Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout
Orchestra: Freiburger Barockorchester
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue: HMM902332
Release: 2022
Size: 1.1 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K271 “Jeunehomme”
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Andantino
03. III. Rondeau. Presto
Piano Concerto No. 18 in B flat major, K456
04. I. Allegro vivace
05. II. Andante un poco sostenuto
06. III. Allegro vivace
The origins of these concertos, performed here by Kristian Bezuidenhout, may each be traced to a woman. The so-called “Jeunehomme” Concerto, K. 271, a vehicle for rather unexpected musical daring, could instead take its nickname from the work’s dedicatee: the piano virtuoso Louise Victoire Jenamy, daughter of Mozart’s old friend, the dancer Noverre. As for K. 456, cast in a more traditional mould yet so elaborate and seductive, it was apparently composed for Maria Theresia von Paradis, a blind pianist acclaimed throughout Europe. Two works distinctly different in character, while somehow being aptly complementary.