Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
Orchestra: Manchester Camerata
Conductor: Gábor Takács-Nagy
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Chandos
Catalogue: CHAN20323
Release: 2024
Size: 273 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Apollo et Hyacinthus, K38: Overture
02. Bastien und Bastienne, K50: Overture
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F major, K37
03. I. Allegro
04. II. Andante
05. III. Allegro
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, K39
06. I. Allegro spiritoso
07. II. Andante staccato
08. III. Molto allegro
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D major, K40
09. I. Allegro maestoso
10. II. Andante
11. III. Presto
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, K41
12. I. Allegro
13. II. Andante
14. III. Molto allegro
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet and Gábor Takács-Nagy continue their acclaimed survey of Mozart’s Piano Concertos with this tenth volume, concentrating on the very early works of the child-genius composer. As an exercise, his father, Leopold, tasked the eleven-year-old Mozart with creating concertos from existing works by (then popular, but now mostly forgotten) other composers. This ‘pasticcio’ technique was in fact quite common in the late baroque and early classical periods, especially for the creation of dramatic entertainment. Jean-Efflam Bavouzet explains: ‘Mozart’s contribution extends only to the orchestral part, for Mozart did not alter a note in the keyboard part of those pieces that Leopold had chosen for him. Excellent pedagogue that he was, Leopold did not only prepare only an exercise in orchestration, but also a procedure to allow his miraculously gifted young son to become acquainted with the form of the concerto.’ The four concertos are complemented by two overtures from Mozart’s earliest works in the operatic genre: Apollo et Hyacinthus and Bastien und Bastienne.