Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout
Orchestra: Freiburger Barockorchester
Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue: HMC902218
Release: 2016
Size: 931 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K414
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Andante
03. III. Rondeau. Allegretto
Piano Concerto No. 11 in F major, K413
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Larghetto
06. III. Tempo di Menuetto
Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major, K415
07. I. Allegro
08. II. Andante
09. III. Rondeau. Allegro
In January 1783 Mozart advertised in the Vienna press “the publication of three new, recently completed piano concertos”, which could even be played with quartet accompaniment – thus enabling him to reach a wider public. In similar vein, he told his father that they were “very brilliant and pleasing to the ear . . . Here and there only connoisseurs will derive satisfaction from them – yet in such a way that the non-connoisseur will also be pleased, without knowing why.”
It’s a fair bet that these dazzling performances by Kristian Bezuidenhout and the Freiburger Barockorchester will meet with the same unanimous approval.