Mozart - Piano Sonatas 8, 12, 13 & 14
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Label: CRD
Cat No: CRD3538
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 1st November 2019
Contents
Works
Piano Sonata no.8 in A minor, K310Piano Sonata no.12 in F major, K332
Piano Sonata no.13 in B flat major, K333
Piano Sonata no.14 in C minor, K457
Artists
Virginia Black (piano)About
‘I’m delighted to be playing this selection of Mozart’s piano sonatas from what was the golden period of the fortepiano. In a letter to his father dated 1777, Mozart declared his enthusiasm for a new Stein piano that he had tried out, a development of the instrument he was used to. About 1782 Mozart bought a piano by Gabriel Anton Walter on which the majority of these keyboard works were probably composed and performed. However, the modern concert grand piano speaks and sings and dances – its arts of voicing, pedalling, accentuation and touch all combine to add an extra dimension to the performance, which I believe Mozart would have loved!
‘Mozart had a mischievous sense of humour, but he also had contact with something sublime, outside this world, and both sides of his character are combined to give the sonatas their special appeal. I agree with others who have said that Mozart really catches fire in the K300s and produced his most troubled, alarming and even dangerous music during black moods, as illustrated by the forceful, angst-ridden A minor Sonata, K310. In stark contrast, he brings grace and poise to the contemplative slow movements and sprightly mischief to the brilliant passages in all the sonatas on this recording.
‘I’ve always thought that the glory of Mozart’s music comes from being performed and enjoyed, being felt, not studied. I do hope you will enjoy listening to these sonatas with me!’
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