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 ...

Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 is a typical example of his craft, and of the classical period's best work. Find out exactly why this, one of his latest, is among the best. The piano concertos of ...

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 ...

That result owed, in part, to the night’s outstanding soloist, Kristian Bezuidenhout. Though he’s forged a career as a ...

Throughout the week Classic FM’s presenters bring you the best new recordings, including world exclusives and premiere broadcasts of latest releases. This week: Mozart Piano Concertos Vol. 5 by ...

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 20 Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Piano Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer Gábor Takács-Nagy, Conductor Manchester Camerata Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 21, 'Elvira ...

It is a score draw at the moment in the match between traditional and period-instrument recordings of Mozart’s piano concertos. Mitsuko Uchida falls in the former camp and the last in her recent ...

In 1784, aged 28, Mozart instigated the stream of mature piano concertos that were to rank among his greatest achievements. Taking two concertos written in that year, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet homes in on ...

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 25 Chamber Orchestra of Europe Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer Piotr Anderszewski, Conductor, Piano Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 27 Chamber Orchestra of ...

The fourth instalment of Kristian Bezuidenhout’s Mozart concerto series brings together two works separated by 10 years in the composer’s creative life. The Piano Concerto in B flat K238, composed in ...

Old-instrument orchestras have flourished in recent years, but the fortepiano has had a harder time because its special qualities are at odds with our modern concert halls. Here, however, a veteran ...