Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467 (reference recording: Géza Anda / Remastered)

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467
00:00 I. Allegro maestoso (2025 Remastered, Salzburg 1961)
13:50 II. Andante (2025 Remastered, Salzburg 1961)
21:05 III. Allegro vivace assai (2025 Remastered, Salzburg 1961)

Piano and orchestral conducting: Géza Anda
Camerata Academica des Mozarteums Salzburg
Recorded in 1961, at Salzburg
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Mozart composed his Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467, in early 1785 during his highly productive Viennese period. He entered this concerto into his personal catalog on 9 March 1785, just four weeks after finishing the dramatic D minor Concerto (No. 20, K. 466). The new concerto was written to be performed by Mozart himself at a Lenten season subscription concert in Vienna – a series of public concerts given during the winter of 1785. It was premiered the very next day, 10 March 1785, at the Imperial Burgtheater in a benefit concert for the composer. This period marked the height of Mozart’s fame as a piano virtuoso and composer in Vienna.

Politically and culturally, Vienna in 1785 was a vibrant center under Emperor Joseph II’s enlightened reforms. Public concerts were flourishing beyond the aristocratic salons, giving freelance composers like Mozart new opportunities. In this environment, Mozart produced a series of masterful piano concertos that pushed the genre’s boundaries. Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major is one of several “symphonic” concertos Mozart wrote in 1785–1786, works in which he redefined the piano concerto by treating the soloist and orchestra as more equal partners. This C-major Concerto, coming on the heels of the dark, passionate D minor Concerto, offers a contrasting mood of grandeur and luminosity. As one Mozart scholar (Cuthbert Girdlestone) observed, “the luminous C major exorcises the sombre and daimonisch D minor”, underscoring how Mozart often paired works of opposing character in close succession.

Like most of Mozart’s concertos, No. 21 in C major is in three movements (fast–slow–fast), each with its own character and thematic material. Mozart’s piano concertos of this period were groundbreaking in their fusion of concerto brilliance with symphonic depth – the solo piano and orchestra engage in a dynamic dialogue rather than a simple accompaniment relationship.

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