Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Dana Ciocarlie
Orchestra: Open Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Yaïr Benaïm
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hänssler
Catalogue: HC24036
Release: 2024
Size: 985 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
CD 01
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-Flat Major, K. 271 “Jeunehomme”
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Andantino
03. III. Rondeau. Presto
Piano Concerto No. 13 in C Major, K. 415
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Andante
06. III. Rondeau. Allegro
Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K. 414
07. I. Allegro
08. II. Andante
09. III. Rondeau. Allegretto
CD 02
Piano Concerto No. 8 in C Major, K. 246 “Lützow”
01. I. Allegro aperto
02. II. Andante
03. III. Rondeau. Tempo di menuetto
The Open Chamber Orchestra of Paris perform the concertos in chamber form, with Maestro Yaïr Benaïm – who conducts the earlier concertos from the podium in the traditional manner – taking the first violin part, achieving a still closer assimilation with pianist Dana Ciocarlie, throwing into greater relief the spirited lucidity of her playing and demonstrating the versatility of these musicians, both individually and as an ensemble. The sound of the concertos when performed this way is at once slenderer and lither. What one may feel is lost when the works are divested of their mellifluous woodwind colours is more than compensated for by the greater clarity of the ingenious interplay of lines and voices in Mozart’s conception.