Although listed as Piano Concerto No. 5, the Concerto K. 175 is really Mozart's first completely independent composition of this form -- the first four concertos were actually arrangements of works given to him by other composers. Along with this concerto, pianist Matthias Kirschnereit performs the subsequent K. 238 and K. 246 concertos on Volume Four of his collection of the Mozart concertos. Together with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Kirschnereit gives listeners an enjoyable rendition of these three early concertos. ...
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Although listed as Piano Concerto No. 5, the Concerto K. 175 is really Mozart's first completely independent composition of this form -- the first four concertos were actually arrangements of works given to him by other composers. Along with this concerto, pianist Matthias Kirschnereit performs the subsequent K. 238 and K. 246 concertos on Volume Four of his collection of the Mozart concertos. Together with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, Kirschnereit gives listeners an enjoyable rendition of these three early concertos. Kirschnereit's technique is clean and articulate and his interpretation is neither indulgent nor stodgy. While this certainly makes for an adequate performance, and maybe even one that is suitable as a first recording of these works, it lacks anything new or innovative that would call for this recording to overshadow the austerity of Uchida with the English Chamber Orchestra or the timeless interpretations of Brendel with the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. In fact, the Bamberg...
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