Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Paul Dessau:
Cadenza, Vol. 7

...to the Concert for Piano and Orchestra in C major K 467

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In this volume, we publish for the first time the cadenza written by Paul Dessau in 1947 on Mozart's Piano Concerto K 467. One may only speculate for which occasion it was composed by Dessau. Before returning to Germany from the USA in 1948, he had written numerous little piano pieces, most of them for piano lessons. In addition, he had rewritten his early piano sonata completely. In this context, he also noted down the names of pianists such as Vladimir Horowitz, Bruno Eisner and Leon Fleisher with whom he was in touch, hoping for the performance of the sonata. Perhaps the cadenza too was created in this hope. We do not know if it was ever performed. But now, all pianists are given the chance to play it!

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / Fazil Say:
Cadenza, Vol. 8

...to the Concertos for Piano and Orchestra C major K 457 and D major K 537 'Coronation', KV 467 und 537

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After his spectacular cadenza of Beethoven's Concerto in C minor (contained in ED 20140), the well-known Turkish pianist and composer now presents cadenzas of two of the most popular concertos by Mozart. Imitating timpani and horns in a virtuoso manner, the cadenza of Krönungskonzert KV 537 suits the occasion splendidly. Being an extremely delicate scherzando, the well-known opening theme of the Concerto in C major KV 467 is treated fugally with its mirror form, and the theme of the final movement brings it finally to a magnificent climax.

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Ludwig van Beethoven / Erwin Schulhoff:
Cadenza, Vol. 9

...to the Piano Concertos No. 1 C major, No. 2 Bb major, No. 3 C minor, No. 4 G major

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Erwin Schulhoff composed his cadenzas for Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concertos No. 1-4 (no independent cadenza is intended for Piano Concerto No. 5) in Berlin in 1923. That means they were written at the same time as his Concerto for piano and small orchestra Op. 43, which combines impressionism and jazz and can be regarded as the first 'jazz' piano concerto in music history. The present cadenzas, however, do not show any influences of jazz but follow entirely the classical piano concerto tradition in a way which is virtuosic, and yet comapratively easy to play.

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