MCO, Leif Ove Andsnes: Mozart in Salzburg

Mozart's great piano concertos and the "Prague Symphony" with Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra in Salzburg.

Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra continue their collaborative exploration of Mozart's great piano concertos and their surroundings. This large-scale project is receiving acclaim in the most prestigious concert halls as well as award-winning results in the recording studio. In the Great Hall of the Mozarteum, attention is now focused on works composed in 1785/86 that are characterized by ambiguous twilight and expressive instability: It begins with the great E-flat major Piano Concerto KV 482 with its heartbreaking Andante in C minor, a set of variations that had to be repeated at the premiere; carries over to the carries over to the "Prague Symphony," which evokes the juxtaposition of D major and D minor found in "Don Giovanni"; and concludes with the singularly plaintive chromaticism of the C minor Piano Concerto, KV 491 – all testaments to Mozart as arguably the first Romantic composer.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto in E-flat major for piano and orchestra KV 482
Symphony in D major KV 504 "Prague Symphony"
Concerto in C minor for piano and orchestra KV 491

Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Leif Ove Andsnes, conductor and piano
Matthew Truscott, concertmaster and conductor

Recorded live at Great Hall, Mozarteum

A production of Accentus Music
In coproduction with WDR/Arte

Production Company Accentus Music
Co-Production Company WDR/Arte