Piano Concertos Nos 6, 8 & 9
Angela Hewitt / Orchestra da Camera di Mantova
CDA 67840 - 0034571178400
The phenomenal Angela Hewitt embarks upon another Hyperion journey, this time through the piano concertos of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
The twenty-seven concertos for piano and orchestra contain some of the composer’s greatest achievements. Concertos Nos 6 and 8, two of the young Mozart’s earliest attempts at the genre, display a perfection of form and an elegant purity. Concerto No 9, the ‘Jeunehomme’, remarkably written in 1777 when Mozart was 21, is considered to be the composer’s first great masterpiece. The result of this creative outburst was a monument of musical originality and inventive orchestration. As the American critic Michael Steinberg aptly put it, in this concerto ‘Mozart, so to speak, became Mozart’.
In these interpretations Angela Hewitt displays her characteristic elegance and innate musicality. She is supported by the impeccably refined playing of the Orchestra da Camera di Mantova and the disc includes a personal and illuminating note by the pianist.
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1Piano Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat Major, K. 238I. Allegro aperto06:55
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2Piano Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat Major, K. 238II. Andante un poco adagio06:02
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3Piano Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat Major, K. 238III. Rondeau: Allegro07:05
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4Piano Concerto No. 8 in C Major, 'Lützow', K. 246I. Allegro aperto07:39
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5Piano Concerto No. 8 in C Major, 'Lützow', K. 246II. Andante07:29
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6Piano Concerto No. 8 in C Major, 'Lützow', K. 246III. Rondeau: Tempo di menuetto07:24
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7Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-Flat Major, 'Jeunehomme', K. 271I. Allegro10:33
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8Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-Flat Major, 'Jeunehomme', K. 271II. Andantino11:38
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9Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-Flat Major, 'Jeunehomme', K. 271III. Rondeau: Presto10:38