A journey into Mozart's shadow world: Michael Wessels' new CD MOZART IN MINOR. Following his critically acclaimed Liszt-Reubke CD, pianist Michael Wessel now presents a new album featuring Mozart, an area in which he is well-versed. For the first time, all of Mozart's original piano works in a minor key are combined on one CD. No other significant composer has shown such a preference for major keys. Mozart has often been naively described as "the cheerful child" and a comforter of souls. Here, we encounter a different Mozart: a lonely, desperate person expressing his darkest and most intimate thoughts, his most personal and moving emotions in a minor key. Michael Wessel plays passionately, with beautiful tone, sometimes harsh, and with exceptional depth, a rarity to be found. The maestro Paul Badura-Skoda wrote about him: "Michael Wessel is not only an excellent, sensitive pianist but also one of the most intelligent musicians I have ever encountered."
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