Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 18 & 22
Ronald Brautigam (piano)
Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2014, Editor's Choice
While Brautigam and Willens have sometims tended to favour tempos distinctly on the fast side, that isn't the case here: these are finely-judged performances throughout, in which every detail...
Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 18 & 22
Ronald Brautigam (piano)
Die Kölner Akademie, Michael Alexander Willens
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2014, Editor's Choice
While Brautigam and Willens have sometims tended to favour tempos distinctly on the fast side, that isn't the case here: these are finely-judged performances throughout, in which every detail...
About
The sixth disc in this highly acclaimed series combine two works in which Mozart's powers as an orchestrator come to the fore.
Concerto No. 22 is the first of only three piano concertos in which Mozart uses clarinets, to particular effect in the expressive Andantino cantabile episode of the otherwise ebullient Finale. The orchestra is on the whole unusually large, with trumpets and timpani, and horn parts which are uncommonly independent.
Contents and tracklist
Work length29:02
I. Allegro vivace
Track length12:01
II. Andante un poco sostenuto
Track length9:24
III. Allegro vivace
Track length7:37
Work length30:59
I. Allegro
Track length12:23
II. Andante
Track length7:38
III. Allegro
Track length10:58
Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineJuly 2014Editor's Choice
July 2014
While Brautigam and Willens have sometims tended to favour tempos distinctly on the fast side, that isn't the case here: these are finely-judged performances throughout, in which every detail counts. Brautigam contributes an impressive cadenza to K482.
May 2014
Like most other period-instrument practitioners of Mozart's keyboard music, Brautigam plays a copy...of an instrument that post-dates the composer's death...Much more important than matters of strict authenticity, however, is Brautigam's stylish performance: nimble, fluent and subtle, with plenty of soloistic flair...The bubbly finale [of K482] is a delight.
