Takacs-Nagy / Mozart / Manchester Camerata- V9: Piano Concertos (CD)
The three concertos featured on this album werecomposed together in 1782 / 83 - shortly afterMozart had left his patron and position in Salzburgto establish himself as a freelance composer andperformer in Vienna. The concertos were allperformed by the composer in a series ofsubscription concerts that he gave in the city. Allshare the same form - opening movement insonata form, slow movement in ternary form, anda bright rondo finale. Despite these similarities,though, each piece has it's own distinct characterand identity; such was the extent of Mozart'sgenius for invention. Although formally scored forstrings with wind, horns, trumpets, and timpani,Mozart also offered them to his publisher to beperformed 'a quatro' - for strings only. Thesewould be the last concertos he wrote in which thiswould be possible, and it is certainly likely that itreflected a need to earn greater income asopposed to being a purely artistic decision. As inthe rest of this series, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet isjoined by the Manchester Camerata and GáborTakács-Nagy, who open the album with a dazzlingperformance of the Overture to Die Entführungaus dem Serail, which dates from the same period.
> Due to the current limited nature of music titles, ALL CD & Vinyl purchases are limited to FOUR copies per customer, per item. If you place multiple orders for multiples of the same title, your subsequent orders will be canceled.
The three concertos featured on this album werecomposed together in 1782 / 83 - shortly afterMozart had left his patron and position in Salzburgto establish himself as a freelance composer andperformer in Vienna. The concertos were allperformed by the composer in a series ofsubscription concerts that he gave in the city. Allshare the same form - opening movement insonata form, slow movement in ternary form, anda bright rondo finale. Despite these similarities,though, each piece has it's own distinct characterand identity; such was the extent of Mozart'sgenius for invention. Although formally scored forstrings with wind, horns, trumpets, and timpani,Mozart also offered them to his publisher to beperformed 'a quatro' - for strings only. Thesewould be the last concertos he wrote in which thiswould be possible, and it is certainly likely that itreflected a need to earn greater income asopposed to being a purely artistic decision. As inthe rest of this series, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet isjoined by the Manchester Camerata and GáborTakács-Nagy, who open the album with a dazzlingperformance of the Overture to Die Entführungaus dem Serail, which dates from the same period.
> Due to the current limited nature of music titles, ALL CD & Vinyl purchases are limited to FOUR copies per customer, per item. If you place multiple orders for multiples of the same title, your subsequent orders will be canceled.