Brussels Chamber Orchestra, Guttman, Oliva, Ammara, Oganyan, Vidal Siquier

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788): Flute Concerto in D minor, H. 484 (1747 ca.) 

1.  Allegro

2.  Un poco andante

3.  Allegro di molto

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791): Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K 491 (1786) 

1.  Allegro

2.  Larghetto

3.  Allegretto

Dmítrij Shostakovich (1906-1975): Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35 for trumpet, piano and strings (1933)

1.  Allegro moderato

2.  Lento

3.  Moderato

4.  Allegro con brio

The Flute Concerto H. 484 in D minor by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) is an adaptation for flute of the Harpsichord Concerto H. 425 in D minor, which is of doubtful attribution. In fact, it is not certain whether this arrangement is by C. P. E. Bach, as scholars have formulated various controversial hypotheses regarding dating and attribution. The instrumental ensemble consists of transverse flute, two violins, viola and basso continuo. This Flute Concerto can be dated to around 1747. The Piano Concerto K 491 in C minor by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), who was in Vienna during the winter of 1785-86. In this period, he composed three piano concertos: in E flat major K 482, in A major K 488 and in C minor K 491. During the same period Mozart also completed the composition of The Marriage of Figaro (K 492). The first performance took place in early April 1786, in which the composer played and conducted the orchestra at the keyboard (in the autograph manuscript the soloist’s part is only sketched out). In 1800, Constanze Mozart (the composer’s widow, née Weber) had the Concerto published posthumously by the publisher Anton Andrè in the German town of Offenbach am Main. In 1933 the 26-year-old Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) composed the Piano Concerto with String Orchestra and Trumpet Accompaniment Op. 35 in C minor. This Concerto with its special arrangement was completed in July 1933 with the aim of extending the Soviet instrumental repertoire, characterised by a lack of large concert compositions. Divided into four movements, the piece was initially conceived only for trumpet and orchestra, but the composer decided to add another solo part (piano) to create a ‘double concerto’, with two soloists. The first performance was in Leningrad on 15 October 1933 with Shostakovich himself at the piano, which received great critical acclaim. The Concerto was finally published in 1934 and, subsequently, Shostakovich elaborated a version for two pianos, making minor changes.