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The Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491, is a concerto composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for keyboard (usually a piano or fortepiano) and orchestra. Mozart composed the concerto in the winter of 1785–1786, finishing it on 24 March 1786, three weeks after completing his Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major. As he intended to perform the ...
- 1786: Vienna
- Keyboard, orchestra
- 1800
- K. 491
- Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No.2. This colossus of the piano repertoire topped the annual Classic FM Hall of Fame for the first time in 2001 and hasn’t strayed far since, reaching that No.1 spot an impressive eight times so far, since the chart began in 1996.
- Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.5 (‘Emperor’) We all know you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but in this case you absolutely can: Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.5 absolutely lives up to its imperial nickname.
- Grieg – Piano Concerto in A minor. The great Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg only completed one piano concerto during his lifetime, and it has become one of the most recognised in the world (thanks, in part, to the iconic comedy sketch by Morecambe and Wise, and the late André Previn).
- Shostakovich – Piano Concerto No.2. Shostakovich himself downplayed this concerto, saying it had “no redeeming artistic merits”, but audiences have always begged to differ.
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Feb 4, 2022 · Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 In C Minor, K. 491 I. AllegroII. LarghettoIII. AllegrettoGlenn Gould, pianoLeonard BernsteinNew York Philharmonic Orchestra
- Clarinet Concerto. Oboe Concerto. Flute and Harp Concerto. Wolfgang Meyer cl Hans-Peter Westermann ob Robert Wolf fl Naoko Yoshino hp Concentus Musicus Wien / Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
- Horn Concertos. Dennis Brain hn Philharmonia Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan. (Warner Classics) Dennis Brain was the finest Mozartian soloist of his generation.
- Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra No 10. Flute and Harp Concerto. Horn Concerto No 3. Ulrich Hübner hn Frank Theuns fl Marjan de Haern hp Yoko Kaneko pf Anima Eterna / Jos van Immerseel pf.
- Complete Piano Concertos. English Chamber Orchestra / Murray Perahia pf. (Sony Classical) Mozart concertos from the keyboard are unbeatable. There's a rightness, an effortlessness, about doing them this way that makes for heightened enjoyment.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 's concertos for piano and orchestra are numbered from 1 to 27. The first four numbered concertos and three unnumbered concertos are early works that are arrangements of keyboard sonatas by various contemporary composers. Concertos 7 and 10 are compositions for three and two pianos respectively.
