Mozart & Contemporaries Víkingur Ólafsson

• Baldassare Galuppi (1706 - 1785):
• 1 Galuppi: Piano Sonata No. 9 in F Minor: I. Andante spiritoso 02:06
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791):
• 2 Mozart: Rondo in F Major, K. 494 06:05
• Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714 - 1788):
• 3 C.P.E. Bach: Rondo II in D Minor, H. 290 03:26
• Domenico Cimarosa (1749 - 1801):
• 4 Cimarosa: Sonata No. 42 in D Minor (Arr. Ólafsson) 02:24
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
• 5 Mozart: Fantasia in D Minor, K. 397 (Fragment) 05:47
• 6 Mozart: Rondo in D Major, K. 485 03:46
• Domenico Cimarosa:
• 7 Cimarosa: Sonata No. 55 in A Minor (Arr. Ólafsson) 02:44
• Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809):
• 8 Haydn: Piano Sonata in B Minor, Hob.XVI:32: I. Allegro moderato 03:04
• 9 Haydn: Piano Sonata in B Minor, Hob.XVI:32: II. Menuet 02:41
• 10 Haydn: Piano Sonata in B Minor, Hob.XVI:32: III. Finale. Presto 02:09
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
• 11 Mozart: Kleine Gigue in G Major, K. 574 01:40
• 12 Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 "Sonata facile": I. Allegro 03:00
• 13 Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 "Sonata facile": II. Andante 04:00
• 14 Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 "Sonata facile": III. Rondo. Allegretto 01:43
• 15 Mozart: Adagio in E Flat (Arr. Ólafsson from String Quintet No. 3 in G Minor, K. 516) 08:04
• Baldassare Galuppi:
• 16 Galuppi: Piano Sonata No. 34 in C Minor: I. Larghetto 03:07
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
• 17 Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Minor, K. 457: I. Molto allegro 03:55
• 18 Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Minor, K. 457: II. Adagio 08:12
• 19 Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Minor, K. 457: III. Allegro assai 04:31
• 20 Mozart: Adagio in B Minor, K. 540 07:34
• 21 Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K. 618 (Transcr. Liszt for Solo Piano) 04:02
• Total Runtime 01:24:00

Info for Mozart & Contemporaries

Zwischen Tradition und Moderne: Víkingur Ólafsson erkundet das Wechselspiel von Licht und Schatten in der Musik von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Auf seinem neuen Album “Mozart & Contemporaries”, das am 3.September 2021 bei Deutsche Grammophon erscheint, widmet sich der Pianist seinen Lieblingswerken des Komponisten und bringt sie in einen Dialog mit Werken von Haydn, C.P.E. Bach, Galuppi und Cimarosa.

Die Auswahl seines Repertoires – vorwiegend Stücke aus den 1780er-Jahren – räumt mit einem Klischee auf der Vorstellung von Mozart als engelsgleichem Wunderkind und idiot savant. “Ich finde gerade diese zehn Jahre in Mozarts Leben und Kunst faszinierend”, sagt Ólafsson. “In dieser Phase brachte Mozart nicht nur die klassische Tradition zum Höhepunkt, sondern unterlief sie auch ganz subtil … Die Schatten sind dunkler, die Nuancierungen und Zweideutigkeiten tiefgründiger.”

Víkingur Ólafsson begeistert weltweit mit seinen Veröffentlichungen. Ausgezeichnet mit dem Opus Klassik, dem BBC Music Magazine Award und als “Artist of the Year” von Grammophone, legt der Musiker nun sein viertes Album vor.

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Víkingur Ólafsson
Possessing a rare combination of passionate musicality, explosive virtuosity and intellectual curiosity, Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson has won all the major prizes in his native country, including four Musician of the Year prizes at the Icelandic Music Awards as well as The Icelandic Optimism Prize.

Víkingur’s 2016/17 season includes performances with NDR Elbphilhamonie Orchester and Los Angeles Philharmonic under Esa-Pekka Salonen, tour with Orkester Norden (Lawrence Foster) and concerts with Iceland Symphony Orchestra (Yan Pascal Tortelier) and MDR Sinfonieorchester (Kristjan Järvi). Since February 2016 he has taken over from Martin Fröst as Artistic Director of Vinterfest in Sweden while continuing in the same role for the award winning Reykjavík Midsummer Music, which he founded in 2012. In recital he will make his debut at Wiener Konzerthaus, Konzerthaus Berlin, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Louisiana Museum for Modern Art Denmark, La Folle Journée Festival as well in Leipzig and at the Istanbul Music Festival.

Víkingur signed an exclusive agreement with Deutsche Grammophon in November 2016. His debut album for DG will feature the piano works of Philip Glass and is set to be released in time for the composer’s 80th birthday in January 2017. In 2015 Víkingur recorded solo works by Igor Stravinsky for the company’s complete works edition of the composer and before that, he released 3 albums on his own label, Dirrindí Music. The first two were solo discs; ‘Debut’, (showing “exceptional perception and depth of maturity,” said EPTA Journal) and ‘Chopin-Bach’ (prompting Piano News Magazine to say “Immense talent … you must listen to this young pianist!”). His third album was a double CD/DVD release of ‘Winterreise’ with bass Kristinn Sigmundsson, which won the Album of the Year award at the Icelandic Music Awards 2012.

Víkingur has premiered five piano concertos to date and worked with composers including Philip Glass, Mark Simpson and Daníel Bjarnason. He has collaborated with leading artists from diverse fields, such as Roman Signer, Lillevan and Yann Malka, and appeared at festivals such as Busoni and Transart (Bolzano), MITO SettembreMusica (Milano) and Nordic Cool (Washington DC). When it comes to his relationships with other musicians, Víkingur has worked with Sayaka Shoji, István Várdai, Martin Fröst, Pekka Kuusisto and Björk.

Away from the concert stage, Víkingur is the driving force behind numerous innovative musical projects. Most recently the classical music television series, Útúrdúr (Out-of-tune), produced for the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service in 2013-14, was broadcast to unanimous critical and public acclaim.

Víkingur grew up in Iceland where he studied with Erla Stefánsdóttir and Peter Máté. He holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from The Juilliard School, where he studied with Jerome Lowenthal and Robert McDonald.

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