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On sale -30%This double album of Mozart concertos by pianist Elizabeth Sombart and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under conductor Pierre Vallet doesn't exactly break new ground. It has a sound more common 40 years ago, with a modern piano and a full-size symphony orchestra, recorded in a sizable space (Henry Wood Hall). Yet it has attained a good deal of visibility, and this is because it is an unusually fine example of the type. Sombart and Vallet coordinate closely in the always unexpected interplay between soloist and orchestra. They are especially impressive in the initial handoffs in the opening movements, where the piano's world is clearly delineated, yet its playful relationship with the orchestra comes through in full. Sample the delightful evolution from tutti to solo in the Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467. Sombart's Mozart is on the restrained side; the often-made-melancholy Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K. 595, is straightforward, and the Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466, is less Beethovenian than usual. However, these decisions are fully defensible, and probably the way to go now in conventional-instrument performances is to dispense with the Romantic excesses. Those in search of a lively traditional Mozart concerto recording will find it here.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Elizabeth Sombart, Piano, MainArtist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pierre Vallet, Conductor, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Lydia Music Sàrl
Elizabeth Sombart, Piano, MainArtist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pierre Vallet, Conductor, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Lydia Music Sàrl
Elizabeth Sombart, Piano, MainArtist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pierre Vallet, Conductor, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Lydia Music Sàrl
Elizabeth Sombart, Piano, MainArtist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pierre Vallet, Conductor, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Lydia Music Sàrl
Elizabeth Sombart, Piano, MainArtist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pierre Vallet, Conductor, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Lydia Music Sàrl
Elizabeth Sombart, Piano, MainArtist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pierre Vallet, Conductor, MainArtist - Vache Shafaryan, Arranger
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Lydia Music Sàrl
DISC 2
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Elizabeth Sombart, Piano, MainArtist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pierre Vallet, Conductor, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Lydia Music Sàrl
Elizabeth Sombart, Piano, MainArtist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pierre Vallet, Conductor, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Lydia Music Sàrl
Elizabeth Sombart, Piano, MainArtist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pierre Vallet, Conductor, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Lydia Music Sàrl
Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-Flat Major, K. 595 (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Elizabeth Sombart, Piano, MainArtist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pierre Vallet, Conductor, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Lydia Music Sàrl
Elizabeth Sombart, Piano, MainArtist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pierre Vallet, Conductor, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Lydia Music Sàrl
Elizabeth Sombart, Piano, MainArtist - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Pierre Vallet, Conductor, MainArtist
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Lydia Music Sàrl
Album review
This double album of Mozart concertos by pianist Elizabeth Sombart and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under conductor Pierre Vallet doesn't exactly break new ground. It has a sound more common 40 years ago, with a modern piano and a full-size symphony orchestra, recorded in a sizable space (Henry Wood Hall). Yet it has attained a good deal of visibility, and this is because it is an unusually fine example of the type. Sombart and Vallet coordinate closely in the always unexpected interplay between soloist and orchestra. They are especially impressive in the initial handoffs in the opening movements, where the piano's world is clearly delineated, yet its playful relationship with the orchestra comes through in full. Sample the delightful evolution from tutti to solo in the Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467. Sombart's Mozart is on the restrained side; the often-made-melancholy Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K. 595, is straightforward, and the Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466, is less Beethovenian than usual. However, these decisions are fully defensible, and probably the way to go now in conventional-instrument performances is to dispense with the Romantic excesses. Those in search of a lively traditional Mozart concerto recording will find it here.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 02:03:54
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Elizabeth Sombart Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Pierre Vallet
- Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Label: Rubicon
- Genre: Classical Chamber Music Solo Piano
2023 Rubicon Classics Ltd. 2023 Lydia Music Sàrl
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