Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 13 and 24 Martin Helmchen

• Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491
• 1 I. Allegro (cadenza by Lars Vogt) 14:14
• 2 II. Larghetto 07:37
• 3 III. Allegretto 09:14
• Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major, K. 415
• 4 I. Allegro (cadenza by Mozart) 10:43
• 5 II. Andante (cadenza by Mozart) 09:01
• 6 III. Rondeau: Allegro 09:11
• Total Runtime 01:00:00

Info for Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 13 and 24

This is the debut album of Martin Helmchen, prize-winning 25-year old German pianist whose career received a boost when he won the 2001 Clara Haskil Competition. Though opening salvos fired by so many young pianists today often come in the form of Mozart, it can be a risky business; bad Mozart-playing can signal the quick end to a career because the nature of the music exposes so many strengths and flaws. Even now we see so many album released by “name” piano-players who really don’t have a clue as to how to handle the composer. Helmchen, I am happy to report, has found the key to the puzzle, and acquits himself very well indeed.

“It was a bold gesture on the part of the talented German pianist Martin Helmchen to make his recording debut with two of Mozart’s piano concertos, particularly when so many other performers in the same situation would have opted for less mainstream repertory. But Helmchen’s decision is strongly vindicated by performances that show him to be a highly sensitive performer with a wonderfully limpid piano tone that is almost ideal for Mozart” (BBC Music Magazine)

Martin Helmchen, Piano
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Gordon Nikoliç, Conductor

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