Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Lars Vogt
Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Paavo Järvi
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Avi Music
Catalogue: AVI8553296
Release: 2013
Size: 514 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K467 ‘Elvira Madigan’
01. I. Allegro maestoso
02. II. Andante
03. III. Allegro vivace assai
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K595
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Larghetto
06. III. Allegro
Mozart’s C-Major Concerto draws its energy from “cheerful, open-hearted joy”, as Lars Vogt puts it, “at least in the outer movements. The middle movement, the well-known Andante, seems to contain a vision of paradise – this is an absolutely moving piece of music, provided one manages to create the illusion that it emerges out of nothingness”. Here, once more, we have the ingenious “Mozart Effect”: a beauty plain and simple, without ever descending into vulgarity. …
When he was working on the first movement cadenza, his daughter – then four years old – was attempting to conquer the piano keys. A short little melody emerged from her first attempts, “and I incorporated it into my cadenza, concealing it at one point in the left-hand part”.
Vienna 1791: Piano Concerto K595 in B Flat Major is from 1791, the last year of Mozart’s life.