Orli Shaham - Mozart: Piano Sonatas Vol.1 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

With the intention to record music that has spoken to her, and driven her throughout her career, Orli Shaham chose to record Mozart's Piano Concertos Nos.17 and 24 with the her husband David Robertson leading the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra - two collaborators she knows and loves. Both works are emblematic of the extraordinary theatricality of Mozart's mature concertos. They are the only two that conclude with a movement cast in variation form. It is a virtuosic display of his mastery of melodic invention, highlighting the spirit of dialogue between soloist and orchestra. Orli Shaham revels in their richness and breathtaking originality. Album Tracks 1. Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K453 2. I. Allgro 3. Ii3 Andante 4. III. Allegretto 5. Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K491 6. I. Allgro 7. Ii3 Andante 8. III. Allegretto

This is the second installment in Orli Shaham's complete Mozart sonatas cycle and follows her recording of the Mozart Violin Sonatas with brother, violinist Gil Shaham, and her acclaimed of Mozart Piano Concertos, conducted by David Robertson and the St. Louis Symphony. Mozart's singing line and it's translation to the piano has served as Orli Shaham's constant guide in her interpretations of Mozart. The artistic genius in Mozart is that he leaves the performer to capture the mood in the music, and this Orli Shaham does with aplomb, the studio environment for this recording encouraging her to experiment with ornamentation, adding or subtracting trills and grace notes with successive takes. Recording in her favorite recording venue, Mechanics Hall, she fully explores the pathos and cultivates the humor in Mozart's B-flat sonatas. In her own words, Inchhe had such insight into what it means to be human and had to get that out in his music. Mozart was superhuman in what he was able to do... but that never comes across in music that is so human. Mozart's three B-flat sonatas are so varied and different in their inventive brilliance. Each has a truly individual and distinct voice, yet together they stand on a timeline that clearly maps Mozart's development from his late teens to full maturity.Inch Album Tracks 1. * Mozart Piano Sonata No. 8 in a Minor, K310 2. I. Allegro Maestoso 3. II. Andante Cantabile 4. III. Presto 5. * Mozart Piano Sonata No. 12 in F Major, K332 6. I. Allegro 7. II. Adagio 8. III. Allegro Assai 9. * Mozart Piano Sonata No. 18 in D Major, K576 'Hunt' 10. I. Allegro 11. II. Adagio 12. III. Allegretto 13. * Mozart Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K545 'Facile' 14. I. Allegro 15. II. Andante 16. III. Rondo. Allegretto 17. * Mozart Piano Sonata No. 4 in E Flat Major K282 18. I. Adagio 19. II. Menuetto I &

Orli Shaham continues her survey of Mozart's complete Piano Sonatas in this, the fourth of a six-volume set. Shaham is revered as a Inchthrillingly expressiveInch interpreter of Mozart's works, bringing Inchtechnical virtuosity and deftnessInch to performances that Inchconnect directly with an audienceInch. Of the project as a whole, Orli Shaham says InchIt has been eye-opening to look at the totality of [Mozart's] output across these sonatas. Of course, I knew them and had heard them so many times. But I had only ever thought about them in isolation, one sonata at a time, or about the small groups of three or four works written in close succession. When you become open to all eighteen sonatas as one body of work, you discover that the breadth of ideas, types of sounds, and depth of expression they contain are quite mind-boggling.Inch The artistic genius in Mozart is that he leaves the performer to capture the mood in the music, and this Orli Shaham does with aplomb, the studio environment for this recording encouraging her to experiment and Inchgo all outInch with ornamentation, adding or subtracting trills and grace notes with successive takes. Album Tracks 1. Mozart Piano Sonata in F Major, No.2, K.280 I. Allegro Assai 2. Mozart Piano Sonata in F Major, No.2, K.280 II. Adagio 3. Mozart Piano Sonata in F Major, No.2, K.280 III. Presto 4. Mozart Piano Sonata in C Major, No.1, K.279 I. Allegro 5. Mozart Piano Sonata in C Major, No.1, K.279Ii. Andante 6. Mozart Piano Sonata in C Major, No.1, K.279Iii. Allegro 7. Mozart Piano Sonata in D Major, No.6, K.284 I. Allegro 8. Mozart Piano Sonata in D Major, No.6, K.284 II. Rondeau en Polonaise Andante 9. Mozart Piano Sonata in D Major, No.6, K.284 III. Theme & Variations Andante