Mozart - Piano Sonatas Vol.5
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Label: Somm
Cat No: SOMMCD0648
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 18th March 2022
Contents
Works
Piano Sonata no.3 in B flat major, K281Piano Sonata no.13 in B flat major, K333
Piano Sonata no.15 in F major, K533/494
Artists
Peter Donohoe (piano)Works
Piano Sonata no.3 in B flat major, K281Piano Sonata no.13 in B flat major, K333
Piano Sonata no.15 in F major, K533/494
Artists
Peter Donohoe (piano)About
The earliest Sonata, no.3 in B flat major, K281, from 1775, shows the 18-year-old composer in effervescent mood, nimbly drawing on French and Italian influences, with a cadenza composed by Donohoe for its Rondo finale.
From January, 1788, the latest Sonata, no.15 in F major, K533/494, is an ingenious exercise in compromised creativity. Finding himself short of time, Mozart revised an earlier Rondo for the finale to two chromatically rich original movements caught between the Salzburg Serenades he was keen to leave behind and the aria-like coloratura he hoped would appeal to audiences.
A decade earlier, the Sonata no.13 in B flat major, K333, was composed in Paris as Mozart reeled from the death of his mother and the failure of his bid for success in the French capital. His only consolation had been an encounter with Johann Christian Bach, from whom Christopher Morley says in his authoritative booklet notes, he “learned balance and dialogue (the characteristic answering to an assertive masculine opening statement by a yielding, delicate feminine response…) and these qualities inform K333”.
SOMM’s Mozart Piano Sonatas survey has attracted superlative reviews. Volume 1 (SOMMCD0191) received the accolades of MusicWeb International’s Recording of the Year and BBC Music Magazine’s Recording of the Month.
Volume 2 (SOMMCD0198) was also a MusicWeb International Recording of the Year, with Musical Opinion describing Peter Donohoe as “an ideal interpreter”, adding “no finer accounts of these still neglected masterpieces will have been offered to the public”.
Volume 3 (SOMMCD0613) was hailed by ClassicalMusicDaily as “a recording full of joy… the collection as a whole deserves to be celebrated”, Volume 4 (SOMMCD0629) praised by BBC Music Magazine as “an insightful survey”, adding “Mozart would have approved”.
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