Mozart - Piano Concertos 6, 9, 11-13, 18 & 25
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Mozart - Piano Concertos 6, 9, 11-13, 18 & 25
Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano) / Freiburger Barockorchester
[ Harmonia Mundi / 3 CD ]
Release Date: Friday 28 March 2025
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Kristian Bezuidenhout was born in South Africa in 1979. He began his studies in Australia, completed them at the Eastman School of Music in the USA and now lives in London. He is a frequent guest artist with the Freiburger Barockorchester, the Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Les Arts Florissants, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, The English Concert, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe and Collegium Vocale Gent, in many instances assuming the role of guest director.
"Bezuidenhout offers a performance that brings out all [the Fantasia's] intensity and passion...his refreshingly imaginative performances are marred only by a liking for exaggerated pauses between musical paragraphs. This disc comes strongly recommended." BBC Music Magazine, February 2012 *****
"I have no doubt that this cycle is set to become a benchmark. There is nothing fussy or mannered about Bezuidenhout's Mozart, and the tempos provide no surprises. It is exceptionally beautifully crafted, with subtlety of nuance and tiny rhythmic inflections adding immense character, with the phrase structure neatly pointed...Listening to performances of this calibre leads one to re-evaluate the importance of these works." International Record Review, February 2012
"There's plenty of interpretative freedom...as the soloist takes Mozart's scores as a starting point rather than as the gospel handed down from above...he is superbly responsive to the music's high spirits and to the possibilities inherent in these scores." Gramophone
Tracks:
Piano Concerto no.6 in B flat major, K238
Piano Concerto no.9 in E flat major, K271 'Jeunehomme'
Piano Concerto no.11 in F major, K413
Piano Concerto no.12 in A major, K414
Piano Concerto no.13 in C major, K415
Piano Concerto no.18 in B flat major, K456
Piano Concerto no.25 in C major, K503
