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It's a bit of a surprise to see the venerable RCA Red Seal imprint (it's now a part of Sony Classical) on this recording by pianist See Siang Wong and the able, but hardly fabled, Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz under Philipp von Steinaecker. However, it's Mozart of a type not so often heard these days, and Wong is clearly an emerging talent, so it would seem the label knew what it was doing. This is Mozart as the 19th century knew him, with a few revisions. The minor-key, proto-Beethovenian Mozart was much beloved by the Romantics, who might easily have ended a concerto program with a solo work as Wong does here with the radically enervated Adagio in B minor, K. 540. In the concertos, Wong uses big, extensive cadenzas by Hummel (in the Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466) and Philipp Karl Hoffmann (in the Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491). The slow movements have credits not only for the cadenzas but for "elaborations," for Wong has ornamented them quite a bit. The jury is out on this, but the 19th century would have found it pretty unremarkable. The outer movements are flexible in their tempos and dynamics, with many stirred-up orchestral passages and the piano defining a calmer, magical realm of its own. The revisions referred to above relate to the orchestral forces, von Steinaecker keeps his forces pared down, his textures light, and the engineering puts Wong front and center. An intriguing counter-to-type Mozart recording from a rising pianist.
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Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - See Siang Wong, Piano, MainArtist - Philipp von Steinaecker, Conductor, MainArtist - Jakob Händel, Engineer - Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2021 Sony Music Entertainment Switzerland GmbH
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - See Siang Wong, Adapter, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philipp von Steinaecker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jakob Händel, Engineer - Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - See Siang Wong & Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz & Philipp von Steinaecker, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2021 Sony Music Entertainment Switzerland GmbH
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - See Siang Wong, Piano, MainArtist - Philipp von Steinaecker, Conductor, MainArtist - Jakob Händel, Engineer - Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2021 Sony Music Entertainment Switzerland GmbH
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C Minor, K. 491 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - See Siang Wong, Piano, MainArtist - Philipp von Steinaecker, Conductor, MainArtist - Jakob Händel, Engineer - Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2021 Sony Music Entertainment Switzerland GmbH
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - See Siang Wong, Piano, MainArtist - Philipp von Steinaecker, Conductor, MainArtist - Jakob Händel, Engineer - Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philipp Karl Hofmann, Adapter
(P) 2021 Sony Music Entertainment Switzerland GmbH
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - See Siang Wong, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Philipp von Steinaecker, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jakob Händel, Engineer - Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - See Siang Wong & Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz & Philipp von Steinaecker, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2021 Sony Music Entertainment Switzerland GmbH
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - See Siang Wong, Piano, MainArtist - Jakob Händel, Producer
(P) 2021 Sony Music Entertainment Switzerland GmbH
Album review
It's a bit of a surprise to see the venerable RCA Red Seal imprint (it's now a part of Sony Classical) on this recording by pianist See Siang Wong and the able, but hardly fabled, Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz under Philipp von Steinaecker. However, it's Mozart of a type not so often heard these days, and Wong is clearly an emerging talent, so it would seem the label knew what it was doing. This is Mozart as the 19th century knew him, with a few revisions. The minor-key, proto-Beethovenian Mozart was much beloved by the Romantics, who might easily have ended a concerto program with a solo work as Wong does here with the radically enervated Adagio in B minor, K. 540. In the concertos, Wong uses big, extensive cadenzas by Hummel (in the Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466) and Philipp Karl Hoffmann (in the Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491). The slow movements have credits not only for the cadenzas but for "elaborations," for Wong has ornamented them quite a bit. The jury is out on this, but the 19th century would have found it pretty unremarkable. The outer movements are flexible in their tempos and dynamics, with many stirred-up orchestral passages and the piano defining a calmer, magical realm of its own. The revisions referred to above relate to the orchestral forces, von Steinaecker keeps his forces pared down, his textures light, and the engineering puts Wong front and center. An intriguing counter-to-type Mozart recording from a rising pianist.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 7 track(s)
- Total length: 01:15:36
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: See Siang Wong Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz Philipp von Steinaecker
- Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Label: RCA Red Seal
- Genre: Classical
(P) 2021 Sony Music Entertainment Switzerland GmbH
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