Piano Concertos (Nos 18 & 19)

 
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W. A. MOZART
Piano Concertos (Nos 18 & 19)
Mitsuko Uchida (piano & conductor), Cleveland Orchestra

[ Decca / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 8 August 2014

Another instalment in Uchida's much-admired and Grammy-Award-winning Mozart piano concerto series with the Cleveland Orchestra.

Like the composer at the premieres, Uchida directs from the keyboard and enjoys an unusual rapport with one of America's 'Big Five' orchestras.

This new live recording combines the B flat Major Concerto, No. 18, K456 and the F Major Concerto, No. 19, K459, both part of the great series of piano concertos Mozart wrote in Vienna in the mid-1780s.

"I cannot recall hearing these works performed with this degree of intimacy and subtlety."
(International Record Review)

"in directing them herself, Mitsuko Uchida draws out Mozart's originality...the Cleveland wind are superbly evocative of Mozart's night-time vision." (The Observer)

"Directed by Uchida it is hard to find fault with The Cleveland Orchestra such a responsive and warm-hearted partner.": (MusicWeb Oct 2014)

"What a delight to find lightness and elegance twinkling away in Mitsuko Uchida's latest Mozart disc...Some may argue for Uchida's touch being almost too decorous for music never all that far from melancholy - but for her sparkling fingerwork and the clear recording I give much thanks." (The Times)

'There is a pearly sheen to her tone and an elegance to her articulation that evokes the operatic character of Mozart's Concertos. Dialogue, flirtations and diverting challenges abound in the music' (BBC Music Concerto Choice Nov 2014)

Tracks:

Piano Concerto No. 18 in B flat major, K456
Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major, K459