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Mozart Piano Concerto No 23, 3rd mvt - Leon Fleisher, LPO, Vladimir Jurowski
Mozart and Antigravity
Gifted Music School 2012 Spring Gala 2012 Mozart 2nd mvt Fleisher Kulenovic
1 Piano Concerto No. 7 in A Major, K.414; I  
2 Piano Concerto No. 7 in A Major, K.414; II  
3 Piano Concerto No. 7 in A Major, K.414; III  
4 Concerto No. 7 in F Major for three Pianos I  
5 Concerto No. 7 in F Major for three Pianos II  
6 Concerto No. 7 in F Major for three Pianos III  
7 Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K.488; I  
8 Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K.488; II  
9 Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K.488; III  
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A fixture on the American music scene for more than six decades, pianist Leon Fleisher releases Mozart's Piano Concertos No. 12 in A Major, K. 414; No. 7 in F Major for two pianos, K. 242; and No. 23 in A Major, K. 488. Fleisher plays alongside the Kammerorchester Stuttgart, a distinguished ensemble that has made something of a specialty of the Viennese Classicists, and is joined by wife Katherine Jacobson-Fleisher, in Piano Concerto No. 7 for two pianos.

Praised in his early career for his poetic yet vigorous performances of works by the Viennese masters, this is Fleisher's first two-hand concerto recording in over 40 years. The pianist naturally devoted his new disc of two-hand concertos to the music of Mozart, following his miraculous recovery from a neurological impairment of his right hand.

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  • Marlboro Music Festival closes 68th season / Rutland Herald
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  • At 90, San Francisco piano great Leon Fleisher continues to inspire / KQED
    Posted At: July 23, 2018 12:00 AM

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  • Lake Champlain Festival brings out the big guns for opener / Rutland Herald
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  • Charleston Symphony marks 80th year with Leon Fleisher / ABC News 4
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    Posted At: June 11, 2014 12:00 AM

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