Piano Concertos Nos. 1–4 (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart began his series of preserved piano concertos with four that he wrote at the age of 11, in Salzburg: K. 37 and 39-41. The autographs, all held by the Jagiellonian Library, Kraków, are dated by his father as having been completed in April (K. 37) and July (K. 39-41) of 1767. Although these works were long considered to be original, they are now known to be orchestrations of sonatas by various German virtuosi. The works on which the concertos are based were largely published in Paris, and presumably Mozart and his family became acquainted with them or their composers during their visit to Paris in 1763–64. The concerto No 4 in G K41 is scored for strings, piano (or harpsichord) and pairs of horns and flutes. The movements are: Allegro Andante, in G minor Molto Allegro The first and third movements are based on ones by Leonizi Honauer (Op. 1, No. 1), and the middle one on Hermann Raupach (Op. 1, No. 1). WIKIPEDIA

 VIDEO: W.A. Mozart Piano Concerto No.4 in G Major K.41 Soloist Heidrun Holtmann Conductor Marc Andreae Orchestra della Radiotelevisione della Svizzera Italiana