Mozart Piano Concertos: Nos 20, 21, 23, 27
Elizabeth Sombart Piano

RCD1109
May 2023
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The four great concertos on this new album span the years 1785 – 1791, Mozart’s last year. The range of emotions these works convey is extraordinary. No.20 in D Minor left the audience at the premiere reeling. It is terse, angry and full of passion. The C Major concerto No.21 in contrast, is sunny, bright and full of optimism. No. 23 in A Major is bathed in a feeling of warm contentment. The wistful and heartfelt Adagio is especially striking. No. 27 in B Flat of 1791 is an autumnal work of intense sadness, almost as if the composer sensed his life was coming to an end. ‘Sombart’s playing is superb: technically precise, but possessing a flexibility and freedom that lets the music breath’ The Observer.

 TitleDuration
  1. Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466 (Cadenzas: Luca Belloni): I. Allegro 0:14:28
  2. Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466 (Cadenzas: Luca Belloni): II. Romance 0:10:46
  3. Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466 (Cadenzas: Luca Belloni): III. Allegro assai 0:07:36
  4. Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467 (Cadenzas: Luca Belloni): I. Allegro maestoso 0:15:26
  5. Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467 (Cadenzas: Luca Belloni): II. Andante 0:08:12
  6. Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467 (Cadenzas: Luca Belloni): III. Allegro assai 0:07:38
  7. Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488: I. Allegro 0:11:51
  8. Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488: II. Adagio 0:07:28
  9. Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488: III. Allegro assai 0:08:23
  10. Piano Concerto No. 27 in B Flat Major, K. 595: I. Allegro 0:14:46
  11. Piano Concerto No. 27 in B Flat Major, K. 595: II. Larghetto 0:08:03
  12. Piano Concerto No. 27 in B Flat Major, K. 595: III. Rondo. Allegro 0:09:17
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