F. X. Mozart / Clementi: Piano Concertos

 
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FRANZ XAVER MOZART / MUZIO CLEMENTI
F. X. Mozart / Clementi: Piano Concertos
Howard Shelley (piano/conductor), Sinfonieorchester St Gallen

[ Hyperion The Classical Piano Concerto Vol 3 / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 29 July 2016

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Franz Xaver Mozart was born just four months before the death of his father, Wolfgang Amadeus. A pianist of similarly precocious talent, he nevertheless wrote just two piano concertos: coupled with Clementi's only surviving essay in the genre, they make a sparkling addition to Hyperion's Classical Piano Concerto series.

"Shelley tucks into the solo part [of the First Concerto] with almost nonchalant ease, alive to every colour change as Franz Xaver darts momentarily into minor keys…the delightfully capricious rondo finale is given with tremendous élan…[he finds] a superb translucency [in the Second Concerto] even at the lowest register. He brings a real poignancy to the halting, minor-key slow movement, while the finale is brought to life with an unobtrusive felicity" Gramophone August 2016

'Howard Shelley plays both pieces quite beautifully, investing each phrase with subtly understated expression' (BBC Music Magazine)
Five Stars PERFORMANCE
Five Stars RECORDING

'Engagingly played here by the admirable Howard Shelley' (The Observer)»

'Longstanding Hyperion Artist Howard Shelley rattles off these concertos as if to the manner born' (Classic FM)

'The Piano Concerto in E Flat … is the real thing, taking the listener on an unpredictable musical and emotional journey.Howard Shelley is the adept pianist, routinely accompanied by the Sinfonieorchester St Gallen. They throw in a naïve, galant concerto by Clementi for good measure' (Financial Times)

Tracks:

FRANZ XAVER MOZART
Piano Concerto No 1 in C major Op 14 [25'44]
1 Allegro maestoso [10'59]
2 Adagio [7'27]
3 Allegretto [7'18]
Piano Concerto No 2 in E flat major Op 25 [25'02]
4 Allegro con brio [13'15]
5 Andante espressivo [4'04]
6 Rondo: Allegretto [7'43]

MUZIO CLEMENTI
Piano Concerto in C major [20'45]
7 Allegro con spirito [8'47]
8 Adagio e cantabile con grand' espressione [5'51]
9 Presto [6'07]