Mozart's first attempts at concertos were four 'pasticcio' concertos, composed at age eleven, largely made up of sonata movements by other composers.
The 'Jenamy' Concerto, K271, was named after Victoire Jenamy, daughter of the dancer and choreographer Jean-Georges Noverre, whom Mozart knew.
Angela Hewitt, the pianist on this recording, has won numerous awards and is known for her acclaimed recordings of Bach's keyboard works.
Mozart's sister Nannerl and court trumpeter Johann Andreas Schachtner provided the earliest accounts of his childhood, written after his death.
In the Concerto K271, the piano enters in the second bar, completing the orchestra's entrance, a unique feature in Mozart's concertos.
The Concerto in C major, K246, was composed for Countess Antonie von Lützow, niece of Prince-Archbishop Colloredo, Mozart's employer.
In Salzburg in 1776, there were reportedly no fortepianos, meaning Mozart's early concertos would have been first performed on a harpsichord.
