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Mozart - Piano Concertos No.21 & No.22 | EMI 2172702

Mozart - Piano Concertos No.21 & No.22

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Label: EMI

Cat No: 2172702

Barcode: 5099921727023

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 15th September 2008

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Contents

Artists

Jonathan Biss (piano)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Conductor

Jonathan Biss

Artists

Jonathan Biss (piano)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Conductor

Jonathan Biss

About

The young, articulate and passionate American pianist, Jonathan Biss, an exclusive artist for EMI Classics, returns with his much anticipated fourth album for the label featuring Mozart’s Piano Concerti Nos. 21 and 22. Jonathan is joined by the Grammy-Award winning Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, internationally renowned for its fine artistry and distinctive approach to music-making.

It is commonly said that if one wished to learn everything there is to know about Mozart, but could only study a single type of composition, the best choice would be the piano concerto. In this one area, Mozart produced twenty-seven pieces, more piano concerti than any other composer.

His 21st and 22nd appeared in the latter part of his career and were composed in the same year. Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.21 in C is one of the great and most well-known of his 27 piano concerti as well as being considered among the most technically demanding. Indeed, Leopold Mozart once described it as "astonishingly difficult".

Mozart was a gifted improviser and it is said that he preferred not to write out the solo cadenzas, deciding instead to improvise them on the spot. Though most of Mozart’s cadenzas have survived, Nos. 20 and No 21 have not. Jonathan has decided to play all his own cadenzas except for the last movement of K467, where he plays Dinu Lipatti's.

Jonathan was introduced on the Debut label at EMI but swiftly moved onto the main label, acknowledging that he is an exceptional and highly accomplished musician. He has already established a flourishing international career, both in recital and orchestral performances.

Jonathan Biss made something both tender and vivacious of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-Flat. This was musicianship that went right to the heart of Mozart's eloquence.” – San Francisco Chronicle

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