Mozart wrote three of his finest piano concertos, nos 23, 24 and 25, in a single year. Beauty, passion and grace combine as the piano engages in an intimate dialogue with the orchestra. Watching a ...

Jacques Loussier clangs musical genera together like an orchestral cymbalist reaching crescendo. After having weaved his way through Bach, Chopin, Handel and Satie, maestro Loussier turns his ...

Orchestra da Camera di Mantova/Angela Hewitt (piano) Hyperion CDA 67840**** Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt is beginning a new journey, this one through Mozart’s piano concertos. The first instalment ...

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is considered by many to be the greatest composer ever. And his 27 piano concertos may be his finest work. But Mozart had a formula for the 27 and he used it over and over ...

The Grammy awardwinning pianist Daniel Barenboim long known for his Mozart interpretations turns his attention to Mozarts last 8 piano concertos The music of Mozart has quite literally been an ...

Nov. 8, 2012— -- Like a symphony, all the dramatic elements came together. The piano that Mozart used for the last 10 years of his life and which he used to compose much of his music was returned ...

Born four months before his illustrious father died, Franz Xaver Mozart (1791-1844) felt pressured to excel as a musician. His mother always called him Wolfgang, and, after studying with such ...

Alongside some of the best-known piano concertos in the repertoire, including Rachmaninov’s Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 (16 July & 2 August), Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 25 (30 July) and Beethoven’s ...

Goode established his approach on the 12th, embracing subtlety over showiness, his phrasing clean, direct and tasteful. He ...

Pianist Lang Lang and The Cleveland Orchestra play Mozart’s piano concerto No. 24. The Cleveland Orchestra and pianist Lang Lang play Mozart’s piano concerto No. 24 led by conductor Franz Welser-Möst.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In the 1780s Mozart took the bold step of throwing himself into life as a freelance composer. Rather than ...