Documentary about Mozart in Prague, "Mozart's success with Da Ponte" followed by the performance at the Rittersaal of the Palais Waldstein, Prague (1991)
Zoltán Kocsis - soloist
Jiří Bělohlávek - conductor
Prague Chamber Orchestra
Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488
29:34 I. Allegro
39:35 II. Adagio
45:46 III. Allegro assai
Mozart was invited to Prague to conduct his "Marriage Of Figaro", an opera that had been more controversial than successful at its Viennese premiere. The composition took the Czech capital completely by storm and resulted in the commission for "Don Giovanni", to another libretto by that prolific, one-of-a-kind wordsmith, Lorenzo da Ponte, who was so facile that he batted out inspired words for Mozart's immortal music while simultaneously working on two libretti for other composers. Everything about the concerto K. 488 is operatic in approach and execution - from the grand drama of the opening bars to the sublime, vocal lyricism of the central movement, to the soaring melody of the finale.
In this performance, Hungarian pianist Zoltán Kocsis joins Czech conductor Jiří Bělohlávek and the Prague Chamber Orchestra in the great haal of Waldstein in Prague.
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