Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 19 & 27

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Piemontesi pays avid attention to the tonal calibration of every note and phrase. Andrew Manze matches him by controlling the orchestral balance to a T and choosing tempos that suit the music... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2020, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Release Date: 28th Aug 2020
Catalogue No: CKD622
Label: Linn
Length: 67 minutes

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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major, K459

Work length27:36

$5.05

$7.65

$10.15

Francesco Piemontesi, Andrew Manze, Scottish Chamber Orchestra

I. Allegro

Track length12:21

$2.05

$3.05

$4.05

II. Allegretto

Track length7:16

$1.50

$2.30

$3.05

III. Allegro assai

Track length7:59

$1.50

$2.30

$3.05

Mozart: Rondo for Piano & Orchestra in A major, K386

Work length9:06

$1.50

$2.30

$3.05

Francesco Piemontesi, Andrew Manze, Scottish Chamber Orchestra

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-Flat Major, K. 595 in B Flat Major

Work length30:21

$4.55

$6.85

$9.15

Francesco Piemontesi, Andrew Manze, Scottish Chamber Orchestra

I. Allegro

Track length14:12

$2.05

$3.05

$4.05

II. Larghetto

Track length6:42

$1.00

$1.50

$2.05

III. Allegro

Track length9:27

$1.50

$2.30

$3.05

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The 'dream team' of Piemontesi, Andrew Manze and the Scottish Chamber Orchestra present the graceful and sunny 'Piano Concerto No. 19 in F Major' and the mellow and magnificent 'Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-Flat Major', which was Mozart's last.

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November 2020

Piemontesi pays avid attention to the tonal calibration of every note and phrase. Andrew Manze matches him by controlling the orchestral balance to a T and choosing tempos that suit the music without having to reinvent the wheel. The orchestral playing is precise and fashionably lean. The recorded sound quality is excellent.

28th August 2020

It makes just as enjoyable a disc as its predecessor, if not for quite the same reasons. This is more clearly a young man's Mozart, enlivened by a bright eye and a keen, decisive way with the music. It fits that the Scottish Chamber Orchestra's playing is also trim and clear, making the performances all of a piece.

October 2020

There is no shortage of the appropriate intimacy and interplay between instrumental groups...Tempos are all judiciously chosen but may in places feel a little careful...In places it may seem a little cool. Just as you think so, though, some harmonic turn, some fingery challenge suddenly inspires Piemontesi and the inspiration in a flash becomes molten, the involvement absolute.

30th August 2020

Piemontesi, who phrases the Allegretto in K459 and Larghetto in K595 with a patrician, singing cantabile, establishes himself as a peerless Mozartian stylist of the younger generation, while Manze upholds the SCO’s gold standard in Mozart.

22nd August 2020

Lithe and spirited, the SCO players make excellent companions for their Swiss soloist, a performer in total, joyful command of his material: scrupulous in detail, imaginative – but not to excess – in ornament and cadenza. Manze brings his period instrument expertise to proceedings, giving fresh insight to this beloved repertoire.

27th August 2020

The moment this music bursts into action there is a charged brilliance that never dims. It’s to do with two things: the fiery crackle of Francesco Piemontesi at the piano; and the raw precision that Andrew Manze elicits from the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, who never once play these Mozart concertos like back room staff. There’s simply never a dull moment.

28th August 2020

[Piemontesi is] an absolute master of the art that conceals art, playing the notes with such easy grace and limpid flow that he almost seems to be improvising...Tutored by pianists such as Alfred Brendel and Murray Perahia, the opposite of garish showmen, he brings a sense of unforced inevitability to every phrase.

Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 19 & 27

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