Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 22, K. 482 & No.23, K. 488

Featuring

Gábor Takács-Nagy
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
Manchester Camerata
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Compositional Technique

In Piano Concerto No. 22, KV 482, Mozart uses clarinets for the first time in a concerto, and the work features three powerful E flat strokes and recurring three-chord motives, possibly referencing Masonic symbolism.

Recording & Production

The recording project includes string students from Chetham's School of Music, reflecting a spirit of excellence, learning, and alliance.

Composition History

The two piano concertos on this album, KV 482 and KV 488, were composed in Vienna in the winter of 1785-86, while Mozart was also working on his opera 'Le nozze di Figaro'.

Instruments

The Piano Concerto No. 23, KV 488, also requires two clarinets, but Mozart advised that if they were unavailable, a violin and viola could be substituted, a flexibility uncommon today.

Recording & Production

Each project in this series pairs a Mozart Piano Concerto with one of Mozart's less-known opera overtures, a first for recordings made in Manchester.

Composer Biography

Mozart wrote the three concertos from that winter, including the two on this album, for his own use in concerts and they remained unpublished during his lifetime.

Recording & Production

This album is part of a five-year project to perform and record every Mozart Piano Concerto in Manchester's Stoller Hall, an acoustically advanced concert hall.