MOZART. Post Scriptum (Sergei Kvitko and Madrid Soloists)

Sergei Kvitko, critically acclaimed pianist, composer/arranger, and internationally sought-after producer and sound engineer, wears all of these hats on his new production “Mozart. Post Scriptum,” his fresh, personal and occasionally lovingly irreverent take on Mozart masterpieces for piano and orchestra.

The cornerstone of the CD is Concerto in D Minor No. 20, K. 466 with new cadenzas by Kvitko that are full of surprises and pianistic fireworks. The album also features the world premiere recordings of Kvitko’s own special editions of Mozart’s Rondos in D Major K. 382 and A Major K. 386 for piano and orchestra. The scores include new additions in orchestration, ornamentation, articulation and dynamic markings, both bringing them closer to Mozart’s manuscripts and expanding on the composer’s original ideas.

Kvitko’s musical partner for this endeavor is Madrid Soloists Chamber Orchestra, a premiere Spanish ensemble comprised of musicians of the highest caliber from across Europe, Asia and the Americas, led by artistic director and concertmaster Gabor Szabo and conducted by Uzbekistani maestro Tigran Shiganyan.

The CD was made in the summer of 2021 at one of the best European recording venues, Estudio Uno in Madrid, Spain.

1.            Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in D Major, K. 382  

2.            Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in A Major, K. 386 

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466

3.            I. Allegro   

4.            II. Romanze      

5.            III. Rondo. Allegro assai