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Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes Performs Bagatelle Op. 1 No. 3 by Silvestrov on WQXR
Dvorák's "Spring Song" from Poetic Tone Pictures Performed by Leif Ove Andsnes on WQXR
1 Fantasia in C Minor, K. 475  
2 I. Allegro  
3 I. Allegro maestoso  
4 II. Andante  
5 II. Romanze  
6 III. Allegro  
7 III. Allegro vivace assai  
8 III. Rondo  
9 III. Rondo, Allegro assai  
10 Maurerische Trauermusik (Masonic Funeral Music) in C Minor, K. 477 (K. 479a)  
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Mozart Momentum 1785 is the first of two releases on which pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra are exploring the remarkable years of 1785/86 in W.A. Mozart's life. It includes piano concertos Nos 20-22, the Piano Quartet in G minor, Masonic Funeral Music and Fantasia in C minor for solo piano.

In 1781, aged 25, Mozart made the bold move of going freelance, "Vienna is piano land!" he exclaimed in a letter to his father, Leopold, in an attempt to argue his case for resigning from the employment of the Archbishop of Salzburg. With both public and private concerts taking place on a daily basis, Vienna was the place to be for an ambitious young composer and performer, and Mozart was quick to realize the opportunities on offer. Within a couple of years he had established himself as one of the most famous musicians in Vienna but by1785 he had competition on his doorstep.

Mozart wrote a series of masterpieces and revolutionized the nature of the piano concerto. The five piano concertos, no.20-24, are game-changers in the history of the form. Mozart began to re-examine the roles of the soloist and orchestra and created a dialogue between the two entities in a way that had not been heard before. "It changes completely with Mozart's Piano Concerto No 20 [in D minor K466]," says Andsnes.

