Kristian Bezuidenhout - Mozart: Keyboard Music Vols. 8 & 9 (2016)

Fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout brings to a close his universally acclaimed Mozart cycle. The selections heard here range from the most famous (Sonata K545) to the least familiar (Fragments K312 and K400).


'Find yourself pulled into an interpretation born of searching musical intelligence. Bezuidenhout plumbs depths rarely reached, affirming too that any score is a dead letter unless nuances, inflections and aspects of emotional rhetoric that cannot be notated are discerned, felt and expressed.' –Nalen Anthoni Gramophone, January 2016

'Kristian Bezuidenhout gives absolutely brilliant performances here, showing his superb technique and fine musicianship. He is given a wonderful recording full of sparkle and clarity, with a fine fortepiano tone. There are informative booklet notes together with details of tuning and temperament.' –The Classical Reviewer

Tracklist:

Disc: 1
1. I. Allegro
2. II. Andante
3. III. Rondo
4. 8 Variations in F Major On 'Dieu D'amour' By André Grétry, K352
5. I. Ouverture
6. II. Allemande
7. III. Courante
8. IV. Sarabande (Completed By Robert Levin)
9. Menuetto in D Major, K355
10. Gigue in G Major, K574
11. Kleiner Trauermarsch in C Minor, K453a
12. I. Allegro Assai
13. II. Adagio
14. III. Presto
15. 9 Variations in D Major On a Menuet By Jean-Pierre Duport, K573

Disc: 2
1. Modulating Prelude in F-C, K. Deest (K624/626a)
2. I. Allegro
3. II. Andante
4. III. Allegro
5. Allegro in B-flat Major, K400
6. Allegro in G Minor, K312
7. Four Preludes, K284a
8. 12 Variations in C Major On a Menuet By Johann Christian Fischer, K179
9. I. Allegro
10. II. Adagio
11. III. Allegretto