In the 18th century keyboard instruments were evolving at a rapid rate. Since first appearing in the middle of the 16th century, the harpsichord - with its mechanically-plucked strings held at low ...

Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 is a typical example of his craft, and of the classical period's best work. Find out exactly why this, one of his latest, is among the best. The piano concertos of ...

David Threasher investigates the recorded history of one of the least-known of Mozart’s mature piano concertos, renowned for gaps left in the solo part as the composer worked at speed, and recommends ...

Mitsuko Uchida's recordings of the solo piano music have established her as a Mozartian of exceptional sensibility, and it is good that she is now giving us a series of the concertos. Her concerts in ...

It's Mozart, so you expect genius to jump out of the speakers, and it does, on Jeunehomme: Mozart Piano Concerto No 9 K-271. And it's not just the genius of the composer, it's also a brilliant ...