Mozart’ssupremacyasacomposerisnowheremoreapparentthaninhispianoconcertos,whichwerealifelongpreoccupationforhimfrom1767,whenhewas11yearsold,until1791,theyearofhisdeath.Theremarkablyprecociousworksinthisvolume,writtenin1776and1777,foreshadowtheevengreaterpianoconcertostocome.Eachexhibitsthequalitiesforwhichtheirsuccessorsarejustlycelebrated:keyboardmastery,experimentationwithtexture,andanaturalsensitivitytoformandbalance.Despitehisyouth,Mozartcapturedthespiritofhistimeswiththesecompositions,reflectinganeighteenth-centurymoodofeleganceandrefinement.ThisvolumeincludestheTripleConcertoNo.7inF(K.242),Mozart’sonlyconcertoforthreepianos,withthecomposer’scadenzasforallthreemovements.AlsoherearetheConcertoNo.8inC(K.246)andConcertoNo.9inE-flat(K.271),offeringacontrastinmoods--theformer,inthelighthearted,refinedgalantspirit;thelatter,aworkofdramatic,emotionalcharacter.Theconcludingmusicinthisprizedcompilationistheworld-famousDoubleConcertoNo.10inE-flat(K.365),writtenforthecomposerhimselfandhissisterNannerl.Pianistsandallloversoffinemusicwillwelcomethisvaluablecompilationofseminalworks,reproducedcompleteandunabridgedfromtheauthoritativeBreitkopf&H瓣rtelCompleteWorksedition.Includedaswell,asappendixes,areMozart’soriginalcadenzasforConcertoNo.9andreproductionsoftherareautographsketchesofcadenzasfortheDoubleConcerto.
