Ensemble(s): Biava Quartet
Artist(s): Blocker, Robert
Label: Naxos
Genre: Chamber Music; Concerto
Period: Classical
Catalogue No: 8.557881
Barcode: 747313288120
Release Date: 10/2010

MOZART, W.A.: Piano Concertos Nos. 12, 13 and 14 (version for piano and string quartet) (Blocker, Biava Quartet)

In the summer of 1781 Mozart described his new home Vienna as ‘the land of the piano’. He soon set about presenting his own subscription concerts, offering the three newly-composed concertos on this disc for publication ‘either with a large orchestra or a quattro’. The latter, more intimate versions of these charming works are performed here by Robert Blocker, Dean of Music and Professor of Piano at Yale University, and the youthful Biava Quartet, winners of the Naumburg Chamber Music Award and top prizes at the Premio Borciani and London International Competitions.

Tracklist

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Blocker, Robert (piano)
Biava Quartet (Ensemble)
1 I. Allegro 10:23
Blocker, Robert (piano)
Biava Quartet (Ensemble)
2 II. Andante 07:47
Blocker, Robert (piano)
Biava Quartet (Ensemble)
3 III. Allegretto 06:16
Blocker, Robert (piano)
Biava Quartet (Ensemble)
Blocker, Robert (piano)
Biava Quartet (Ensemble)
4 I. Allegro 10:39
Blocker, Robert (piano)
Biava Quartet (Ensemble)
5 II. Andante 07:23
Blocker, Robert (piano)
Biava Quartet (Ensemble)
6 III. Allegro ma non troppo 09:00
Blocker, Robert (piano)
Biava Quartet (Ensemble)
Blocker, Robert (piano)
Biava Quartet (Ensemble)
7 I. Allegro vivace 08:44
Blocker, Robert (piano)
Biava Quartet (Ensemble)
8 II. Andantino 06:57
Blocker, Robert (piano)
Biava Quartet (Ensemble)
9 III. Allegro ma non troppo 06:25
Blocker, Robert (piano)
Biava Quartet (Ensemble)

Total Playing Time: 01:13:34