Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 21 & 9 - Rondo for Piano and Orchestra Dejan Lazić, Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra & Jan Willem de Vriend

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791): Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467:
• 1 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: I. Allegro maestoso 15:50
• 2 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: II. Andante 06:46
• 3 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467: III. Allegro vivace assai 08:09
• Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in D Major, K. 382:
• 4 Mozart: Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in D Major, K. 382: Allegretto grazioso - Adagio - Allegro - Tempo primo 09:46
• Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-Flat Major, K. 271 “Jeunehomme” / “Jenamy”:
• 5 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-Flat Major, K. 271 “Jeunehomme” / “Jenamy”: I. Allegro 11:05
• 6 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-Flat Major, K. 271 “Jeunehomme” / “Jenamy”: II. Andantino 09:28
• 7 Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-Flat Major, K. 271 “Jeunehomme” / “Jenamy”: III. Presto - Menuetto - Presto 10:50
• Total Runtime 01:11:54

Info for Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 21 & 9 - Rondo for Piano and Orchestra

Mozart Piano Concertos, Vol. 2. The concept behind our present undertaking, the Mozart Piano Concertos album trilogy, is to present a range of concertos from Mozart’s various compositional and performing periods, styles, techniques and instrumentations. Our endeavour is also linked with an encore-like single work on each album, namely a Rondo. The additional connecting link between these six piano concertos is the Cadenzas & Lead-ins which Lazić has composed himself. Here he was inspired by the common practice of the composer’s day.

"I find Lazic and de Vriend's K 449 quite exhilarating and rate it an unmitigated success." (Fanfare)

"a record of quite astonishing eloquence." (Classica)

Dejan Lazić, piano
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Jan Willem de Vriend, conductor

Dejan Lazić
Lazić’s fresh interpretations of the repertoire have established him as one of the most unique and unusual soloists of his generation. The Spiegel magazine noted of his Liszt recording for Onyx Classics: “Grandiose technique, dedicated and witty, whilst full-bodied and thoughtful: this longitudinal section through Liszt’s oeuvre is a gift, both for beginners and connoisseurs.” Dejan Lazić has previously released many recordings with Channel Classics, including a critically acclaimed Liaisons series; the latest of which couples together C. P. E. Bach and Britten. In autumn 2017 he performed on tour and recorded Beethoven’s own arrangement of his Violin Concerto as Piano Concerto in D major, Op. 61a, with Netherlands Chamber Orchestra and Gordan Nikolić. This CD was released in...

Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
a Norwegian national orchestra, dates back to 1765. Edvard Grieg served as its artistic director from 1880 to 1882. Edward Gardner is Chief Conductor and Sir Mark Elder is the orchestra’s Principal Guest Conductor.

The orchestra was nominated 'Orchestra of the Year' 2020 by Gramophone and won two Gramophone Classical Music Awards in 2021: Recording of the Year and Opera Award Winner for Britten’s Peter Grimes. In recent years, the orchestra has played in the Concertgebouw, at the BBC Proms, Wiener Musikverein and Konzerthaus, Carnegie Hall, New York, Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg and the Philharmonie, Berlin.

The orchestra and Edward Gardner appeared at the Edinburgh International Festival (EIF) (2017) and Royal Festival Hall (2019) with their critically acclaimed production of Peter Grimes. In 2022 the orchestra was invited back to the Edinburgh International Festival and received rave reviews for their performance of Strauss’ Salome.

Edward Gardner and the Orchestra has released a series of recordings, including a Grammy-nominated recording of Janáčeks Glagolitic Mass, Schönberg’s Gurre-Lieder, songs by Sibelius, Grieg’s Piano Concerto and Incidental music to Peer Gynt, Schoenberg’s Erwartung and Pelleas und Melisande, Britten’s Peter Grimes with Stuart Skelton and Erin Wall, songs by Britten and Canteloube with soprano Mari Eriksmoen and a CD with saxophonist Marius Neset. In 2023 they released Nordheim’s Tempest (LWC1250).

Jan Willem de Vriend
designated “a godsend from the Netherlands” by the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, is driven by the pioneering spirit of historically informed perfomance practice. As music director of the Combattimento Consort Amsterdam, which he founded in 1982, he specialised in repertoire of the 17th and 18th centuries, reviving a wealth of rarely heard works through historically informed performances on modern instruments, praised by Gramophone magazine for their “technical finesse and a lively feeling for characterization”.

An award-winner for his creative contribution to classical music, Jan Willem de Vriend has more than 50,000 followers on Spotify and is in demand as a conductor around the world, appearing regularly with such orchestras as the Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Residentie Orkest Den Haag, Belgian National Orchestra, Tonhalle Zurich, Orchestre National de Lyon, Bergen Philharmonic, Warsaw Philharmonic, the symphony orchestras of Netherlands Radio and Hessischer Rundfunk (Frankfurt Radio Symphony), Melbourne Symphony, Yomiuri Nippon Symphony and Hong Kong Philharmonic. He is Principal Conductor Designate of the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, and Principal Guest Conductor of the City of Kyoto Symphony Orchestra, Principal Guest Conductor of the Stuttgart Philharmonic and Orchestre National de Lille, and former Principal Guest Conductor of the Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya and the Brabant Orchestra.

For the Challenge Classics label, de Vriend and the Netherlands Symphony Orchestra have recorded the complete Mendelssohn symphonies and all Beethoven’s symphonies and concertos with, among others, pianist Hannes Minnaar and violinist Liza Ferschtman. De Vriend’s interpretation of the Symphony No 7 prompted Classic FM to admire “a bounding flair that does real justice to the composer’s capacity for joy”. A further landmark of his recorded catalogue is his complete recording of the Schubert symphonies with the Residentie Orkest Den Haag.

De Vriend’s collaborative spirit is equally evident in his work for the stage, notably with opera director Eva Buchmann and Combattimento Consort Amsterdam. In addition to works by Monteverdi, Haydn, Handel and Telemann, their productions in Europe and the USA have included staged versions of Bach’s ‘Hunting’ and ‘Coffee’ Cantatas at the Bachfest Leipzig, and operas by Mozart, Rossini, Verdi and Cherubini, among them Mozart’s Don Giovanni und Rossini’s La gazzetta, both toured in Switzerland. De Vriend has also conducted operatic productions in Amsterdam (with the Nederlandse Reisopera), Barcelona, Strasbourg, Lucerne, Schwetzingen and Bergen.

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