Mozart & Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos
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LPO–0102
Made in Lithuania
1 Audio CD
© 2018 London Philharmonic Orchestra Ltd.
℗ 2018 London Philharmonic Orchestra Ltd.
Recorded live at Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall, London on 27 May
2009 (Rachmaninoff) and 12 October 2011 (Mozart)
Producers: Andrew Walton (Mozart) and Tim Oldham (Rachmaninoff)
Engineers: Andrew Lang, K&A Productions (Mozart) and Andrew Mellor,
Floating Earth (Rachmaninoff)
Total playing time: 68:31
Released: February 2018
CD: Mozart & Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
Aldo Ciccolini piano
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conductor
London Philharmonic Orchestra
These recordings celebrate a legendary pianist, the late Aldo Ciccolini (1925-2015). Recorded live at the Royal Festival Hall during Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s tenure as Principal Guest Conductor when Ciccolini was in his mid-eighties, the two piano concertos on this disc are brimming over with his renowned lightness of touch and musical sensitivity.
In his sombre-tinged concerto, Mozart showed his mature side, transforming the piano concerto from polite entertainment to sophisticated art form. Later Rachmaninoff, emerging from years of creative block, poured his heart and soul into his Second Piano Concerto and created one of the most beloved works of all time.
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Romantically glowing and tender, and with plenty of thrilling impulse when needed; music-making that draws you in – and back – for this is not a brief encounter.
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