Mozart Piano Concerto 23 in A-major k. 488 on period instruments (mov 2/3) ADAGIO

John Elliot Gardiner
The English Baroque Soloists
Malcolm Bilson

The Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major (K. 488) is a musical composition written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. It was finished, according to Mozart's own catalogue, on March 2, 1786, around the time of the premiere of his opera, The Marriage of Figaro. It was one of three subscription concerts given that spring and was probably played by Mozart himself at one of these. The concerto is scored for flute, two clarinets, two bassoons, two horns and strings.

It has three movements: 1. Allegro in A major and common time
2. Adagio in F-sharp minor and 6/8 time
3. Allegro assai in A and crossed common time.

The first movement is mostly sunny with the occasion melancholic touches typical of other Mozart pieces in A major.

The second movement, in ternary form, is impassioned and somewhat operatic in tone. The piano begins alone with a theme characterized by unusually wide leaps. This is the only movement by Mozart in F sharp minor.

The third movement is a rondo, shaded by moves into other keys as is the opening movement (to C major from E minor and back during the secondary theme in this case, for instance) and with a central section whose opening in F sharp minor is interrupted by a clarinet tune in D major, an intrusion that reminds us, notes Girdlestone, that instrumental music at the time was informed by opera buffa and its sudden changes of point of view as well as of scene

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[rkwittem]

Old school pianos always sound great

[elias12186]

Much nicer than modern ones no?

[wanzenettl]

This has to be my favorite movement of any of Mozart's piano concerti. It's simply gorgeous.

[foreverremain]

Please do not sully this beautiful work by being a douche. If you're honestly bothered by 7 letters on a computer screen that weren't even directed at you, you're probably a cunt. It's safe to say Mozart would agree.

[CloudySunrise]

@DecayedForest True, but the message is still valid. There is no need to make a comment on a video like this if you're bothered by the word.

[TiagoHikaru]

The best Mozart's piano movment ever!

[BABEKTAGIZADE]

Bu, Mosartın ən çox sevdiyim əsəridir !

From Azerbaijan

[mspianosoul]

After you listen to modern interpretations and then listen to this, it almost sounds as if the music is crying; you clearly feel the difference. Definitely better.

[VernonVince]

Thank you very much Elias12186 for posting such a wonderful interpretation of this great piece of music!!!!!

[DecayedForest]

@foreverremain

Whilst I agree, you cannot, with any measurable confidence, proceed to the notion that Mozart would. 1)he's been dead since 1791 2)he was of a different culture and 3) you're not Mozart. :)

It's not safe to say, at all.

[fugitimative]

catchy title

[sigimaster14]

im not ashamed to say i cried when i first heard this

[someoneiforgot123]

@foreverremain hahahahahahahah!!