Mozart - Piano Concertos K271 & K456 | Harmonia Mundi HMM902332

Mozart - Piano Concertos K271 & K456

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Label: Harmonia Mundi

Cat No: HMM902332

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 2nd September 2022

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The origins of these concertos, performed here by Kristian Bezuidenhout, may each be traced to a woman.

The so-called “Jeunehomme” Concerto, K271, a vehicle for rather unexpected musical daring, could instead take its nickname from the work’s dedicatee: the piano virtuoso Louise Victoire Jenamy, daughter of Mozart’s old friend, the dancer Noverre.

As for K456, cast in a more traditional mould yet so elaborate and seductive, it was apparently composed for Maria Theresia von Paradis, a blind pianist acclaimed throughout Europe.

Two works distinctly different in character, while somehow being aptly complementary.

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