The Classical Piano Concerto - Mozart, Franz Xaver & Clementi: Piano Concertos - Howard Shelley, Sinfonieorchester St Gallen

Piano Concerto No 1 in C major Op 14[25'44]Franz Xaver Mozart (1791-1844)
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Allegro maestoso[10'59]
2
Adagio[7'27]
3
Allegretto[7'18]
Piano Concerto No 2 in E flat major Op 25[25'02]Franz Xaver Mozart (1791-1844)
4
Allegro con brio[13'15]
5
Andante espressivo[4'04]
6
Rondo: Allegretto[7'43]
Piano Concerto in C major[20'45]Muzio Clementi (1752-1832)
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Allegro con spirito[8'47]
8
Adagio e cantabile con grand' espressione[5'51]
9
Presto[6'07]

Franz Xaver Mozart was born just four months before the death of his father, Wolfgang Amadeus. A pianist of similarly precocious talent, he nevertheless wrote just two piano concertos: coupled with Clementi’s only surviving essay in the genre, they make a sparkling addition to our Classical Piano Concerto series.