tracks

Piano Sonata No. 2 In F Major, K. 280
Allegro Assai
Adagio
Presto
Piano Sonata No. 3 In B-flat Major, K. 281
Allegro
Andante Amoroso
Rondo (Allegro)
Piano Sonata No. 8 In A Minor, K. 310
Allegro Marstoso
Andante Cnatabile Con Espressione
Presto
Piano Sonata No. 13 In B-flat Major, K. 333
Allegro
Andante Cantabile
Alegretto Grazioso

notes

After a cycle of Beethoven Piano Concertos, solo albums of works by Bach and Schubert in addition to a number of award-winning recordings of piano chamber music on Ondine label, pianist Lars Vogt releases an album of Piano Sonatas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791). In this album, two baroque-influenced and virtuosic early sonatas are coupled together with a touching A minor Sonata K. 310 – written at the time of the composer’s mother’s death – and a delightful, Haydnesque Sonata K. 333.
Mozart wrote Piano Sonatas K. 280 and K. 281 (Nos. 2 & 3) most likely in 1774, at the age of 18. The elements of Baroque influence are clearly evident in the K. 280 Sonata. A prominent feature in the K. 281 Sonata is, besides its virtuosity, the beautiful slow-movement, “Andante amoroso”. The K. 310 Sonata (No. 8) was written four years later, during the summer of 1778, and is written in a minor key: a rarity among Mozart’s Sonatas. The K. 333 was published in 1784, but the time of its composition might have been earlier. This joyful work with virtuosic passages can be described almost as a Piano Concerto for the solo piano.

credits

Composed By – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano – Lars Vogt

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