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Chandos: Mozart - Piano Concertos KV 449 & KV 459, Divertimenti KV 136 & KV 138 (Audio CD)

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Product Details:

UPC: 0951151958262
Catalog Number: CHAN 10958
Product Type: Audio CD
Label: Chandos
Artist: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (piano)
Ensemble: Manchester Camerata
Conductor: Gábor Takács-Nagy
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Release Year: 2017
Genre: Classical
Recorded: 24-bit / 96 kHz digital
Condition: Brand New / Factory Sealed

Product Features

Format: Audio CD
Total Time: 69:34
Tracks: 12
Recording Quality: 24-bit/96 kHz digital master
Pressing: Chandos Digital
Country: England (Chandos Records Ltd, Colchester, Essex)

Overview

Two of Mozart's most technically demanding piano concertos, performed with the kind of transparency and lightness that the works actually ask for.

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet has been building his Mozart concerto cycle for Chandos over several volumes, and this second installment pairs KV 449 in E flat major with KV 459 in F major - both composed in 1784, during Mozart's peak years as Vienna's most sought-after pianist-composer. Between them sit two of the early Divertimenti for strings, KV 136 and KV 138 from 1772, giving the disc a pleasing arc from youthful brilliance to mature mastery.

Bavouzet's touch is precise without being clinical. Gábor Takács-Nagy draws clean, responsive playing from the Manchester Camerata, and the Chandos 24-bit recording picks up every shade of texture. At 69 minutes, the disc is well-filled and well-balanced.

Interesting Facts

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet is a French pianist born in 1962, known especially for his Debussy and Haydn cycles; his Mozart recordings for Chandos have been praised for their period-informed approach on a modern piano.
Gábor Takács-Nagy is a Hungarian conductor and violinist, former first violinist of the Takács Quartet, who has led the Manchester Camerata since 2011.
Piano Concerto KV 449 was the first concerto Mozart entered into his own personal catalogue (his "Verzeichnüß"), making it a landmark in how scholars trace his output.
Piano Concerto KV 459 is sometimes called the "Military" Concerto for the march-like rhythms in its finale - though Mozart never used that nickname himself.
The two Divertimenti, KV 136 and KV 138, were composed in Salzburg in 1772 when Mozart was just 16. They are sometimes catalogued as "Salzburg Symphonies."
Chandos Records was founded in 1979 and is one of the UK's leading classical labels, known for high-resolution digital recordings and extensive orchestral catalogue.

Track Listing

1-3. Piano Concerto in E flat major, KV 449 (1784) - 21:07 4-6. Divertimento in D major, KV 136 (1772) - 12:23 7-9. Divertimento in F major, KV 138 (1772) - 9:52 10-12. Piano Concerto in F major, KV 459 (1784) - 25:50