New CD Review: Mozart — Piano Concertos №25,26 — Francesco Piemontesi, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Andrew Manze

Great achievement. Album cover

I like Francesco Piemontesi’s re-affirmation of his affinity to the 18th classical style. It’s nothing but brave to start off a new recording collaboration with Mozart (This is Francesco’s first album on the Linn label), as opposed to old warhorses such as Tchaikovsky or Rachmaninov. Piemontesi is a wonderful Mozartian, a composer with which he plays freely, almost improvisatory, adding well informed ornaments and lead-ins (K.537 requires this in particular, as some of the score remains in a fragmented state).

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