The current volume in this series showcases a vibrant pairing of young soloists with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra in concertos by Mozart. The Piano Concerto No. 9 in E flat, K. 271 has long been known as the ‘Jeunehomme’ — but it was discovered in 2004 that it was actually composed for Louise Victoire Jenamy. Mozart misspelled her name as “jenomy” in a letter to his father in 1778 and so created a misunderstanding that lasted for over two centuries. Mozart composed his Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K. 414 in Vienna in 1783; American pianist Evren Ozel, the soloist in these two works, says that this work “is more carefree and allows the performers to explore a gentler and more tender side of Mozart”. It was only two years after his first violin concerto that Mozart – then 19 years old and concertmaster to the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg — composed the Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major, K. 211. “The art of performing Mozart’s music is to play it with simplicity and life while remaining true to the Classical style”, says Czech violinist Jan Mráček, the second soloist featured on this volume in the Next Generation Mozart Soloists series conducted by Howard Griffiths.