Mozart: Piano Concertos Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Manchester Camerata & Gábor Takács-Nagy

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791): Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453:
• 1 Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453: Ia. Allegro - 09:52
• 2 Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453: Ib. Cadenza (By Bavouzet) 02:45
• 3 Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453: IIa. Andante - 07:30
• 4 Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453: IIb. Cadenza (By Bavouzet) 02:16
• 5 Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453: III. Allegretto 07:56
• Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-Flat Major, K. 456:
• 6 Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-Flat Major, K. 456: I. Allegro vivace 11:33
• 7 Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-Flat Major, K. 456: II. Andante un poco sostenuto 10:16
• 8 Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-Flat Major, K. 456: III. Allegro vivace 07:23
• Divertimento in B-Flat Major, K. 137 "Salzburg Symphony No. 2":
• 9 Divertimento in B-Flat Major, K. 137 "Salzburg Symphony No. 2": I. Andante 05:26
• 10 Divertimento in B-Flat Major, K. 137 "Salzburg Symphony No. 2": II. Allegro di molto 02:31
• 11 Divertimento in B-Flat Major, K. 137 "Salzburg Symphony No. 2": III. Allegro assai 02:05
• Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453 (Excerpt):
• 12 Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453 (Excerpt): I. Cadenza [Original] 02:14
• 13 Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453 (Excerpt): II. Cadenza [Original] 02:26
• Total Runtime 01:14:13

Info for Mozart: Piano Concertos

After demonstrating their ‘innate love and understanding of Haydn’s music in performances of the expected vivacity and insight’ (BBC Music – CHAN 10808), Bavouzet and Takács-Nagy, the latter conducting his Manchester Camerata, now explore Mozart’s extraordinarily prolific year 1784 in this new series.

Two of the six concertos composed that year are heard here, each unusual for having been written by Mozart for another pianist and for featuring a central Andante, instead of the more common Adagio.

This is a unique version that, as Bavouzet stresses in his booklet note, ‘although played unequivocally on modern instruments, contrasts with those versions made not so very long ago, which used a large orchestra incorporating sixteen violins and eight double-basses’. He adds: ‘a versions which also will take into account a number of performing practices current in Mozart’s time, such as the use of a solo quartet to accompany certain well-defined passages in which the piano is predominant. A version which in one way or another aims to link tradition and modernity.’

“...With Mozart, there’s nowhere to hide: every note is out in the open. Bavouzet casts magic over the orchestra’s background accompaniment with his faultless, seamless execution of passagework and his exquisite phrasing of melodies. The soloist blends harmoniously with the Manchester Camerata, and conductor Gábor Takács-Nagy clearly breathes the same musical lines as the pianist...” - Essential - (Marius Dawn, Pianist magazine)

“... There’s splendid playing from both Bavouzet and the Manchester Camerata under Gábor Takacs-Nagy ...” (Misha Donat, BBC Music magazine)

"... this is a sheer delight and leaves you wondering which way Bavouzet will turn next in his cycle - and when." (David Threasher, Gramophone magazine)

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano
Manchester Camerata
Gábor Takács- Nagy, conductor

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Booklet for Mozart: Piano Concertos