Mozart: Piano Concertos No.17, K.453 & No.25, K.503 Mitsuko Uchida & The Cleveland Orchestra

• 1 1. Allegro 12:45
• 2 2. Andante 11:30
• 3 3. Allegretto - Finale: Presto 08:31
• 4 1. Allegro maestoso 16:39
• 5 2. Andante 08:23
• 6 3. Allegretto 09:33
• Total Runtime 01:07:21

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The Cleveland Orchestra and Mitsuko Uchida announce the release date of their latest Decca recording project: Mozart’s Piano Concertos Nos. 17 (K453) and 25 (K503), which were recorded live at Severance Hall in February 2016. internationally.

“With K453 in G major Mozart opens a new horizon in his piano concertos,” says pianist Mitsuko Uchida. “With this lyrical and poignant piece, he began using the woodwinds as solo instruments, almost equal to the piano. This new inspiration reaches its peak with K503 in C major, the grandest of all the concerti, majestic and mysterious. The often asked question which piano concerto of Mozart was my favourite, I have to answer ‘The one I am playing today.’ But these two come pretty much at the top.”

A longtime collaborative partner, Ms. Uchida has performed with The Cleveland Orchestra over 100 times since her debut in 1990, in a range of repertory from Mozart and Beethoven to Schoenberg and Messiaen. The newest Mozart recording is part of a series of recordings with The Cleveland Orchestra, following on four previous Mozart releases (details are included below). All feature Ms. Uchida conducting the concertos from the keyboard. During the 2016-17 Severance Hall season, Ms. Uchida will conduct and perform Mozart’s Piano Concertos Nos. 13 and 20 on April 6, 7, and 8.

The Mozart recording project developed out of a performance series with The Cleveland Orchestra in which Ms. Uchida performed all of Mozart’s solo piano concertos over a period of five seasons, 2002-2007. The success and acclaim of those concerts led to a new multi-year project to revisit select concertos in the series, to record live at Severance Hall and create her definitive interpretations of the selected concertos. All four previous albums have been acclaimed and critically reviewed. In 2011, Mitsuko Uchida won her first Grammy Award for the first recording in this series, Mozart’s Piano Concertos Nos. 23 and 24. The newest recording being released this autumn is the final planned album in the series.

“Uchida's approach to Mozart is well-known in Cleveland. She shapes the orchestral accompaniment with exquisite care … her rendering of the solo part is colorful, crisply articulated and governed by a natural sympathy for the innermost thoughts of the composer.” (cleveland.com)

“The glory of the Cleveland Orchestra remains its balances: the smooth yet complex blend of its winds, the way the lower strings offer subtle depth to the higher ones.” (The New York Times)

“Alert yet dreamy, freely bending the tempo throughout, Ms. Uchida was most fascinating in the way she shifted her approach between the concertos. In the earlier work, her sound was pebbly: smooth yet defined. In the latter, her tone was richer, by the end almost organ-like in its amplitude and grandeur. With the orchestra, her relationship was intimate, playful, delightful.” (The New York Times)

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Mitsuko Uchida, conductor, piano

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