Ronald Brautigam has a great passion for the fortepiano and has recorded the complete piano works of Mozart and Haydn on this instrument for BIS.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Mozart greatly admired Johann Christian Bach, 'the London Bach', for his graceful cantabile style, and later acknowledged his debt to him.
Performer Biography
Ronald Brautigam, one of Holland's leading musicians, was awarded the Nederlandse Muziekprijs in 1984, the highest Dutch musical award.
Instruments
The fortepiano used for K175 and K238 is by Paul McNulty, modeled after an instrument by Anton Walter, the most famous fortepiano maker of his time, whose instruments were praised by Mozart and Beethoven.
Composition History
The three Concertos, K 107, are arrangements Mozart made from solo keyboard sonatas by Johann Christian Bach, created between late 1770 and 1772.
Composition History
Mozart's Concerto No. 5 in D major, K 175, composed in Salzburg in December 1773, is his earliest 'original' piano concerto.
Recording & Production
Die Kölner Akademie is a unique ensemble that performs music from the 17th to 21st centuries on both modern and period instruments, using historical seating plans and critical editions.
