Mozart - K. 482 - Piano Concerto No. 22 in E♭ major (1785) [Brendel]

[W.A. Mozart]

Mozart composed this piece in 1785, when he was 29 years old.
This is the first piano concerto of Mozart's to include clarinets in its scoring.

In his book on the piano concertos, Cuthbert Girdlestone pointed out the similarity between the opening of this movement and that of Mozart's Symphony No. 1, K. 16, written when he was eight years old. This juvenile work was composed for an orchestra of oboes, horns and strings. A comparison illustrates how far Mozart had developed in the intervening 20 years.

Both works start with "a vigorous and rhythmical attack and a light answer, quiet and tuneful". In the earlier work, the whole ensemble plays question and answer phrases and repeats them in their entirety.


Performers:
- Piano: Alfred Brendel
- Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
- Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner

Mozart - K. 482 - Piano Concerto No. 22 in E♭ major (1785):
00:00 I. Allegro, 4/4
13:22 II. Andante (variations) in C minor, 3/8
23:00 III. Allegro - Andante cantabile, 6/8