Olivier Cavé, Divertissement, Rinaldo Alessandrini - Mozart : Piano Concertos K. 415, 175 & 503 (2016)

Olivier Cavé has already made several acclaimed discs for Aeon (Clementi, Haydn, Bach, Scarlatti). This student of Nelson Goerner, Maria Tipo and Aldo Ciccolini invariably impresses listeners with the refinement of his playing. Today he presents a programme of three piano concertos with a conductor whose ventures into Mozart are always crowned with success: Rinaldo Alessandrini. They met at a concert in Toulouse and decided to record these masterpieces. Rinaldo Alessandrini hasnformed an orchestra for the occasion, which he has christened Divertissement, and together they will embark on a European tour focusing on this programme and symphonies by Mozart at the time of the CDs release. This programme follows an interesting path from Mozarts youth to his maturity, a path that runs through three concertos, from no.5, composed when he was seventeen, to no.25, written the same year as Le nozze di Figaro, by way of the joyful and and subtle Concerto no.13, which he composed in 1783. All three are stylishly and nimbly performed here by the soloist and an orchestra containing a majority of Italian musicians.

Tracklist:

01. Piano Concerto No. 13 in C Major, K. 415/387B: I. Allegro
02. Piano Concerto No. 13 in C Major, K. 415/387B: II. Andante
03. Piano Concerto No. 13 in C Major, K. 415/387B: III. Rondeau. Allegro
04. Piano Concerto No. 5 in D Major, K. 175: I. Allegro
05. Piano Concerto No. 5 in D Major, K. 175: II. Andante ma un poco adagio
06. Piano Concerto No. 5 in D Major, K. 175: III. Allegro
07. Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503: I. Allegro maestoso
08. Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503: II. Andante
09. Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503: III. Allegretto