{"product_id":"mozart-piano-concerto-no-20-piano-concerto-no-24-clara-haskil","title":"Mozart Piano Concertos No. 20 and No. 24 - Clara Haskil - Igor Markevitch","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"182\" data-end=\"628\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClara Haskil’s recording of Mozart’s Piano Concertos No. 20 in D minor, K.466, and No. 24 in C minor, K.491, with the Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux under Igor Markevitch, stands as one of the most inward and serious readings in the Mozart concerto discography. Recorded in Paris in 1960, shortly before Haskil’s death, it captures an artist whose approach to Mozart was marked by humility, clarity, and an almost ascetic devotion to the score. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHaskil’s pianism is immediately recognisable. Her touch is light yet firm, her articulation crystalline, and her phrasing free from rhetorical excess. She avoids any sense of virtuoso display, instead allowing Mozart’s melodic lines to unfold with natural speech-like inflection. There is no attempt to “project” emotion through exaggerated dynamics or rubato; expressiveness arises from balance, timing, and tonal purity. This restraint gives her interpretations a moral seriousness that suits these two dark, minor-key concertos particularly well.\u003cbr\u003eThis recording remains a landmark not because of orchestral brilliance or interpretive novelty, but because of its integrity. Haskil reveals Mozart as a composer of profound seriousness and emotional depth, achieved through simplicity rather than excess. In these performances, the music speaks with rare honesty, making this recording an enduring reference for understanding Mozart’s darker, more philosophical side.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist(s): \u003c\/strong\u003ePiano – Clara Haskil\u003cbr\u003eConductor – Igor Markevitch\u003cbr\u003eOrchestra – Orchestre Des Concerts Lamoureux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRecording Info: \u003c\/strong\u003eRecorded at Salle de la Chimie, Paris, November 1960\u003cbr\u003eSourced from a 4-track tape\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eComponents used for Transfer:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan\u003eAnalog: Transport - Nagra 4SJ modified with Flux Heads\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePreamp - Custom Tape Pre-amp designed by Victor Khomenko of Balanced Audio Technology\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDigital: Merging Hapi Analog to Digital Converter clocked by an Antelope Audio 10MX Atomic Clock\u003cbr\u003eSoftware: Merging Pyramix v15\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePower Conditioning: Shunyata Research Everest 8000 for all components with Shunyata Sigma-X Power Cords.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAll components are grounded to Shunyata \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eALTAIRA Hubs\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePiano Concerto No. 20 In D Minor, K466\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCadenza – Clara Haskil\u003cbr\u003e1 Allegro 13:30\u003cbr\u003e2 Romance 9:37\u003cbr\u003e3 Rondo (Allegro Assai)    7:07\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePiano Concerto No. 24 In C Minor, K491    \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4 (Allegro)\u003cbr\u003eCadenza – Clara Haskil\u003cbr\u003e13:15\u003cbr\u003e5 Larghetto    7:18\u003cbr\u003e6 (Allegretto) 9:01\u003cbr\u003eCadenza – Nikita Magaloff\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cimg height=\"98\" width=\"110\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0778\/3319\/files\/dsd256_badge_480x480.png?v=1516987294\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease Note: This release was edited in DXD PCM from a DSD256 Master\u003cbr\u003ethen the DXD edited master was used to generate the final DSD files using\u003cbr\u003eMerging Technologies Album Publishing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDXD (352.8KHz 24\/32 bit PCM) is one of the best and least destructive formats for post-processing DSD originated digital recordings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCopyright © \u0026amp; 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