Notes and Editorial Reviews
Keith Jarrett's Mozart will be familiar to anyone who purchased his first foray into this music on ECM, containing Piano Concertos Nos. 21, 23 and 27. His cool, laid back style will not appeal to anyone looking for the music's sometimes turbulent emotional subtext, nor does he show much interest in the more dramatic aspects of the sonata style. On the other hand, his playing is so euphonious, and his interaction with Dennis Russell Davies so spontaneously assured, that it's probably fair to say that these performances succeed in establishing their own parameters in this music. The excellently integrated recording certainly helps, with the piano ideally balanced against the orchestra. This allows the Stuttgarter's excellent wind soloists to
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really shine in dialogue with the soloist, particularly in Concertos Nos. 17 and 20. It may seem paradoxical to say so, but these self-effacing, effortlessly musical interpretations wind up sounding richer in personality that many far more obviously "personal" versions. Definitely worth a listen.
--David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com
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Works on This Recording
1.
Concerto for Piano no 9 in E flat major, K 271 "Jeunehomme" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Keith Jarrett (Piano)
Conductor:
Dennis Russell Davies
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1777; Salzburg, Austria
Date of Recording: 1996-98
Venue: Mozart Hall, Stuttgart, Germany
Length: 32 Minutes 22 Secs.
2.
Concerto for Piano no 17 in G major, K 453 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Keith Jarrett (Piano)
Conductor:
Dennis Russell Davies
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1784; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 1996-98
Venue: Mozart Hall, Stuttgart, Germany
Length: 30 Minutes 28 Secs.
3.
Concerto for Piano no 20 in D minor, K 466 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Keith Jarrett (Piano)
Conductor:
Dennis Russell Davies
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1785; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 1996-98
Venue: Mozart Hall, Stuttgart, Germany
Length: 32 Minutes 27 Secs.
4.
Adagio and Fugue for Strings in C minor, K 546 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Conductor:
Dennis Russell Davies
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Period: Classical
Written: 1788; Vienna, Austria
Date of Recording: 1996-98
Venue: Mozart Hall, Stuttgart, Germany
Length: 7 Minutes 23 Secs.
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