Mozart Piano Concertos Nos 8, 14 and 15
Katsaris’s own-label Mozart concertos don’t challenge the competition
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Composer or Director: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Genre:
Orchestral
Label: Piano 21
Magazine Review Date: 2/2009
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 71
Mastering:
Stereo
Catalogue Number: P21026
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 8 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Salzburg Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer Yoon K. Lee, Conductor |
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 14 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Salzburg Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer Yoon K. Lee, Conductor |
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 15 |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Salzburg Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer Yoon K. Lee, Conductor |
Author: Harriet Smith
I’m not sure that the addition of improvised cadenzas for K246 as separate tracks adds much to the disc’s appeal either: it’s not as if it’s possible to programme them into the actual performance. You might expect the Salzburg Kammerphilharmonie to be steeped in Mozart’s musical language but there are times when the wind players aren’t particularly responsive to the opportunities with which they’re presented, which is a pity in a movement as sublime as the Andantino of K449 – a precursor in spirit to that of K467 – or at the point where Mozart launches into joyous triplets in the finale of the same concerto. The minor tinges of K450, too, pass for little compared with the readings of Uchida and Perahia, whose pre-eminence in this repertoire remains unchallenged.
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