Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 25, KV 503 & 26, KV 537 "Coronation Concerto"

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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 25, KV 503 & 26, KV 537 "Coronation Concerto"

Mozart’s Final Concertos Shaped With Majesty, Purity, And Youthful Spirit.

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Artists Howard Griffiths

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Alim Beisembayev is featured on Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 25, KV 503 & 26, KV 537 "Coronation Concerto", the 14th volume of the Next Generation Mozart Soloists series. Under the baton of Howard Griffiths, the Kazakhstani pianist, who studied in Russia and at the Royal Academy of Music in London, presents two of Mozart's last piano concertos. Two years separate Concerto KV 503 and Concerto KV 537, composed in February 1788. It is nicknamed the ‘Coronation Concerto’ because the composer played it in Frankfurt for the coronation of Emperor Leopold II. "Both works are primarily majestic, but they also exhibit moments of playfulness, tenderness and sometimes nostalgia. There are also frequent passages that are operatic in character", says Alim Beisembayev. "For a long time I thought his music was only played by children… Perhaps we understand Mozart best as children, before we feel a hunger for ‘interpretation’. I feel that Mozart’s music should sound pure and innocent."

Alim Beisembayev, Piano Howard Griffiths, Conductor ORF Radio Symphonieorchester Wien