Canadian pianist Jan Lisiecki returns to the concertos of Mozart a decade after recording Nos. 20 and 21 for his Deutsche Grammophon debut. Joined by the Bamberg Symphony directed by Manfred Honeck, Lisiecki’s latest recording presents a contrasting but complementary pair of works in E-flat major: Concertos Nos. 9 and 22. “Recording these two works was a dream of mine,” says Lisiecki, “and I’m very glad to have been able to do so with a dream team, too.” Ever since he first worked with Maestro Honeck in Chicago in 2019, Jan Lisiecki had been keen to record with him. “I immediately felt that he had such an affinity and respect for Mozart’s music and was able to communicate it with the orchestra – the phrasing, the elegance, the beauty,” he recalls. “So to work with him on a recording of Mozart is an absolute joy and privilege.”of the two concertos presented here, Lisiecki adds, “Mozart had an innate connection with E flat major and was able to write such beautiful works in this key. Sometimes composers feel at home in certain places and certain keys, and one senses that here.”