Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major, K482

It is rare to find a soloist doubling as a conductor in Salzburg, but when it happens, it is undoubtedly a delightful prospect for the Festival audience. This was a risk that Alexander Lonquich took with the Mozarteum Orchestra in 2009. His Mozart Matinee began with the 'Six German Dances' K 571 and revealed Lonquich and the orchestra as knowledgeable champions of a rhythmically alert and dynamically varied Mozart style. Their ability to breathe new life into the music also benefitted the 'Linz' Symphony in C major K 425, while the 'Masonic Funeral Music' in C minor K 477 proved to be a moment of intense stasis in the concert, which was brought to a brilliant end with the Piano Concerto in E flat major K

482, conducted by Lonquich from the keyboard.

Another release by this world famous pianist. This CD includes the first release of this recording of Piano Concerto No.25 (recorded in 1978) and it is the first time on CD for this performance of Piano Concerto No. 22 (recorded in 1959). Paul Badura-Skoda’s extensive notes on the music and on these performances are also included here.

Pianist Imogen Cooper continues her critically acclaimed series of Mozart concerti, directing the Northern Sinfonia from the keyboard.

The acclaimed pianist Imogen Cooper has seen her highly regarded career blossom of late, due to her recordings of Schubert’s late solo piano works and Mozart Piano Concertos on Avie. Most recently her Schubert series has appeared in the Top 10 of the Specialist Classical Chart, and has been hailed by the international media, from the BBC to National Public Radio, and Gramophone to The New York Times. This release is her third of Mozart concertos directing the Northern Sinfonia from the keyboard, an instrument that Cooper selected specially for the spectacular Sage Gateshead when the venue opened in 2004. The synergy between soloist and orchestra results in a poetic clarity that befits Mozart’s late works.

Booklet Notes: English, German, French.

Daniel Barenboim ranks as one of the greatest Mozart interpreters of the 20th century. Among his recordings of Mozart’s piano concertos, there have thus far been no releases with Rafael Kubelík – Barenboim’s deeply admired conductor and “brother in spirit”. Both interpreters were united by the same musical approach, a striving for uncompromising clarity in phrasing and structure. The result is a highly vibrant, exemplary recording of two of Mozart’s most significant piano concertos. In 1970, the year the recording was made, Kubelík had already been Chief Conductor of the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks for nine years and had led the ensemble to international renown.

Barenboim and Kubelík, an ideal pair of interpreters for Mozart.

A recording from Barenboim’s pianistic glory years.

The continuation of the BR-KLASSIK ARCHIVE series following the successful launch with Martha Argerich.

“Mozart’s A major Concerto K. 488, played by Daniel Barenboim (…) was more than just a pleasure – it was likewise the revelation of the unfathomable in Mozart’s music.” Süddeutsche Zeitung, June 1970

Annie Fischer’s (July 5, 1914 - April 10, 1995) main teacher was Ernst von Dohnányi at the Budapest Music Academy. In 1933 she won the first prize at the International Liszt Competition and soon established an illustrious solo concert career. She was regularly invited to perform throughout Europe by the likes of Otto Klemperer, Ferenc Fricsay, Igor Markevich, Antal Dorati, Walfganf Sawalisch, Adrian Boult. and considered one of the most admired pianists of the 20th century. Her great qualities were the poetic, passionate and magically beautiful performances that created a special communication with the audience.

These works were recorded in Salzburg in 1956.

The young, articulate and passionate Israeli pianist David Greilsammer returns to Naïve with his much-anticipated third album for the label, featuring Mozart’s Piano Concertos Nos. 22 and 24.

David is joined once again joined by his Suedama Ensemble. Founded by David Greilsammer in New York in 2005 and composed of the most remarkable young international soloists of our time, the group has quickly established an international reputation as an orchestra that carries a bold and innovative artistic vision. This release follows close on the heels of their first highly acclaimed recording of Mozart’s Early Piano concertos, awarded by The Daily Telegraph as ‘Record of the Year.’

David Greilsammer conducts from the keyboard, offering a highly personal allaround vision of Mozart’s works. The 22nd and 24th piano concertos are some of the best loved of Mozart’s compositions. In 2008, David Greilsammer amazed the press and public when he performed the complete Mozart Piano Sonatas in a oneday marathon in Paris, and again at the Verbier Festival.