Mozart Piano Concerto 5 (Malcolm Frager, piano) movement 3

Mozart tackles a problem in this Allegro, how to introduce contrapuntal elements in a sonata-form movement, that he was to revisit several more times. Being Mozart, it must be tackled in the very first piano concerto he fully composed himself!

"Relaxed, smiling, Malcolm Frager plays the piano as he breathes. He is endowed with intelligence as well as digital dexterity. But his facility, his brio, does not overshadow his refined sensibility or the depth and seriousness of his musicianship"-- The Guardian


Sad to say, Malcolm Frager was diagnosed with cancer not long after this concerto was filmed, and he died in 1991. This may well have been the last thing he filmed.

Mozart Piano Concerto In D Major, K. 175 No.5....Mozart later composed a more tuneful rondo finale for this concerto, thinking it would be more popular with the Viennese audience than what John Irving described this original third movement, the "intellectual, contrapuntally conceived sonata-form finale".

Piano Concerto In D Major, K. 175 No.5, third movement: Allegro

Malcolm Frager, Steinway piano, with the orchestra of Italian Language Radio and Television of Switzerland, under Marc Andreae.

Recorded Live at the Teatro Scientifico Del Bibiena, Mantua, 19 April 1989.

Orchestra della Radio-televisione della Svizzera Italiana, Leitung: Marc Andreae

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Klavierkonzert Nr. 05, D-Dur, KV 175

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[mozartinio]

amazing 17 years old contrapuntal sonata form concerto! mozart was not only a genius, he was an opened mind for the beautiful things thinking too! and this malcolm frager performance is awesome!

[beethomozart]

long live mozart

[12ruedespompiers]

this is so clearly recorded. I love it.

[probrojeffro]

What's with the balls and locking up dear old dad in the library?

[MrRexeL86]

One of my favorite.

[storino89]

is this the original allegro or the revised allegro?

[GreenBambooToadLover]

And some people hate Mozart... Such a shame they do not know classical music... -.-

[ivandiazto]

Mozart had more than 170 IQ.....

[maybeitsmee]

omg this is so claming i spent so long hearing thia and its like u dont have ot clikc nothing!

[GScott1991]

love the first piano entry in this piece. the whole thing is genius. i love mozart :)

[willyugartes]

solo sierra los ojos y sienta las notas recorrer tu mas escondido ser