Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 – Yeol Eum Son

   in Piano International (Jul, 2018)
This is the fifth recording by Korean pianist Yeol Eum Son, double silver medallist at the 2009 Van Cliburn and 2011 Tchaikovsky Competitions, but only the second devoted to a single composer (a Chopin double album from Universal is currently unavailable). A note of melancholy: Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 21 was the last recording made by Sir Neville Marriner.

What a sparkling performance it is! Marriner bringing a lifetime of experience to produce an accompaniment of youthful energy to match that of the soloist a third of his age. Yeol’s acuity at the keyboard should come as no surprise, especially in this work, which has been in her repertoire for many …