IDAGIO | Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 - Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 7318599919782

Featuring

Osmo Vänskä
Yevgeny Sudbin
Minnesota Orchestra
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ludwig van Beethoven

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Composition History

Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K 491, was composed for a concert he gave himself in Vienna's Burgtheater on April 7, 1786.

Compositional Technique

Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24 integrates all instrumental groups in an unprecedented symphonic texture, requiring a larger orchestra than any of his other piano concertos.

Composer Biography

Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24 is one of only two piano concertos he wrote in a minor key, the other being K 466 in D minor.

Critical Reception

Leipzig's Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung hailed Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3 as "one of the finest pieces that has ever been written in this genre" upon its first printed edition in 1805.

Performer Biography

Osmo Vänskä, the conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra, began his musical career as a clarinettist, occupying the co-principal's chair in the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra for several years.

Performer Biography

Yevgeny Sudbin, the pianist on this recording, was born in St Petersburg and has lived in the UK since 1997, receiving critical acclaim for his concerts and recordings.

Interpretation

Yevgeny Sudbin, the pianist on this recording, composed his own cadenzas for Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24, as Mozart's original cadenzas have not survived.