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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23; Symphony No. 40 / Staier, Chauvin, Concert de la Loge
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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23; Symphony No. 40 / Staier, Chauvin, Concert de la Loge

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Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Artist
Julien Chauvin, Andreas Staier, Le Concert De La Loge
Format
CD
Label
Alpha
Released
Sep 23, 2022
Catalog #
ALPHA875
UPC
3760014198755

About

Julien Chauvin meets up with one of the great harpsichordists and fortepianists of our time, Andreas Staier, who is a leading interpreter of the Mozart concertos. He presents us with his vision of the Piano Concerto no.23 and its famous Adagio, ‘one of the most heart-rending slow movements ever written by Mozart. Performers often tend to take it too slowly, certainly thinking that this will accentuate the tragic side, but Julien Chauvin and I spontaneously agreed on a slightly faster tempo, which respects the basic pulse of this movement in Siciliana rhythm. When you start with the right tempo, it’s amazing how the whole discourse comes together perfectly, in a very logical and simple manner’, says Staier, who plays a magnificent instrument by Christoph Kern after a 1790 fortepiano by Anton Walter, the great maker of Mozart’s time. Also on the program is the Symphony no.40, in which, says Julien Chauvin, ‘Mozart explores types of writing that he pushes to their most extreme limits. This is the case in the finale, where we find a succession of dissonant disjunct intervals at the opening of the development which, on closer inspection, present us with the full chromatic scale (except for G natural, the symphony’s tonic). And so the twelve-note series was born!’

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 Don Giovanni, K. 527: Overture 05:36
    Track
    1
    Title
    Don Giovanni, K. 527: Overture
    Duration
    05:36
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Le Concert de la Loge
    Conductor
    Julien Chauvin
  2. 2 I. Allegro 11:02
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    11:02
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Andreas Staier
    Ensemble
    Le Concert de la Loge
    Conductor
    Julien Chauvin
  3. 3 II. Adagio 06:33
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    06:33
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Andreas Staier
    Ensemble
    Le Concert de la Loge
    Conductor
    Julien Chauvin
  4. 4 III. Allegro assai 07:55
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Allegro assai
    Duration
    07:55
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Andreas Staier
    Ensemble
    Le Concert de la Loge
    Conductor
    Julien Chauvin
  5. 5 I. Molto allegro 06:51
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Molto allegro
    Duration
    06:51
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Le Concert de la Loge
    Conductor
    Julien Chauvin
  6. 6 II. Andante 09:11
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    09:11
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Le Concert de la Loge
    Conductor
    Julien Chauvin
  7. 7 III. Menuetto: Allegretto 03:21
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Menuetto: Allegretto
    Duration
    03:21
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Le Concert de la Loge
    Conductor
    Julien Chauvin
  8. 8 IV. Allegro assai 06:24
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Allegro assai
    Duration
    06:24
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Ensemble
    Le Concert de la Loge
    Conductor
    Julien Chauvin