Mozart Piano Concertos Cd/dvd
Grimaud Helene
Mozart Piano Concertos Cd/dvd
Grimaud Helene
Catalogue # 4779849
This album marks two ‘firsts’ for Hélène Grimaud - her first live DG recording and her first ever Mozart concerto recording – the Piano Concertos Nos. 19 in F, and 23 in A. Hélène Grimaud considers the concerto in A major “probably the most sublime concerto Mozart ever wrote”, with a slow movement that is “an extremely deep and painful expression of longing, where you find the real Mozart.” The concerto in F major K459 is less well-known, but with a very special vitality and a virtuosic finale that is for Grimaud, “pure pianistic pleasure”. As well as the two concertos, the album includes the beautiful concert aria for orchestra, soprano and piano ‘Ch'io mi scordi di te’, sung by Mojca Erdmann. The aria was Mozart’s declaration of love to the soprano Nancy Storace, his Susanna in the world premiere of “Le nozze di Figaro”.
Mozart:
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K488
Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major, K459
Ch'io mi scordi di te?… Non temer, amato bene, K505
Mojca Erdmann (soprano)
Hélène Grimaud (piano)
Kammerorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Review
Kate Rockstrom, Readings Carlton
Helene Grimaud is already a world renowned pianist, so when I found out she had never recorded Mozart until this album I was surprised. But I have to say, it was well worth the wait. There is a balance and precision in this album, both in the sound quality and musicianship that I found instantly appealing. I love Mozart’s orchestrations in his piano concertos and felt I discovered them all over again. With an interlude of a recitative and Rondo from Idomeneo with Mojca Erdmann as soprano this is one of those rare, truly enjoyable performances.
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