Mozart: Keyboard Music Vol. 5 & 6 Kristian Bezuidenhout

• 1 I. Andante grazioso (Theme And Variations) 14:19
• 2 II. Menuetto. Trio 05:59
• 3 III. Alla turca. Allegretto 03:24
• 4 6 Variations on Salve tu, Domine in F Major, K. 398 08:10
• 5 Romanze in A-flat Major, K.Anh. 205 05:06
• 6 12 Variations in B-flat Major, K.500 10:41
• 7 I. Allegro con spirito 08:47
• 8 II. Andante, un poco adagio 06:10
• 9 III. Rondeau - Allegro grazioso 06:28
• 10 12 Variations on Ah, vous dirai-je Maman in C Major, K. 265 13:26
• 11 I. Adagio 07:10
• 12 II. Menuetto 1. Menuetto 2 04:03
• 13 III. Allegro 03:14
• 14 Adagio in F Major, K.Anh. 206a (A65) 09:14
• 15 I. Allegro 06:55
• 16 II. Andante amoroso 06:16
• 17 III. Rondeau - Allegro 05:18
• 18 12 Variations on La belle Francoise in E-flat Major, K. 353 17:02
• Total Runtime 02:21:42

Info for Mozart: Keyboard Music Vol. 5 & 6

With this double set encompassing volumes five and six, fortepianist Kristian Bezuidenhout completes his multi-disc survey of Mozart’s music for solo keyboard. The first four volumes in the series have been met with the highest critical acclaim from around the world. On this collection, Bezuidenhout performs a mix of Piano Sonatas, Variations and other works on a fortepiano by Paul McNulty that was modeled after an instrument by the great instrument maker Anton Walter.

'Few players coax as much depth and detail from the fortepiano as this.... [Bezuidenhout's] enviably high standard's maintained' (BBC Radio 3, review of Volume 4). 'Kristian Bezuidenhout's elegant readings... [display] the height of intelligence, sensitivity, imagination, and style.' (Fanfare)

“Bezuidenhout is steeped in Mozart’s idiom and able to explicate it with the erudition of a scholar and wisdom of a sage. More than most of his colleagues, he is his instrument, exploiting its every expressive potential with ease.” (International Record Review)

Kristian Bezuidenhout, fortepiano

Kristian Bezuidenhout
was born in South Africa in 1979. He began his studies in Australia, completed them at the Eastman School of Music and now lives in London. After initial studies as a modern pianist with Rebecca Penneys, he explored early keyboards, studying harpsichord with Arthur Haas, fortepiano with Malcolm Bilson and continuo playing and performance practice with Paul O’Dette.

Bezuidenhout first gained international recognition at the age of 21 after winning the prestigious first prize as well as the audience prize in the Bruges Fortepiano Competition.


Bezuidenhout is a frequent guest artist with the world’s leading ensembles including The Freiburger Barockorchester, Orchestre des Champs Elysées, Orchestra of the 18th Century, English Concert, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Concerto Köln, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Sinfonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, and Collegium Vocale Gent, in many instances assuming the role of guest director. He has performed with celebrated artists including John Eliot Gardiner, Philippe Herreweghe, Frans Brüggen, Trevor Pinnock, Ton Koopman, Christopher Hogwood, Pieter Wispelwey, Daniel Hope, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Isabelle Faust, Viktoria Mullova, Carolyn Sampson and Mark Padmore.


Bezuidenhout now divides his time between concerto, recital and chamber music engagements, appearing in the early music festivals of Barcelona, Boston, Bruges, Innsbruck, St. Petersburg, Venice and Utrecht; the festivals of Salzburg, Edinburgh, Schleswig Holstein, Tangelwood and Luzern and Mostly Mozart Lincoln Center, and at many of the world’s most important concert halls including the Berlin and Köln Philharmonie, Suntory Hall, Theatre des Champs Elysées, Symphony Hall, Konzerthaus Vienna, Wigmore Hall and Carnegie Hall.

Since 2009, Bezuidenhout has embarked on a long-term recording relationship with Harmonia Mundi. Recent recordings include Volumes 1, 2 & 3 of the complete keyboard music of Mozart (prizes include Diapason D'or, a Caecilia Prize, and Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik); Mendelssohn piano concertos with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra and Schumann Dichterliebe with Mark Padmore (both won Edison Awards). His recording of Beethoven violin sonatas with Viktoria Mullova (ONYX label) won an Echo Award for the best chamber music album of 2011. A disc of Mozart Piano Concertos (K. 453 & 482) with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra was released in November, 2012.

Booklet for Mozart: Keyboard Music Vol. 5 & 6