Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 12, 13 & 14, The Chamber Version

Featuring

Gottlieb Wallisch
Charlotte Scott
Michael Trainor
David Wigram
Jessie Ann Richardson
Piatti Quartet

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Performer Biography

Gottlieb Wallisch, the pianist on this recording, began his musical education at the Vienna University for Music and Performing Arts at the age of six and is a prize winner of several international piano competitions.

Composition History

These three piano concertos (K. 413, K. 414, and K. 415) were completed in 1783 and composed by Mozart for his own subscription concerts in Vienna.

Composer Biography

The Concerto in E-flat Major, K. 449, was the first entry in Mozart's newly created "Catalogue of all my Works" on February 9, 1784, a year in which he composed six piano concertos.

Compositional Technique

Mozart envisioned a flexible orchestration for these concertos, allowing them to be performed with a full orchestra or with just a string quartet accompaniment.

Interpretation

This recording features the 'chamber version' of the concertos, with piano and string quartet, which enhances the intricacies of the string writing and encourages immediate interaction among the five musicians.

Performer Biography

The Piatti Quartet, the string quartet on this recording, are winners of the St. Martins in the Fields Chamber Music Competition and have performed at major venues across the UK, including Wigmore Hall.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Mozart described these concertos in a letter to his father as a "happy medium between being too easy and too difficult," designed to please both connoisseurs and less learned listeners.