Mozart Piano Concertos K. 271 & 456 Kristian Bezuidenhout & Freiburger Barockorchester

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791): Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-Flat Major, K. 271 "Jeunehomme":
• 1 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-Flat Major, K. 271 "Jeunehomme": I. Allegro 10:33
• 2 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-Flat Major, K. 271 "Jeunehomme": II. Andantino 11:28
• 3 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-Flat Major, K. 271 "Jeunehomme": III. Rondeau. Presto 10:52
• Piano Concerto No. 18 In B-Flat Major, K. 456:
• 4 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 18 In B-Flat Major, K. 456: I. Allegro vivace 12:04
• 5 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 18 In B-Flat Major, K. 456: II. Andante un poco sostenuto 09:46
• 6 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 18 In B-Flat Major, K. 456: III. Allegro vivace 08:23
• Total Runtime 01:03:06

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Two women are at the origin of the concertos that Kristian Bezuidenhout proposes to hear here. The "Jeunehomme", a musical vessel of rather unexpected audacity, is named after the virtuoso Louise Victoire Jenamy, daughter of the dancer Noverre, an old friend of Mozart's to whom he dedicated the work. As for Concerto No. 18, formally wiser but oh so complex and bewitching, it was for Maria Theresia von Paradis, a blind pianist acclaimed throughout Europe, that Mozart composed it. Two works with very different characters, yet so complementary...

Kristian Bezuidenhout, piano
Freiburger Barockorchester

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