Release Date: 30 October 2011
Label: Bis / BIS Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 7318599918945
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Mozart
Description
Ronald Brautigam, with the congenial support of Die Kolner Akademie, under Michael Alexander Willens, here performs Mozart's Piano Concertos Nos. 24 and 25, both composed in 1786. The C major concerto is in fact one of the most expansive of all classical piano concertos, rivalling Beethoven's fifth concerto. Their grandeur immediately made them popular fare in the concert hall - Mendelssohn, for instance, had No.24 in his repertoire through the 1820s and 1830s. On his copy of a fortepiano from 1795, and with orchestral forces corresponding to what Mozart would have been familiar, Brautigam creates a sound of which Mozart would have been familiar. On the first release in the team's traversal of Mozart's concertos (BIS-SACD-1794), Brautigam was described by International Record Review as 'an absolutely instinctive Mozartian, with... melodic playing of consummate beauty', going on to congratulate him on finding the 'ideal partners' for the project.'
Tracklisting
Ruby Hughes; Jonas Nordberg; Mime Yamahiro Brinkmann
Alina Ibragimova; Cedric Tiberghien
Malin Bystrom, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Thomas Sondergard
Masaaki Suzuki
Franz Halasz
CLARE HAMMOND
Chelys Consort Of Viols
Plowright
