| This piano concerto was a favorite of Mozarts for quite a while--the comic opera fun of the first movement with the thoughtful mood of this second with it's wonderful quiet phrase that end the movement is surely something to treasure... Pianist Malcolm Frager won several prizes as an rising star, including the Leventritt Prize in 1959, and second prize at the Geneva Competition. Frager majored in Russian at Columbia University and was fluent in seven languages. Frager was also known for his scholarly endeavors, including discovering several manuscripts presumed lost in WWII, and important work on the original manuscript of the Schumann piano concerto. Piano Concerto In D Major, K. 175 No.5, second movement: Andante ma un poco adagio Malcolm Frager, Steinway piano, with the orchestra of Italian Language Radio and Television of Switzerland, under Marc Andreae. Recorded Live at the Teatro Scientifico Del Bibiena, Mantua, 19 April 1989. Orchestra della Radio-televisione della Svizzera Italiana, Leitung: Marc Andreae Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) Klavierkonzert Nr. 05, D-Dur, KV 175 |