Matthias Kirschnereit, Bamberger Symphoniker, Bayerische Staatsphilharmonie, Frank Beermann - Mozart: Piano Concertos 1-10 (2006)

Tracklist

CD1
01. Piano Concerto No. 5 in D major, K. 175: I. Allegro
02. Piano Concerto No. 5 in D major, K. 175: II. Andante ma un poco adagio
03. Piano Concerto No. 5 in D major, K. 175: III. Allegro
04. Piano Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat Major, K. 238: I. Allegro aperto
05. Piano Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat Major, K. 238: II. Andante un poco adagio
06. Piano Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat Major, K. 238: III. Rondeau. Adagio
07. Piano Concerto No. 8 in C Major, K. 246, "Lutzow": I. Allegro aperto
08. Piano Concerto No. 8 in C Major, K. 246, "Lutzow": II. Andante
09. Piano Concerto No. 8 in C Major, K. 246, "Lutzow": III. Rondeau. Tempo di Menuetto
10. Piano Concerto No. 8 in C Major, K. 246, "Lutzow": Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in D Major, K. 382

CD2
01. Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-Flat Major, K. 271: I. Allegro
02. Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-Flat Major, K. 271: II. Andantino
03. Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-Flat Major, K. 271: III. Rondeau: Presto
04. Piano Concerto No. 11 in F major, K. 413: I. Allegro
05. Piano Concerto No. 11 in F major, K. 413: II. Larghetto
06. Piano Concerto No. 11 in F major, K. 413: III. Tempo di Minuetto

CD3
01. Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K. 414: I. Allegro
02. Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K. 414: II. Andante
03. Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K. 414: III. Rondeau: Allegretto
04. Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major, K. 415: I. Allegro
05. Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major, K. 415: II. Andante
06. Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major, K. 415: III. Rondeau: Allegro
07. Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major, K. 415: Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in A Major, K. 386

CD4
01. Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-Flat Major, K. 449: I. Allegro vivace
02. Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-Flat Major, K. 449: II. Andantino
03. Piano Concerto No. 14 in E-Flat Major, K. 449: III. Allegro ma non troppo
04. Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-Flat Major, K. 450: I. Allegro
05. Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-Flat Major, K. 450: II. Andante
06. Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-Flat Major, K. 450: III. Allegro

CD5
01. Piano Concerto No. 16 in D major, K. 451: I. Allegro
02. Piano Concerto No. 16 in D major, K. 451: II. Andante
03. Piano Concerto No. 16 in D major, K. 451: III. Allegro di molto
04. Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453: I. Allegro
05. Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453: II. Andante
06. Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453: III. Allegretto

CD6
01. Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-Flat Major, K. 456: I. Allegro vivace
02. Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-Flat Major, K. 456: II. Andante un poco sostenuto
03. Piano Concerto No. 18 in B-Flat Major, K. 456: III. Allegro vivace
04. Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major, K. 459: I. Allegro
05. Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major, K. 459: II. Allegretto
06. Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major, K. 459: III. Allegro assai

CD7
01. Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466: I. Allegro
02. Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466: II. Romanze
03. Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466: III. Allegro assai
04. Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467, "Elvira Madigan": I. Allegro maestoso
05. Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467, "Elvira Madigan": II. Andante
06. Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467, "Elvira Madigan": III. Allegro vivace assai

CD8
01. Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat Major, K. 482: I. Allegro
02. Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat Major, K. 482: II. Andante
03. Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat Major, K. 482: III. Allegro
04. Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488: I. Allegro
05. Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488: II. Adagio
06. Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488: III. Allegro assai

CD9
01. Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491: I. Allegro
02. Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491: II. Larghetto
03. Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491: III. Allegretto
04. Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503: I. Allegro maestoso
05. Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503: II. Andante
06. Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503: III. Allegretto

CD10
01. Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major, K. 537 "Coronation": I. Allegro
02. Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major, K. 537 "Coronation": II. Larghetto
03. Piano Concerto No. 26 in D major, K. 537 "Coronation": III. Allegretto
04. Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-Flat Major, K. 595: I. Allegro
05. Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-Flat Major, K. 595: II. Larghetto
06. Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-Flat Major, K. 595: III. Allegro


The German pianist Matthias Kirschnereit has cultivated a repertoire built on strong, rather self-effacing performances in the mainstream of the German and Austrian classics. Kirschnereit was born in 1962 in Dorsten, West Germany, but from age nine he grew up in Namibia in southern Africa, a country with a sizable German population. Fascinated by the idea of a piano career, he asked permission from his family to return to Germany alone. Finally, when he was 14, permission was granted, but Kirschnereit had taken few formal lessons up to that time, and when he enrolled at the Hochschule für Musik Detmold he found his classmates far ahead of him. He quit school at 16, against the advice of friends and teachers, so that he could devote more time to the piano. Kirschnereit proved the doubters wrong when he began winning competitions like the Concours Géza Anda in Zurich and the International Australian Piano Competition in Sydney. At that point, Kirschnereit began to attract top-flight teachers, including Sandor Végh, Murray Perahia, and Claudio Arrau. Kirschnereit joined the faculty of the Academy of Music and Theater in Rostock, Germany, in 1997. Shortly after that he began a distinguished recording career on the Arte Nova label that included a complete cycle of Mozart's piano concertos, recorded over seven years with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under Frank Beermann. Kirschnereit went on to record Mendelssohn and Brahms for Arte Nova; his recording of a reconstructed Piano Concerto in E minor by Mendelssohn in 2009 won an ECHO Klassik award. Since then, Kirschnereit has recorded mostly for the Berlin Classics and CPO labels; his Brahms recital Frei aber Einsam appeared on CPO in 2017. That year he joined violinist Lena Neudauer for a recording of Mendelssohn's rarely heard Double Concerto in D minor. Kirschnereit lives with his family in Hamburg, where he is an enthusiastic amateur artist.

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