Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 21 (Arr. I. Lachner)
1/3/2016, 6 Tracks, 57:54
Featuring
Alon Goldstein
Rachel L. Calin
Fine Arts Quartet
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Performer Biography
The Fine Arts Quartet, featured on this recording, includes Ralph Evans (Violin I), Efim Boico (Violin II), Juan Miguel Hernandez (Viola), and Robert Cohen (Cello), with Rachel Calin on Double Bass.
Compositional Technique
Ignaz Lachner's transcriptions of Mozart's piano concertos for string quartet and double bass sound almost as natural as if Mozart had transcribed them himself.
Recording & Production
This album features the world premiere recordings of Ignaz Lachner's arrangements of Mozart's Piano Concertos Nos. 20 and 21.
Interpretation
The cadenza for the first movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 (K.466) is performed by Beethoven, while the cadenzas for the other movements are by Alon Goldstein, the pianist on this recording.
Composition History
The 19th-century composer Ignaz Lachner transcribed Mozart's Piano Concertos K. 466 and K. 467 for string quartet and double bass to make them more accessible to the public.
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