Walter Klien, Minnesota Orchestra & Stanisław Skrowaczewski - Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453 (2023) [24/192]

Collectors of a certain age may remember this attractive pairing of Mozart’s 17th and 27th piano concertos through its original LP release on Vox’s subsidiary label Candide. It also turned up on CD as part of Vox’s long gone budget Prima series. Newly remastered for Vox’s new Audiophile Series, this 1978 Elite Recordings production supervised by Marc Aubort and Joanna Nickrenz retains its vivid impact and vibrant detail.

On this stunnign legacy recording, pianist Walter Klien is backed by the Minnesota Orchestra under the leadership of Stanisław Skrowaczewski for this rendition of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major, K. 453.

Son of a well-known artist, Erika Giovanna Klien, Walter Klien began playing the piano at the age of five. He first studied piano, composition and conducting in Frankfurt, then Graz. In 1946 he began studies with Josef Dichler at the Vienna Academy of Music and completed his piano studies with Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli. Klien also took lessons in composition from Paul Hindemith. During the early 1950s Klien participated in competitions, winning prizes at both the 1951 and 1952 Busoni Competitions in Bolzano.

Tracklist:
01. Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453: I. Allegro
02. Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453: II. Andante
03. Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453: III. Allegretto


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