  • theStrad reviews Dover Quartet, Leif Ove Andsnes - Turina, Dohnanyi, Brahms at NYC's Zankel - Carnegie Hall
    Posted At: July 17, 2024 12:00 AM
    Named one of the greatest string quartets of the last 100 years by BBC Music Magazine, the two-time GRAMMY-nominated Dover Quartet is one of the world’s most in-demand chamber ensembles. The Dover Quartet is the Penelope P. Watkins Ensemble in Residence at the Curtis Institute of Music and holds additional residencies at the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University and the Walton Arts Center’s Arto...
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  • Leif Ove Andsnes makes a 'Beethoven Journey' on 91.1 & 107.5WSHU
    Posted At: October 25, 2023 12:00 AM
    With his commanding technique and searching interpretations, Leif Ove Andsnes has won worldwide acclaim, performing in the world’s leading concert halls and with its foremost orchestras. An avid chamber musician, he is also the founding director of Norway’s Rosendal Chamber Music Festival.Following the success of the “Beethoven Journey” collaboration, Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra partner for the...
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  • Leif Ove Andsnes Introduces Antonin Dvorak's 'Poetic Tone Pictures' on Toledo's FM91: Classical Conversations
    Posted At: March 31, 2023 12:00 AM
    ‘I have to say I think this is the great forgotten cycle of the 19th century piano music. Maybe those are big words, but I do feel that,’ states Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes about his latest release on Sony Classical. On this album, he presents the most substantial piano collection by the great Romantic composer Antonín Dvorák - the unjustly neglected Poetic Tone Pictures.According to the Norwegian pianist, the...
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  • Leif Ove Andsnes chats with North Eastern Florida's WFSU Public Media about Dvorak's 'Poetic Tone Pictures'
    Posted At: January 17, 2023 12:00 AM
    With his commanding technique and searching interpretations, Leif Ove Andsnes has won worldwide acclaim, performing in the world’s leading concert halls and with its foremost orchestras. An avid chamber musician, he is also the founding director of Norway’s Rosendal Chamber Music Festival.Following the success of the “Beethoven Journey” collaboration, Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra partner for the...
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  • Leif Ove Andsnes shows his love for Dvorak's 'Poetic Tone Pictures' / yourClassical - New Classical Tracks
    Posted At: January 11, 2023 12:00 AM
    ‘I have to say I think this is the great forgotten cycle of the 19th century piano music. Maybe those are big words, but I do feel that,’ states Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes about his latest release on Sony Classical. On this album, he presents the most substantial piano collection by the great Romantic composer Antonín Dvorák - the unjustly neglected Poetic Tone Pictures. According to the Norwegian pianis...
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  • All Classical Portland reviews 'Poetic Tone Pictures' & chats with Leif Ove Andsnes
    Posted At: January 3, 2023 12:00 AM
    With his commanding technique and searching interpretations, Leif Ove Andsnes has won worldwide acclaim, performing in the world’s leading concert halls and with its foremost orchestras. An avid chamber musician, he is also the founding director of Norway’s Rosendal Chamber Music Festival.Following the success of the “Beethoven Journey” collaboration, Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra partner for the...
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  • Leif Ove Andsnes - Dvorak Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 85 will bring this imaginative cycle proper attention / Audiophile Audition
    Posted At: December 13, 2022 12:00 AM
    Audiophile Audition's Gary Lemco writes…While Dvorak’s reputation rests mainly on his symphonic, chamber music, and concerto output, as well as song cycles and operas, he did pen some imposing – and charming – keyboard works, including his set of 13 pieces from 1889 he calls Poetic Tone Pictures, Op. 85. Almost two generations ago, Anton Kubalek (1935-2011) recorded these intriguing miniatures, a suite in s...
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  • Leif Ove Andsnes discusses his album of Dvorak's Poetic Tone Pictures with Winnipeg's Classic 107
    Posted At: December 7, 2022 12:00 AM
    On October 28th, 2022 Sony Classical released the latest recording from the exceptional Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes. This latest CD features Antonin Dvorak’s rather unfamiliar thirteen piano pieces that are called his Poetic Tone Pictures.This music is quintessentially Czech, but has the same intimacy and friendliness as Robert Schuman’s great piano cycles. Each of the pieces in the Poetic Tone Pictu...
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  • Leif Ove Andsnes discusses Dvorak's unjustly neglected 'Poetic Tone Pictures' with Classical Radio
    Posted At: December 6, 2022 12:00 AM
    ‘I have to say I think this is the great forgotten cycle of the 19th century piano music. Maybe those are big words, but I do feel that,’ states Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes about his latest release on Sony Classical. On this album, he presents the most substantial piano collection by the great Romantic composer Antonín Dvorák - the unjustly neglected Poetic Tone Pictures.According to the Norwegian pianist, the...
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  • Leif Ove Andsnes plays Dvorak's 'Poetic Tone Pictures' with a storytelling spirit right from the start / BBC Music Magazine
    Posted At: December 1, 2022 12:00 AM
    ‘I have to say I think this is the great forgotten cycle of the 19th century piano music. Maybe those are big words, but I do feel that,’ states Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes about his latest release on Sony Classical. On this album, he presents the most substantial piano collection by the great Romantic composer Antonín Dvorák - the unjustly neglected Poetic Tone Pictures.According to the Norwegian pianist, the...
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  • Leif Ove Andsnes - Dvorak: Poetic Tone Pictures is the WFMT: Featured New Release'
    Posted At: November 30, 2022 12:00 AM
    ‘I have to say I think this is the great forgotten cycle of the 19th century piano music. Maybe those are big words, but I do feel that,’ states Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes about his latest release on Sony Classical. On this album, he presents the most substantial piano collection by the great Romantic composer Antonín Dvorák - the unjustly neglected Poetic Tone Pictures.According to the Norwegian pianist, the...
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  • Leif Ove Andsnes@Wigmore Hall. Brooding richness and fiery fervour / theartsdesk
