Mozart Concerto Cycle

Alan Murray, pianist / Studio Hollywood

___ Mozart: The Piano Concertos

Arista International's "2020 Live-At-Home" Concert Series

MOZART: The Piano Concertos

Alan Murray, piano

Rivertowns Enterprise Feature: Mozart Concerto Series (Aug 2020)

Arista International Music Enterprises s proud to present this "2020 Live-At-Home" Concert Series to audiences in support of performing artists and arts organizations worldwide whose careers and operations have been severely impacted by the ongoing pandemic.

The present Mozart Piano Concerto cycle incepted with the March 8, 2020 performance debut of the Westchester Chamber Soloists (WCS), a newly formed and mostly professional not-for-profit chamber orchestra based in Westchester County, New York, for which Mr. Murray is founder and executive and artistic director. Owing to the ongoing pandemic, and as with nearly all performing arts organizations worldwide, WCS' remaining 2020 and proporsed 2021 season programs have been cancelled or postponed indefinitely. The present live performance series is therefore offered as a courtesy to the listening public in lieu of the chamber orchestra's planned initial season concerts. For further information, visit: Westchester Chamber Soloists. (The following live performance recordings (other than No. 19) have been made with pre-recorded orchestra accompaniment; credits detailed below.*)

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(Note: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-4 are transcriptions of others' works, not original compositions by Mozart (then age 10-11), and are therefore not included in this series.)


Piano Concerto No. 5 in D major, K. 175 . i) Allegro (8:15) . ii) Andante ma un poco adagio (8:10) . iii) Rondo: Allegro (5:11) Piano Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major, K. 238 . i) Allegro aperto (7:41) . ii) Andante, un poco adagio (6:10) . iii) Allegro (7:57) (Note: Piano Concerto No. 7 is scored for 3 pianos and orchestra, and is therefore not included in this series.) . . Piano Concerto No. 8 in C major, K. 246 . i) Allegro aperto (7:15) . ii) Andante (7:17) . iii) Tempo di minuetto (6:58) Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K. 271 . i) Allegro (9:59) . ii) Andantino (11:53) . iii) Rondeau: Presto - Menuetto (cantabile) - Presto (9:38) (Note: Piano Concerto No. 10 is scored for 2 pianos and orchestra, and is therefore not included in this series.) . . Piano Concerto No. 11 in F major, K. 413 . i) Allegro (8:57) . ii) Larghetto (8:49) . iii) Tempo di Menuetto (5:12) Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K. 414 . i) Allegro (10:32) . ii) Andante (8:23) . iii) Allegretto (6:20) Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major, K. 415 . i) Allegro (8:21) . ii) Andante (8:07) . iii) Allegro - adagio - allegro (8:17) Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-flat major, K. 449 . i) Allegro vivace (8:39) . ii) Andantino (6:57) . iii) Allegro ma non troppo (6:05) Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-flat major, K. 450 . i) Allegro (11:11) . ii) Andante (5:43) . iii) Allegro (7:49) Piano Concerto No. 16 in D major, K. 451 . i) Allegro assai (10:43) . ii) Andante (7:23) . iii) Allegro di molto (6:37) ( contains copyrighted material: not available for commercial use)* CREDITS 1) Orchestra Accompaniment: courtesy.of: Westchester Chamber Soloists (No. 19) and the.English.Chamber.Orchestra and SONY.Classical. SX12K.46.441 (all others) 2) Cadenzas: all are by Mozart, except for the following: No. 5 (iii) M..Perahia.(MP) // No. 6 L..Kraus (LK) No. 20 L. van Beethoven // No. 21(i) LK, MP; (iii) R. Serkin Nos. 22, 24, 25, 26 LK 3) Program Notes: based primarily on liner notes written by M. Vignal (trans. by R. Cushman)		Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453 . i) Allegro (11:27) . ii) Andante (10:37) . iii) Allegretto - Finale: Presto (7:46) Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-flat major, K. 456 . i) Allegro vivace (11:11) . ii) Andante, un poco sostenuto (10:28) . iii) Allegro vivace (7:23) Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major, K. 459 (live in concert with the Westchester Chamber Soloists, 08-Mar-20) . i) Allegro (12:47) . ii) Allegretto (7:21) . iii) Allegro assai (7:45) Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 . i) Allegro (14:32) . ii) Romanze (9:25) . iii) Rondo: Allegro assai (7:59) Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467 . i) Allegro maestoso (13:58) . ii) Andante (6:55) . iii) Allegro vivace assai (6:32) Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major, K. 482 . i) Allegro (13:27) . ii) Andante (10:16) . iii) Allegro - andantino cantabile - allegro (12:05) Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488 . i) Allegro (11:35) . ii) Adagio (7:25) . iii) Allegro assai (8:13) Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491 . i) Allegro (13:41) . ii) Larghetto (8:27) . iii) Allegretto (8:43) Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503 . i) Allegro maestoso (15:17) . ii) Andante (7:25) . iii) Allegretto (8:47) Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major, K. 537 ("The Coronation") . i) Allegro (14:17) . ii) Larghetto (7:08) . iii) Allegretto (10:47) Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat major, K. 595 . i) Allegro (13:15) . ii) Larghetto (8:07) . iii) Allegro (8:53) 4) Instruments: *Steinway D pianos: Brazilian Rosewood Victorian (1887): Nos. 5, 8, 14, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25 & 27* Hamburg Steinway (Sarah Lawrence College) No. 19 *Steinway B piano: African 'flame'-Mahogany (1910): Nos. 6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 23 & 26* 5) Special Thanks: to Mihai Cuibus, Expert Piano Tuner & Technician Arista International Music Enterprises, based in New York, is a registered trademark.