Kristian Bezuidenhout - Mozart: Keyboard Music Vol. 3 '2012

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Sonata in B-Flat Major, K. 333: I. Allegro
02. Sonata in B-Flat Major, K. 333: II. Andante cantabile
03. Sonata in B-Flat Major, K. 333: III. Allegretto grazioso
04. Variations on Ein Weib ist das herrlichste Ding, K. 613: I. Thema
05. Variations on Ein Weib ist das herrlichste Ding, K. 613: II. Variation 1
06. Variations on Ein Weib ist das herrlichste Ding, K. 613: III. Variation 2
07. Variations on Ein Weib ist das herrlichste Ding, K. 613: IV. Variation 3
08. Variations on Ein Weib ist das herrlichste Ding, K. 613: V. Variation 4
09. Variations on Ein Weib ist das herrlichste Ding, K. 613: VI. Variation 5
10. Variations on Ein Weib ist das herrlichste Ding, K. 613: VII. Variation 6
11. Variations on Ein Weib ist das herrlichste Ding, K. 613: VIII. Variation 7
12. Variations on Ein Weib ist das herrlichste Ding, K. 613: IX. Variation 8
13. Fantasie in C Minor, K. 396 (Fragment, Completed by Maximilian Stadler)
14. Sonata in F Major, K. 332: I. Allegro
15. Sonata in F Major, K. 332: II. Adagio
16. Sonata in F Major, K. 332: III. Allegro assai



In Volume 3 of his widely acclaimed traversal of Mozart’s music for solo
keyboard, fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout plays a modern reproduction of an
1805 Viennese instrument by Anton Walter. The programme includes the well-loved
Sonata in F major K. 332, alongside Mozart’s very last composition for
piano, the Variations K. 613. Kristian Bezuidenhout was born in South Africa in
1979. He began his studies in Australia, completed them at the Eastman School of
Music in the USA and now lives in London. He is a frequent guest artist with the
Freiburger Barockorchester, the Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, the
Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, Les Arts Florissants, the Royal
Concertgebouw Orchestra, The English Concert, the Chamber Orchestra of Europe
and Collegium Vocale Gent, in many instances assuming the role of guest
director.

“Bezuidenhout offers a performance that brings out all [the Fantasias]
intensity and passion...his refreshingly imaginative performances are marred
only by a liking for exaggerated pauses between musical paragraphs. This disc
comes strongly recommended.” (BBC Music Magazine)

“the third volume of Bezuidenhouts Mozart keyboard msuic cycle attests to
the young fortepianists remarkable technical polish and command, as well as his
cultivated though sometimes overly studied interpretations...the Andante
cantabiles legato and detached articulations and subtle harmonic stresses are
conveyed with admirable expressive economy.” (Grmophone)

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