Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Franz Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Alicia de Larrocha
Orchestra: London Sinfonietta
Conductor: David Zinman
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Decca
Catalogue: ELQ4807673
Release: 2014
Size: 214 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K414
01. 1. Allegro
02. 2. Andante
03. 3. Rondeau (Allegretto)
Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F minor, BWV1056
04. 1. (Allegro)
05. 2. Largo
06. 3. Presto
Haydn: Clavier Concerto in D Major, Hob. 18: 2
07. 1. Vivace
08. 2. Un poco adagio
09. 3. Rondo all’ Ungherese. Allegro assai
In an edition of several releases on Eloquence devoted to the artistry of the great Spanish pianist Alicia de Larrocha’s Decca recordings comes the first release on CD of her recording, with David Zinman, of Mozart’s delectable A major Concerto KV 414. Coupled exactly as per the original LP (SXL 6952), this release offers up Larrocha’s subtlety of phrasing and nimble fingerwork in the Bach and Haydn Concertos. The ‘gypsy’ finale of the latter is something she clearly relishes. Everywhere, the playing is, according Jeremy Nicholas, who writes the notes for this release, ‘supremely elegant, employing unforced tempi in the two outer movements with a minimum use of the pedal, played with a lyrical grace and always that warm, limpid tone’. This issue forms part of an on-going series of Alicia de Larrocha’s Decca recordings.