Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
Orchestra: Manchester Camerata
Conductor: Gábor Takács-Nagy
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Chandos
Catalogue: CHAN20083
Release: 2019
Size: 1.04 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Concerto No. 21, K. 467
01. Allegro maestoso
02. Andante
03. Allegro vivace assai
04. “Don Giovanni” Overture, K. 527
Concerto No. 20, K. 466
05. Allegro
06. Romance
07. Allegro assai
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet’s first three volumes of Mozart concertos with the Manchester Camerata and Gábor Takács-Nagy have been received with widespread acclaim, and so it’s with some excitement that we release the keenly anticipated fourth instalment in the series. Composed within just one month in early 1785, these two concertos are among the most popular of all of Mozart’s piano concertos. No. 20, K 466, was his first concerto in a minor key, and it’s dark and stormy nature contrasts the light and sunny feeling of concerto no.21. As with so many of his piano concertos, both works were composed for the Vienna concert series, and given their premiere performances with Mozart at the keyboard. The two concertos are interspersed on this recording with a vivid performance of the Don Giovanni Overture, which further demonstrates the exemplary playing of the Manchester Camerata.