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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 23 in A major, K. 488

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 23 in A major, K. 488 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Concerto, composed 1786. 503 recordings in this catalogue, from 1931 to 2025. Scored for Piano.

Most recorded performers

Ordered by the number of recordings in this catalogue.

English Chamber Orchestra

Orchestra · 34 recordings

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Orchestra · 34 recordings

Ivor Bolton

Conductor · 29 recordings

London Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra · 25 recordings

Alberto Lizzio

Conductor · 21 recordings

Philharmonia Orchestra

Orchestra · 19 recordings

Clifford Curzon

Soloist · 18 recordings

Murray Perahia

Soloist · 17 recordings

Most reissued catalogue entries

Ranked by linked albums in the catalogue, with compilations left out and at most two entries per conductor or soloist. Some entries are candidate groups of movements with shared publications and credits. These connections do not establish a shared recording session, equivalent mastering or recording quality.

Daniel Barenboim, English Chamber Orchestra
candidate grouping · catalogue year 1967 · on 16 albums
Low-confidence candidate · 3 catalogue recordings
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Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Alfred Brendel
candidate grouping · catalogue year 1971 · on 12 albums
Low-confidence candidate · 3 catalogue recordings
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Vladimir Ashkenazy, Philharmonia Orchestra
candidate grouping · catalogue year 1980 · on 12 albums
Low-confidence candidate · 3 catalogue recordings
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Karl Böhm, Vienna Philharmonic, Maurizio Pollini
candidate grouping · catalogue year 1976 · on 8 albums
Low-confidence candidate · 3 catalogue recordings
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English Chamber Orchestra, Murray Perahia
candidate grouping · catalogue year 1984 · on 8 albums
Low-confidence candidate · 3 catalogue recordings
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Recordings (503 of 503)

Conductor

Ivor Bolton29 Alberto Lizzio21 Murray Perahia17 Carlo Maria Giulini16 Colin Davis12 Vladimir Ashkenazy11 George Szell10 Daniel Barenboim9 Hans Rosbaud9 Neville Marriner9 Nikolaus Harnoncourt8 Adrian Boult7

Orchestra

English Chamber Orchestra34 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra34 London Symphony Orchestra25 Philharmonia Orchestra19 Mozarteum Orchestra of Salzburg13 Academy of St Martin in the Fields12 Camerata Salzburg11 Columbia Symphony Orchestra10 Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI10 Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra9 Vienna Philharmonic9 Czech Philharmonic8

Label

Deutsche Grammophon47 Warner Classics44 Decca Records35 Sony Classical35 Decca Classics29 Bruton Classical Series26 Philips Classics22 EMI Classics20 Decca Music Group17 Philips13 RCA Red Seal13 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc12

Decade

1930s3 1940s15 1950s45 1960s42 1970s33 1980s44 1990s38 2000s24 2010s22 2020s28

Credited instrument

Piano341 Fortepiano15 Double Bass1 Violin1

Performance practice

Source-backed classifications. Unknown means no reviewed evidence is stored.

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Recording / performers	Year	Label
Piano Concerto no. 23 in A, K 488: I. Allegro – CadenzaFranco Caracciolo, Orchestra Alessandro Scarlatti della RAI di Napoli, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Year: 1953	1953	EMI Classics	11:10
Piano Concerto no. 23 in A, K 488: II. AdagioFranco Caracciolo, Orchestra Alessandro Scarlatti della RAI di Napoli, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Year: 1953	1953	Warner Classics	7:00
Piano Concerto no. 23 in A, K 488: III. Allegro assaiFranco Caracciolo, Orchestra Alessandro Scarlatti della RAI di Napoli, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Year: 1953	1953	Warner Classics	8:27
Piano Concerto no. 23 in A major, K488: II. AdagioJosef Krips, London Symphony Orchestra, Clifford Curzon Year: 1953	1953	Decca Records	6:31
Piano Concerto no. 23 in A major, K488: III. Allegro assaiJosef Krips, London Symphony Orchestra, Clifford Curzon Year: 1953	1953	Profil Edition Günter Hänssler	7:58
Piano Concerto no. 23 in A major, K488: I. AllegroJosef Krips, London Symphony Orchestra, Clifford Curzon Year: 1953	1953	Decca Records	11:20
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 23 in A major, K. 488: 3. Allegro assaiFerdinand Leitner, Berlin Philharmonic, Monique Haas Year: 1953	1953	Deutsche Grammophon	7:46
Concerto pour piano & orchestre No. 23, en la majeur, K.488: I. AllegroMaurice Hewitt, Orchestre Symphonique de Paris, Marcelle Meyer Year: 1953	1953	EMI Classics	10:57
Concerto pour piano & orchestre No. 23, en la majeur, K.488: III. Allegro assaiMaurice Hewitt, Orchestre Symphonique de Paris, Marcelle Meyer Year: 1953	1953	EMI Classics	7:52
Concerto pour piano & orchestre No. 23, en la majeur, K.488: II. AdagioMaurice Hewitt, Orchestre Symphonique de Paris, Marcelle Meyer Year: 1953	1953	EMI Classics	6:27
Piano Concerto no. 23 in A, KV 488: II. AdagioHerbert von Karajan, Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Gieseking Year: 1951	1951	Warner Classics	6:54
Piano Concerto no. 23 in A, KV 488: III. Allegro assaiHerbert von Karajan, Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Gieseking Year: 1951	1951	Columbia	7:42
Concerto no. 23 in A, K.488: III. Allegro assaiCarlo Maria Giulini, Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Year: 1951	1951	classica d'oro	8:11
Concerto no. 23 in A, K.488: I. AllegroCarlo Maria Giulini, Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Year: 1951	1951	classica d'oro	10:37
Piano Concerto no. 23 in A, KV 488: I. AllegroHerbert von Karajan, Philharmonia Orchestra, Walter Gieseking Year: 1951	1951	EMI	11:05
Concerto no. 23 in A, K.488: II. AdagioCarlo Maria Giulini, Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Year: 1951	1951	classica d'oro	6:03
Concerto for Piano No. 23 in A major, K. 488: I. AllegroVladimir Golschmann, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Rubinstein Year: 1949	1949	RCA Victor Gold Seal	10:26
Concerto for Piano No. 23 in A major, K. 488: II. AndanteVladimir Golschmann, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Rubinstein Year: 1949	1949	RCA Red Seal	6:56
Concerto for Piano No. 23 in A major, K. 488: III. AllegroVladimir Golschmann, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Rubinstein Year: 1949	1949	RCA Victor Gold Seal	7:36
Piano Concerto no. 23 in A major, KV 488: I. AllegroArtur Rodziński, New York Philharmonic, Artur Schnabel Year: 1946	1946	History	10:19

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