Mozart: Piano Concertos 9 & 12

Artista: Sombart, Elizabeth

Formato: COMPACT DISCS

Gravadora/Label: RBCN

Catalogo: 1192

Faixas: 1.1 Piano Concerto No. 9 in E flat K.271 “Jeunehomme”~I. Allegro
1.2 Piano Concerto No. 9 in E flat K.271 “Jeunehomme”~II. Andantino
1.3 Piano Concerto No. 9 in E flat K.271 “Jeunehomme”~III. Rondeau: Presto
1.4 Piano Concerto No. 12 in A K.414~I. Allegro
1.5 Piano Concerto No. 12 in A K.414~II. Andante
1.6 Piano Concerto No. 12 in A K.414~III. Allegretto

With his 9th piano concerto, composed in 1777, Mozart entered a new world. The traditional long orchestral introduction is dispensed with, and the soloist enters after the second bar. Nothing as audacious as this would happen in a concerto until Beethoven’s 4th, where the soloist starts the work. Performed by Elizabeth Sombart and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra led by Pierre Vallet, the 9th is a large-scale concerto running over 30 minutes in length. By contrast, the group of three concertos composed in 1782 are less demanding, for both soloist and the listener.