Ronald Brautigam: Mozart – The Piano Concertos (FLAC)

Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Ronald Brautigam, Peter Hanson, Marie-Luise Hartmann, Albert Brüggen, Alexei Lubimov, Manfred Huss, Carolyn Sampson
Orchestra: Kölner Akademie, Haydn Sinfonietta Wien
Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens, Manfred Huss
Number of Discs: 12
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: BIS
Catalogue: BIS2544
Release: 2020
Size: 3.19 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes

CD 01
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D major, K. 40
01. I. Allegro maestoso (After Honauer’s Op. 2 No. 1)
02. II. Andante (After Eckhard’s Op. 1 No. 4)
03. III. Presto (After C.P.E Bach’s H. 81)

Piano Concerto No. 1 in F major, K. 37
04. I. Allegro (After Raupach’s Op. 1 No. 5)
05. II. Andante
06. III. Allegro (After Honauer’s Op. 2 No. 3)

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, K. 39
07. I. Allegro spiritoso (After Raupach’s Op. 1 No. 1)
08. II. Andante staccato (After Schobert’s Op. 17 No. 2)
09. III. Molto allegro (After Raupach’s Op. 1 No. 1)

Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, K. 41
10. I. Allegro (After Honauer’s Op. 1 No. 1)
11. II. Andante (After Raupach’s Op. 1 No. 1)
12. III. Molto allegro (After Honauer’s Op. 1 No. 1)

CD 02
Piano Concerto No. 5 in D major, K. 175
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Andante ma un poco adagio
03. III. Allegro

Piano Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat Major, K. 238
04. I. Allegro aperto
05. II. Andante un poco adagio
06. III. Rondo. Allegro

Piano Concerto in D Major, K. 107 No. 1 (After J.C. Bach’s W. A2)
07. I. Allegro
08. II. Andante
09. III. Tempo di menuetto

Piano Concerto in G Major, K. 107 No. 2 (After J.C. Bach’s W. A3)
10. I. Allegro
11. II. Theme & Variations. Allegretto

Piano Concerto in E-Flat Major, K. 107 No. 3 (After J.C. Bach’s W. A4)
12. I. Allegro
13. II. Allegretto

CD 03
Concerto No. 10 for 2 Pianos in E-Flat Major, K. 365
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Andante
03. III. Rondo. Allegro

Concerto No. 7 for 3 Pianos in F Major, K. 242 “Lodron”
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Adagio
06. III. Rondo. Tempo di menuetto

Concerto No. 10 for 2 Pianos in E-Flat Major, K. 365 (1782 Version)
07. I. Allegro
08. II. Andante
09. III. Rondo. Allegro

CD 04
Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major, K. 415
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Andante
03. III. Rondo. Allegro

Piano Concerto No. 11 in F major, K. 413
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Larghetto
06. III. Tempo di menuetto

Piano Concerto No. 8 in C major, K. 246 “Lützow”
07. I. Allegro aperto
08. II. Andante
09. III. Rondo. Tempo di menuetto

CD 05
Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-Flat Major, K. 271 “Jeunehomme”
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Andantino
03. III. Rondo. Presto

Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K. 414
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Andante
06. III. Rondo. Allegretto

07. Rondo in A Major, K. 386

CD 06
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467
01. I. Allegro maestoso
02. II. Andante
03. III. Allegro vivace assai

04. Ch’io mi scordi di te, K. 505

Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-Flat Major, K. 449
05. I. Allegro vivace
06. II. Andantino
07. III. Allegro ma non troppo

CD 07
Piano Concerto No. 16 in D major, K. 451
01. I. Allegro assai
02. II. Andante
03. III. Allegro di molto

Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-Flat Major, K. 450
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Andante
06. III. Allegro

07. Rondo in D Major, K. 382

CD 08
Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Andante
03. III. Allegretto

Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major, K. 537 “Coronation”
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Larghetto
06. III. Allegretto

CD 09
Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-Flat Major, K. 456
01. I. Allegro vivace
02. II. Andante un poco sostenuto
03. III. Allegro vivace

Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat Major, K. 482
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Andante
06. III. Allegro

CD 10
Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major, K. 459
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Allegretto
03. III. Allegro assai

Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Adagio
06. III. Allegro assai

CD 11
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466
01. III. Rondo. Allegro assai

Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-Flat Major, Op. 17, K. 595
02. I. Allegro
03. II. Larghetto
04. III. Allegro

CD 12
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Larghetto
03. III. Allegretto

Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503
04. I. Allegro maestoso
05. II. Andante
06. III. Allegretto

‘An ideal mixture of clarity and stylish effervescence’ (International Record Review) and ‘a completely new, crisp “Mozart-feel” for the 21st century’ (Stereoplay) were just a couple of the reactions from reviewers to the fresh, sometimes bracing readings that Ronald Brautigam and the Kölner Akademie offered up during their series of Mozart’s piano concertos.

Released between 2010 and 2016, individual installments also received special recommendations from websites and magazines such as Klassik-Heute, Luister, Scherzo and Gramophone, which listed the team’s performances of Concertos No. 18 and No. 22 among its ‘50 greatest Mozart recordings’. The albums have now been collected in a boxed set, with the addition of the double and triple concertos that Brautigam recorded in 2006 with Alexei Lubimov and Manfred Huss as his fellow soloists, accompanied by the Haydn Sinfonietta Wien.

The set spans Mozart’s entire career, from the 11-year old budding composer’s so-called ‘pasticcio concertos’ (Nos. 1-4) to Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat Major, K. 595, which he gave the first performance of less than a year before his death in December 1791.