 457, and its preceding Fantasy, K. 475, the mood hints at the drama of Beethoven, but is not played with anything near the intensity of Beethoven and always carries the good humor of Mozart. In the Sonata in D major, K. 284, the listener can easily hear Mozart the symphonist or opera composer just by the way Uchida voices and balances the music under her hands. It's an extremely satisfying set of performances. by Patsy Morita