We’ve been blessed over the past six months with two fine recordings of Mozart’s 20th and 27th piano concertos together: first Kissin’s with the Kremerata Baltica for EMI and now this one, by Dame Mitsuko Uchida. Her reputation as a great interpreter of Mozart is built solidly on an impressive discography, including the complete sonatas (earning her a Gramophone Award) and concertos (with the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Jeffrey Tate). Decades after her previous recordings of the latter she has begun a new cycle with the Cleveland Orchestra, this time choosing to direct the works herself from the keyboard.

Her first effort in the new series, concertos 23 and 24, won Uchida her first ever Grammy Award this year. This, the second instalment, is just as good. Her tone is elegant and fluent...