Product Review

Vienna once the music hub of Europe attracted all the greatest composers of its day, among them Beethoven, Schubert and Mozart. This concert with Sir András Schiff and the Capella Andrea Barca from the Salzburg Mozart Week brings together three works by these great composers, all created at the start of their impressive Viennese careers. About Beethovens First Piano Concerto the Salzburg press wrote admiringly: Sensitively supported by the rich and supple tone of the strings, Schiffs pianistic virtuosity explores the length and breadth of Beethovens early work, from the opulent to the playful, with a palpable delight rarely found in such measure in a pianist, while in Mozarts Piano Concerto No. 22 Schiff demonstrates his skill in pianistic interpretation and in conducting, nuanced, passionate, a sensitive revelation.