Vkingur Olafsson's exciting project looks at the dark side of Mozart and his Contemporaries in this tribute with a twist. Music is from W. A. Mozart, Baldassare Galuppi, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Domenico Cimarosa, Franz Joseph Haydn and three new arrangements by Vkingur.
"Far from the glowing image of the angelic prodigy, the music on this album is mostly by the Mozart of the 1780s, a grown man and a mature composer — who in the preceding years had come to know adversity," explained Vkingur Olafsson. "This is the period when Mozart was not just perfecting the Classical tradition but subtly subverting it, his graceful touch as featherlight as always but the shadows darker, the nuances and ambiguities more profound."
Tracklist:
1 Piano Sonata No. 9 In F Minor 2:05
2 Rondo In F Major, K. 494 6:04
3 Rondo II In D Minor, H. 290 3:26
4 Sonata No. 42 In D Minor 2:23
5 Fantasia In D Minor, K. 397 (Fragment) 5:47
6 Rondo In D Major, K. 485 3:46
7 Sonata No. 55 In A Minor 2:44
Piano Sonata In B Minor, Hob. XVI:32
8 I. Allegro Moderato 3:03
9 II. Menuetto - Trio (Minore) 2:40
10 III. Finale. Presto 2:09
11 Kleine Gigue In G Major, K. 574 1:40
Piano Sonata No. 16 In C Major, K. 545 "Sonata Facile"
12 I. Allegro 2:59
13 II. Andante 3:59
14 III. Rondo. Allegretto 1:42
15 Adagio In E-Flat Major (From String Quintet No. 3 In G Minor, K. 516) 8:04
16 Piano Sonata No. 34 In C Minor - I. Larghetto 3:06
Piano Sonata No. 14 In C Minor, K. 457
17 I. Molto Allegro 3:54
18 II. Adagio 8:11
19 III. Allegro Assai 4:30
20 Adagio In B Minor, K. 540 7:34
21 Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618 4:02
Recording information:
Title: Mozart & Contemporaries
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Artist: Víkingur Ólafsson
Genre: Classical
Media: 1x UHQ CD Stereo , Limited, . Playable on standard CD player
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Cat#: UCCG-45022-UHQ
Released: 3.9.2021 in Japan
EAN: 4988031448199
Discogs rel.#: 21504235