    Posted At: November 22, 2022 12:00 AM
    Diverse programme of bold, physical music plays to the Norwegian’s strengthstheartsdesk - Gavin Dixon writes….Leif Ove Andsnes has a distinctive voice at the piano; clear, controlled and powerful. He sits upright; his body barely moves, and his head sways gently to the melodies. But he never loses himself in the music, he is always in control.Andsnes is a player of considerable power, especially as it all c...
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  • Leif Ove Andsnes - Dvorak: Poetic Tone Pictures. Brilliant, skittish, fairytale gems brought to light / The Guardian
    Posted At: November 17, 2022 12:00 AM
    ‘I have to say I think this is the great forgotten cycle of the 19th century piano music. Maybe those are big words, but I do feel that,’ states Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes about his latest release on Sony Classical. On this album, he presents the most substantial piano collection by the great Romantic composer Antonín Dvorák - the unjustly neglected Poetic Tone Pictures.According to the Norwegian pianist, the...
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  • Leif Ove Andsnes, winding and weaving an intricate pattern for each of the 13 'Dvorak - Poetic Tone Pictures' / VAN
    Posted At: November 17, 2022 12:00 AM
    ‘I have to say I think this is the great forgotten cycle of the 19th century piano music. Maybe those are big words, but I do feel that,’ states Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes about his latest release on Sony Classical. On this album, he presents the most substantial piano collection by the great Romantic composer Antonín Dvorák - the unjustly neglected Poetic Tone Pictures.According to the Norwegian pianist, the...
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  • Leif Ove Andsnes does 'Dvorak's 'Poetic Tone Pictures' justice with a highly imaginative performance / THE CLASSIC REVIEW
    Posted At: October 31, 2022 12:00 AM
    THE CLASSIC REVIEW writes…Coming off a two-part series of Mozart works, Leif Ove Andsnes explores a different avenue in presenting Dvorák’s Op. 85 Poetic Tone Pictures. These works are hardly the composer’s most prominent. However, that might be just the point for the pianist, who has had an inclination for the path less taken: his 2017 Sibelius album also presented the composer’s less-featured piano works....
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  • Leif Ove Andsnes tackles Dvorak's charming miniatures with gleaming luminosity / FINANCIAL TIMES
    Posted At: October 28, 2022 12:00 AM
    'I have to say I think this is the great forgotten cycle of the 19th century piano music. Maybe those are big words, but I do feel that,’ states Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes about his latest release on Sony Classical. On this album, he presents the most substantial piano collection by the great Romantic composer Antonín Dvorák - the unjustly neglected Poetic Tone Pictures.According to the Norwegian pianist, the...
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  • 89.3WQED-Pittsburgh chats with Leif Ove Andsnes about 'Mozart Momentum'
    Posted At: August 22, 2022 12:00 AM
    “As masterly and finished and perfect as the music itself” – The Telegraph  (on Mozart Momentum 1785)Leif Ove Andsnes releases a second Mozart Momentum album with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, presenting a portrait of the master composer during the years in which his writing for the piano was at its most revolutionary, creative and game-changing. Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra f...
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  • Exquisite grace brings Mozart's storytelling to life@Proms 28&29 w/Leif Ove Andsnes, Mahler Chamber Orch / TheGuardian
    Posted At: August 8, 2022 12:00 AM
    In two concerts of Mozart works from 1785 and 1786, Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra collaborated as creative equals, with pristine focus and quicksilver touchTheGuardian's Flora Willson writes…First Beethoven, now Mozart: Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes is one of classical music’s completists. But where his so-called Beethoven Journey with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra could straightforw...
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  • Leif Ove Andsnes continues his momentum with Mozart / yourClassical: New Classical Tracks
    Posted At: May 11, 2022 12:00 AM
    Leif Ove Andsnes releases a second Mozart Momentum album with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, presenting a portrait of the master composer during the years in which his writing for the piano was at its most revolutionary, creative and game-changing. “As masterly and finished and perfect as the music itself” – The Telegraph  (on Mozart Momentum 1785) Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orche...
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  • Mozart 1786: Andsnes returns! / Classical Explorer
    Posted At: April 19, 2022 12:00 AM
    A fine companion to Mozart 1785!Classical Explorer's Colin Clarke writes….A little while ago Classical Explorer looked at Mozart 1785, part of a project called "Mozart Momentum" and featuring the Norwegian pianist Leif-Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Here's the natural follow-up, MM1786, a mix of Piano Concertos (Nos. 23 and 24), the Recitative and Aria "Ch'io mo scordi di te ... Non temer, am...
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  • Leif Ove Andsnes - NPR: Tiny Desk (home) Concert
    Posted At: April 8, 2022 12:00 AM
    NPR's Tom Huizenga writes…..The Tiny Desk is working from home for the foreseeable future. Introducing NPR Music's Tiny Desk (home) concerts, bringing you performances from across the country and the world. It's the same spirit — stripped-down sets, an intimate setting — just a different space.The Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes is binging Mozart. He's just released his second double album in a row of th...
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  • Leif Ove Andsnes chats with classical radio about second Mozart Momentum album with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra
    Posted At: April 5, 2022 12:00 AM
    “As masterly and finished and perfect as the music itself” – The Telegraph  (on Mozart Momentum 1785)Leif Ove Andsnes releases a second Mozart Momentum album with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, presenting a portrait of the master composer during the years in which his writing for the piano was at its most revolutionary, creative and game-changing. Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra f...
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  • Leif Ove Andsnes - Mozart Momentum 1785 makes Pianist Magazine's 'Top 10 piano album releases of 2021'
    Posted At: December 15, 2021 12:00 AM

