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Mozart: Piano Concertos 6, 8 & 18

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Details

Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Artist
Olga Pashchenko, Il Gardellino
Format
CD
Label
Alpha
Released
Apr 10, 2026
Catalog #
ALPHA1199
UPC
3701624511992

About

Olga Pashchenko and Il Gardellino present a third recording of Mozart's piano concertos. Following two volumes (Alpha 726 and 942) that were very well received by the press and the public: 'The most exhilarating "authentic" Mozart I have ever heard,' wrote The Spectator. In January 1776, Mozart composed his Piano Concerto No. 6, followed by the Eighth in April. Then aged 20, he did not want to shock the aristocracy of Salzburg and wrote simple music, but music that transports us 'to the calm gentleness of a paradise garden, in the manner of the Elysian Fields evoked by Gluck and Rameau', as Olivier Messiaen said. Completed on 30 September, 1784, Concerto K 465 remains shrouded in mystery as to when it was first performed. It is thought that Mozart premiered it in February 1785 in Vienna in front of his father Leopold, who wrote to his daughter Maria Anna that Wolfgang had triumphed and that the emperor took off his hat and exclaimed 'bravo Mozart!' As with all her recordings, Olga Pashchenko has chosen appropriate instruments, a copy of an Anton Walter fortepiano (ca. 1792) by Paul McNulty and a copy of a Spath & Schmahl tangent piano (Regensburg, 1794) by Chris Maene.

Tracklist 9 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro aperto 06:48
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro aperto
    Duration
    06:48
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Olga Pashchenko
    Ensemble
    Il Gardellino
    Conductor
    Olga Pashchenko
  2. 2 II. Andante un poco adagio 06:01
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante un poco adagio
    Duration
    06:01
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Olga Pashchenko
    Ensemble
    Il Gardellino
    Conductor
    Olga Pashchenko
  3. 3 III. Rondeau: Allegro 06:51
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Rondeau: Allegro
    Duration
    06:51
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Olga Pashchenko
    Ensemble
    Il Gardellino
    Conductor
    Olga Pashchenko
  4. 4 I. Allegro aperto 07:42
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro aperto
    Duration
    07:42
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Olga Pashchenko
    Ensemble
    Il Gardellino
    Conductor
    Olga Pashchenko
  5. 5 II. Andante 07:58
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    07:58
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Olga Pashchenko
    Ensemble
    Il Gardellino
    Conductor
    Olga Pashchenko
  6. 6 III. Rondeau: Tempo di minuetto 06:58
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Rondeau: Tempo di minuetto
    Duration
    06:58
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Olga Pashchenko
    Ensemble
    Il Gardellino
    Conductor
    Olga Pashchenko
  7. 7 I. Allegro vivace 12:42
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    12:42
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Olga Pashchenko
    Ensemble
    Il Gardellino
    Conductor
    Olga Pashchenko
  8. 8 II. Andante un poco sostenuto 10:30
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Andante un poco sostenuto
    Duration
    10:30
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Olga Pashchenko
    Ensemble
    Il Gardellino
    Conductor
    Olga Pashchenko
  9. 9 III. Allegro vivace 07:55
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    07:55
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Olga Pashchenko
    Ensemble
    Il Gardellino
    Conductor
    Olga Pashchenko