Konzert Für Klavier Und Orchester D-moll KV 466 / Konzert Für Klavier Und Orchester B-dur KV 456

Released in 1972 on the East German label ETERNA, this recording of Mozart’s Piano Concertos No. 18 in B-flat major and No. 20 in D minor represents a significant collaboration between the pianist Annerose Schmidt and the Dresdner Philharmonie under the baton of Kurt Masur. Produced during the height of the Cold War, the album showcases the rigorous standards of the ETERNA classical catalog, which was highly regarded for its engineering and its commitment to preserving Central European musical traditions within the German Democratic Republic.

Annerose Schmidt was a prominent soloist of the era, known for her intellectual and technically precise approach to the Mozart repertoire. Kurt Masur, then establishing his international reputation before his later tenure with the New York Philharmonic, favored a balanced, structural interpretation that emphasized the clarity of the orchestra's interaction with the soloist. The recording remains a notable document of the specific acoustic and interpretive aesthetic cultivated by East German ensembles during this period, capturing a clean, mid-century approach to classical recording that eschewed the more romanticized styles becoming common in the West.