    Pianist Magazine' writes....2021 has treated us to a huge number of new releases from our favourite pianists. Here we've gathered our favourite 10 of the year... Included on our list is Mozart Momentum 1785 – Leif Ove Andsnes.   This album is the first of two releases by Andsnes which looks at the remarkable years of 1785-86 in Mozart's life. A lot was happening in 1785; th...
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  • Leif Ove Andsnes - Mozart Momentum 1785 makes CRB's 'Instant Replay'
    Posted At: September 16, 2021 12:00 AM

    "Mellow" is the name of the game in WCRB: Boston 30th (!) edition of Instant Replay! Chill out with us when you listen to this playlist of our favorite music of the month, featuring Ben Folds, the Indigo Girls, Nanci Griffith, and more. This series highlights CRB's favorite music of the moment – discoveries we've made when we're at home cooking or cleaning, at the office, or out and about. ...
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  • Leif Ove Andsnes - Mozart Momentum 1785 is the WFMT: Featured New Release
    Posted At: July 1, 2021 12:00 AM

    Mozart Momentum 1785 is the first of two releases on which pianist Leif Ove Andsnes and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra explore the remarkable years of 1785/86 in Mozart's life. In 1781, aged 25, Mozart made the bold move of going freelance. With both public and private concerts taking place on a daily basis, Vienna was the place to be for an ambitious young composer and performer, and Mozart was quick to r...
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  • Leif Ove Andsnes chats with 90.9WGUC - Cincinnati about recording Mozart during the pandemic
    Posted At: June 14, 2021 12:00 AM

    WGUC's Elaine Diehl writes....Pianist Leif Ove Andsnes was born in Karmøy, Norway in 1970, and studied at the Bergen Music Conservatory under the renowned Czech professor Jirí Hlinka. This Summer he releases the new project, Mozart Momentum 1785/1786 with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. The first of two planned Sony Classical releases features Mozart's piano concertos Nos. 20, 21 and 22 a...
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  • Countdown to 'Mozart Momentum' with Leif Ove Andsnes leading the Mahler Chamber Orchestra
    Posted At: May 4, 2019 12:00 AM

    The Kickoff is on   11 & 12 May 2019 - Frankfurt | Alte Oper Frankfurt,  followed by 5 more dates 14 May 2019 - Berlin | Berliner Philharmoniker 16 May 2019 - Grenoble | MC2: Maison de la culture de Grenoble 17 May 2019 - Evian | La Grange au Lac 18 May 2019 - Paris | Théâtre des Champs-Elysées 19 May 2019 - Lisbon | Gulbenkian Música Communic...
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  • Quality wins as Leif Ove Andsnes links Chopin's four ballades with three of the nocturnes / Classical Source
    Posted At: January 8, 2019 12:00 AM

