Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue: HMU907498
Release: 2011
Size: 281 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Piano Sonata in C Major, K. 330
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Andante cantabile
03. III. Allegretto
04. Rondo in A Minor, K. 511
05. Rondo in D Major, K. 485
06. Adagio in B Minor, K. 540
Piano Sonata in C Minor, K. 457
07. I. Molto allegro
08. II. Adagio
09. III. Allegro assai
Fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout continues his multi-disc survey of Mozart’s music for solo keyboard. Volume 2 features an instrument by Paul McNulty, modelled on a Viennese original by Anton Walter & Sohn (c.1802).
Kristian Bezuidenhout was born in South Africa in 1979. He first gained international recognition at the age of 21 after winning the prestigious first prize as well as the audience prize in the Bruges Fortepiano Competition after studying harpsichord with Arthur Haas, fortepiano with Malcolm Bilson and continuo playing and performance practice with Paul O’Dette. During this time he gained experience as a continuo player in Baroque opera productions in the USA and Europe. He is a frequent guest artist with the Freiburger Barockorchester, the Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Les Arts Florissants, Concerto Köln and Collegium Vocale Gent, in many instances assuming the role of guest director. He has performed with celebrated artists including Philippe Herreweghe, Christopher Hogwood, Daniel Hope and Viktoria Mullova, and he regularly gives Lied recitals with, among others, Carolyn Sampson, Mark Padmore and Jan Kobow.
“Bezuidenhout is a prince of the fortepiano, making it sing in melodic phrases as no other practitioner of this intractable instrument has done in my experience.” The Times