Concerto Rond K.382
Second Mov. Adagio
Mozart separated from Archibishop of Salzburg, Hieronymus Colloredo and decided to move in Vienna in 1781 as a freelance musician. This concerto rondo was composed in March, 1783 in accordance with the preference of citizens there, and was a first and nice offering to them.
For succesive 10 years till 1791, i.e., his last life annum, he had produced many wonderful piano concertos.
Piano Alfred Brendel
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields conducted by Sir Neville Marriner
Recorded Dec., 1975 in London
Between Haydn, the explorer and adventurer, and Schubert, the sleepwalker, Mozart and Beethoven are considered as architects.
But how differently did they build !
From the beginning of piece, Beethoven places stone by stone, constructing and justifying his edifice as it were in accordance with the laws of statics.
Mozart, on the other hand, prefers to join together the most wonderful melodic ideas as prefabricated components. He arranged one element after another; as though it could not be otherwise.