    Short-measure playing time, high-calibre musicianship from Leif Ove Andsnes as he links Chopin's Four Ballades with three of the Nocturnes. Quality wins. Andsnes commands immediately with the opening of the G-minor Ballade, a man with a firm opinion as to how this music goes. From dramatic introduction to elfin dexterity via lyrical song, there is a story to be told, and Andsnes tells it like it is, with...
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  • Leif Ove Andsnes connects the building blocks on new Chopin recording / Classical Music Sentinel
    Posted At: November 13, 2018 12:00 AM

    One of the many aspects I admire about Leif Ove Andsnes' playing, is that he can always extract gold from the soil without the need for a pickax and shovel. By this I mean that unlike some pianists, he doesn't fuss over details or feel the need to micromanage, or manipulate each and every note as if it holds a key to the expressive narrative of a piece. He sees the arc, the long line of a composi...
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  • Classical radio says; Leif Ove Andsnes - Chopin Ballades & Nocturnes is a must-hear recording / ClassicalMPR: Major Themes
    Posted At: October 24, 2018 12:00 AM

    Welcome to Major Themes, a monthly feature in which classical music experts recommend a must-hear recording based on what's happening at classical stations and programs around the country. This month, we checked in with friends in Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee and California, as well as American Public Media. Here are their top picks. There are many recordings of Chopin on the market. That said, I...
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  • Leif Ove Andsnes - Chopin: Ballades and Nocturnes is WFMT 'Featured New Release'
    Posted At: October 15, 2018 12:00 AM

    Leif Ove Andsnes, "a pianist of magisterial elegance, power and insight" (New York Times), intersperses Chopin's four Ballades – works immense in the range and power of their expression – with three of his nocturnes. The new album represents the Norwegian pianist's first recording of Chopin's music in more than a decade. "There were quite a few years where I didn't play much Chopin. He felt c...
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  • Watch Leif Ove Andsnes discuss new recording 'Chopin Ballades & Nocturnes'
    Posted At: September 8, 2018 12:00 AM

    "I recorded Chopin's 3 Piano Sonatas 25 years ago and (and) very little in the mean time. But I've always loved Chopin. It's such elusive music and with such diversity of emotion and but it has just grown on me and I now feel such a need for playing more of that. It just tells me something that no other music can tell." - Leif Ove Andsnes Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes speaks about his album "Cho...
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  • For the Chopin Ballades, Leif Ove Andsnes knew he had to choose the right space / Borneo Bulletin
    Posted At: May 10, 2018 12:00 AM

    When he sat down to his longtime goal of recording Chopin's famously demanding Ballades, the pianist Leif Ove Andsnes knew he had to choose the right space. The Norwegian virtuoso, who has spent the past season as the artiste-in-residence at the New York Philharmonic, has developed an intuition on the relationship between settings and the great composers whose works he brings to life. "With Beethoven, fo...
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  • Final preparations underway for the Prague Spring music festival / Radio Praha
    Posted At: May 10, 2018 12:00 AM

    Final preparations are underway for the Prague Spring music festival, which begins on Saturday evening May 12 with the traditional rendition of Smetana's My Country at the Municipal House. The festival runs through June 3rd, and as always, it will showcase a plethora of major names in classical music. But this year there will also be a special focus on the centenary of the foundation of Czechoslovakia.&n...
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  • Trifonov and Andsnes - different generations, same curiosity / The New York Times
    Posted At: May 4, 2018 12:00 AM

    The pianists Daniil Trifonov, 27, and Leif Ove Andsnes, 48, are at very different places in their careers. But as both have had major presences in New York this season, I've been struck by how similarly these exceptional pianists approached the coveted platforms they were handed. Mr. Trifonov, who had a Perspectives series at Carnegie Hall, has always been able to toss off Liszt and Chopin étu...
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  • Leif Ove Andsnes - Sibelius is KDFC: Album Of the Week
    Posted At: December 4, 2017 12:00 AM

    Leif Ove Andsnes follows his string of award-winning Beethoven concerto recordings for Sony Classical with an album of solo piano works by Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. Sibelius wrote over 150 works for piano, but the composer's works for the instrument have long languished in the shadow of his orchestral music. His piano pieces were often seen as lacking in the rich, sonorous textures that the com...
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