Mozart Piano Concerto 5 (Malcolm Frager, piano) movement 1

Length: 08:34

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Mozart composed this concerto at the end of 1773, about the same time as the "little G minor" Symphony No. 25, as shows about as much promise of genius and fun as the symphony. The great virtuoso Malcolm Frager beautifully scales back his formidable technique to play this rather simple and charming concerto with terrific wit and a smile. Malcolm Frager was born in 1935, started studying the piano at six, and at 10 he had his premiere with the St. Louis Symphony. Carl Friedberg, a pupil