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In Mozart's piano concertos which group of instruments accompany th solo piano?

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You can see Mozart's manuscript, for example concerto in C major:

http://www.themorgan.org/collections/collections.asp?id=185

(copy/paste the link into browser)

Besides strings (violins, violas, cellos and double basses), there are "2 oboes, 2 horns, 2 bassoons" etc. A small orchestra. And it's clearly written "Cembalo". I believe it means "harpsichord", not piano.

Cembalo does mean harpsichord, but the harpsichord and piano were used almost interchangeably in Mozart's day.

Here is a good example how Mozart's concertos should be performed:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ACFvHCrlXo

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