Mozart, Martini & Sterkel: Piano Concertos

Featuring

Dominik Kiefer
Yorck Kronenberg
Capriccio Barockorchester
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Giovanni Battista Martini
Franz Xaver Sterkel

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Composer Biography

Padre Martini (Giovanni Battista Martini), a Franciscan friar and priest, was a legendary music scholar and composer, praised as a 'Dio della musica de' nostri tempi' after his death.

Instruments

During this transitional period, the fortepiano, with its more fundamental tone, replaced the overtone-rich harpsichord as the central instrument in sound development.

Composer Biography

Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, a pianist-composer born in Würzburg, initially studied theology and was ordained a priest before turning to music.

Historical Context

The years 1782 to 1814 are considered the central period of Viennese Classicism, marked by the works of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.

Historical Context

This period saw a transition from continuo-based Baroque music to the treble-oriented, periodic melodies of Classicism, and then to the harmonic subtleties of early 19th-century Romantic music.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Padre Martini's life project was a 'Storia della musica' (History of Music), but he only completed three volumes, covering up to Greek Antiquity.

Performer Biography

Yorck Kronenberg, the pianist on this album, regularly performs as a soloist at major festivals and has a discography including works by Beethoven, Schubert, and Brahms.