Mozart & Contemporaries

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there is much to admire here thanks to Ólafsson’s superb pianism, most notably in Haydn’s Sonata No. 47, Mozart’s little C major Sonata and his Adagio in B minor; his Kleine Gigue goes like the... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2021, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Release Date: 3rd Sep 2021
Catalogue No: 4860525
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Length: 83 minutes

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Critics' Choice 2021
Presto Recording of the Week

3rd September 2021
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October 2021

Editor's Choice
Presto Recordings of the Year

Finalist 2021
International Classical Music Awards

2022

Nominated - Solo Instrument
Gramophone Awards

2022

Shortlisted - Piano

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Galuppi: Piano Sonata in F minor: Andante spiritoso

Work length2:06

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Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Recorded: 2021-04-09
Recording Venue: Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik

Mozart: Rondo in F major K494

Work length6:05

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Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Recorded: 2021-04-09
Recording Venue: Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik

Bach, C P E: Rondo in D minor, Wq. 61 / 4 (H290)

Work length3:26

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Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Recorded: 2021-04-09
Recording Venue: Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik

Cimarosa: Keyboard Sonata No. 42 in D minor

Work length2:24

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Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Recorded: 2021-04-09
Recording Venue: Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik

Mozart: Fantasia in D minor, K397

Work length5:47

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Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Recorded: 2021-04-09
Recording Venue: Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik

Mozart: Rondo in D major, K485

Work length3:46

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Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Recorded: 2021-04-09
Recording Venue: Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik

Cimarosa: Keyboard Sonata No. 55 in A minor

Work length2:44

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Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Recorded: 2021-04-09
Recording Venue: Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik

Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 47 in B minor, Hob.XVI:32

Work length7:54

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Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Recorded: 2021-04-09
Recording Venue: Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik

I. Allegro moderato

Track length3:04

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II. Menuet

Track length2:41

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III. Finale. Presto

Track length2:09

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Mozart: Gigue in G Major, K574

Work length1:40

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Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Recorded: 2021-04-09
Recording Venue: Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik

Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major, K545 'Facile'

Work length8:43

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Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Recorded: 2021-04-09
Recording Venue: Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik

I. Allegro

Track length3:00

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II. Andante

Track length4:00

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III. Rondo. Allegretto

Track length1:43

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Mozart: String Quintet No. 4 in G minor, K516: IV. Adagio

Work length8:04

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Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Recorded: 2021-04-09
Recording Venue: Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik

Galuppi: Sonata in C minor, Illy 34

Work length3:07

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Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Recorded: 2021-04-09
Recording Venue: Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik

I. Larghetto

Track length3:07

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Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K457

Work length16:38

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Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Recorded: 2021-04-09
Recording Venue: Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik

I. Molto allegro

Track length3:55

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II. Adagio

Track length8:12

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III. Allegro assai

Track length4:31

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Mozart: Adagio in B minor, K540

Work length7:34

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Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Recorded: 2021-04-09
Recording Venue: Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik

Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K618

Work length4:02

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Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
Recorded: 2021-04-09
Recording Venue: Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik

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Interview, Víkingur Ólafsson on Mozart and his Contemporaries

9th September 2021

The Icelandic pianist talks to Katherine about his new album exploring 'one of the most incredible decades in any composer's life', and his mission to 'get rid of some my own preconceptions about Mozart by finding out more about the music of his day'.

Recording of the Week, Víkingur Ólafsson performs piano music by Mozart and contemporaries

3rd September 2021

For his fourth album on Deutsche Grammophon, the Icelandic pianist presents a sublime, intelligent programme of works by Mozart alongside pieces by Haydn, Galuppi, Cimarosa, and CPE Bach.

Víkingur Ólafsson’s thought-provoking programme for Mozart & Contemporaries features some of his favourite Mozart keyboard works juxtaposed with pieces by a selection of the composer’s leading contemporaries: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788); Joseph Haydn (1732–1809); Baldassare Galuppi (1706–1785); and Domenico Cimarosa (1749–1801).

“Far from the glowing image of the angelic prodigy, the music on this album is mostly by the Mozart of the 1780s, a grown man and a mature composer – who in the preceding years had come to know adversity,” explained Víkingur Ólafsson. “This is the period when Mozart was not just perfecting the Classical tradition but subtly subverting it, his graceful touch as featherlight as always but the shadows darker, the nuances and ambiguities more profound.”

Reviews

November 2021

there is much to admire here thanks to Ólafsson’s superb pianism, most notably in Haydn’s Sonata No. 47, Mozart’s little C major Sonata and his Adagio in B minor; his Kleine Gigue goes like the wind.

October 2021

Just when you feel you’ve got the measure of Víkingur Ólafsson he veers off in an unexpected direction...this could have been a bitty affair, yet the result is anything but.

3rd September 2021

Something that never ceases to amaze me about the Icelandic pianist is the variety of touch and sheer range of colours that he brings to his playing..Ólafsson is happily determined to forge his own path even in the most familiar of repertoire, doing things his own way yet never making his choices feel like mere gimmicks…another exceptional album from this phenomenally accomplished performer.

28th August 2021

He asks how to “deal” with Mozart: easy on first glance, but elusive and difficult once you dig deeper…His clear, agile playing, inner parts brought out, ornaments always fresh, never exaggerated, suggests he has found peace with the composer. This is just the start.

8th September 2021

whatever he plays, Olafsson treats the music with equal distinction: articulation wonderfully fleet and clean; the phrasing flexible, always alive; the range of touch in his fingers stretching into infinity. This is a lovely album.

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Interview, Víkingur Ólafsson on Mozart and his Contemporaries

Recording of the Week, Víkingur Ólafsson performs piano music by Mozart and contemporaries

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