{"title":"MENAHEM PRESSLER: THE MUSICAL HERITAGE SOCIETY RECORDINGS","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"mozart-piano-concerto-nos-14-15-menahem-pressler-vienna-chamber-orchestra","title":"Mozart: Piano Concerto Nos. 14 \u0026 15 - Menahem Pressler, Vienna Chamber Orchestra","description":"\u003cp\u003ePIANO CONCERTO No. 14 in E-FLAT MAJOR, K. 449\u003cbr\u003e1. Allegro vivace\u003cbr\u003e2. Andantino\u003cbr\u003e3. Allegro ma non troppo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePIANO CONCERTO No. 15 in B-FLAT MAJOR, K. 450\u003cbr\u003e1. Allegro\u003cbr\u003e2. Andante\u003cbr\u003e3. Allegro\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMENAHEM PRESSLER, Piano \u003cbr\u003eVienna Chamber Orchestra \u003cbr\u003eEDGAR SEIPENBUSCH, Conductor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMozart, as one of the finest pianists in Vienna, was very much in demand between 1782 and 1786. He was frequently called upon to play at the concert of a friend, or asked to give a recital of his own. On March 3, 1784 he wrote to his father:\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cem\u003e\"You must forgive me if I don't write very much, but it is impossible to find time to do so, as I am giving three sub Scription concerts in Trattner's room on the last three Wednesdays of Lent, beginning on March 17th. I have a hundred subscribers already and shall easily get another thirty. The price for three concerts is six gulden. I shall probably give two concerts in the theatre this year. Well, as you may imagine, I must play some new works –therefore I must compose. The whole morning is taken up with pupils and almost every evening I have to play… But I must tell you quickly how it has come about that all of a sudden I am giving private concerts. Richter, the clavier virtuoso, is giving six Saturday concerts in the said room. The nobility subscribed, but remarked that they really did not care much about going unless I played. So Richter asked me to do so.  I promised to play three times and then arranged three concerts for myself, to which they all subscribed.\" \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Musical Heritage Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49287241105716,"sku":"46370d8e-91ac-4973-9c9d-7e0f2e15fe34","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/5740\/5748\/files\/artworkebc95575-545c-4031-8965-8d83938748c5-LARGE.jpg?v=1789483156"},{"product_id":"mozart-piano-sonatas-menahem-pressler","title":"Mozart: Piano Sonatas - Menahem Pressler","description":"\u003cp\u003eMozart was a pianist all his life. Although he played the organ, violin and viola very well, it was as a pianist that he generally made his public appearances and performed his own works. As a child he learned to play the harpsichord and clavichord, and he retained a fondness for the latter instrument all his life, but he rarely performed on it in public. His earliest compositions are for a keyboard instrument (harpsichord or clavichord) and among the many compositions of his last few months are a piano sonata, a piano concerto, a piano trio and a set of variations for the piano. His interest in the piano didn't stop with writing music for it, and there are several letters to his family in which he mentions trying out the new pianos of various friends. In an oft-quoted letter to his father (October 17-18, 1777) he describes his favorite brand of piano and tells why he likes it: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This time I shall begin at once with Stein's pianofortes… In whatever way I touch the keys, the tone is always even… It never jars, it is never stronger or weaker or entirely absent; in a word, it is always even His instruments have this special advantage over others that they are made with escape action. Only one maker in a hundred bothers about this. But without an escapement it is impossible  to  avoid  jangling  and  vibration after the note is struck. When you touch the keys, the hammers fall back again the moment after they have struck the strings, whether you hold down the keys or release them.\" \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Musical Heritage Society","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49322607804724,"sku":"885288813708","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/5740\/5748\/files\/artwork3300c473-08cf-4a05-ae76-949a04a787f3-LARGE.jpg?v=1791496209"}],"url":"https:\/\/themusicalheritagesociety.com\/collections\/menahem-pressler-the-musical-heritage-society-recordings.oembed","provider":"The Musical Heritage Society","version":"1.0","type":"link"}