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Background:

• Mozart composed his Sonatas between 1773 and 1788. During this period, the piano developed from a novelty and experimental instrument to the stage where its power and range provided composers with an undreamed palate of colours and expression.
• Mozart wrote 18 Piano Sonatas, six Piano for four-hands, and one Sonata for Two Pianos.
• His most famous Piano Sonatas are K310, K330, K331, K332, K457, and K545.
• Mozart’s most difficult Sonata is K576 “The Hunt.” It presents the highest technical hurdles. Other challenging Sonatas are K284, K310, and K457.

Recordings:

• Sonatas, Fantasies & Variations Vol. 1: K533/494, K570, Fantasia K475, Variations K455.
  Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano).
  Harmonia Mundi.

• Keyboard Music Vol. 2: K330, K457, Rondo K485, K511, K540.
  Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano).
  Harmonia Mundi.

• Keyboard Music Vol. 3: K333, K332, Variations K613, Fantasia K396.
  Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano).
  Harmonia Mundi.
  BBC Music Magazine (2012): Instrumental Choice.

• Keyboard music Vol. 4: K283, K311, Variations K354, Fantasia K394, K397.
  Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano).
  Harmonia Mundi.

• Keyboard Music Vols. 5 & 6: K281, 282, 309, 331, 6 Variations K398, Romanze K205, 12 Variations K500, Douze Variations K265, Adagio Anh206a, 12 Variations K353.
  Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano).
  Harmonia Mundi.

• Keyboard Music Vol. 7: K284, K310, 9 Variations K264, 6 Variations K180.
  Kristian Bezuidenhout. (fortepiano)
  Harmonia Mundi.
  Gramophone Magazine (2015): Editor’s Choice.

• Piano Sonatas Volume 1: K570, K280, K284, Fantasia K397.
  Peter Donohoe.
  Somm Recordings.
  BBC Music Magazine (2019): recording of the Month.

• Piano Sonatas Volume 3: K330, K331, K576, Gigue K574, Adagio K540.
  Peter Donohoe.
  Somm Recordings.

• Piano Sonatas Volume 5: K281, K333, K533.
  Peter Donohoe.
  Somm Recordings.

• Piano Sonatas Volume 6: K282, K457, K545, Fantasia K475.
  Peter Donohoe.
  Somm Recordings

• Piano Sonatas K279 – K284, K309.
  Angela Hewitt.
  Hyperion.
  BBC Music Magazine (2022): instrumental Choice.

• Piano Sonatas K310 – K311, K330 – K333, Fantasia K396, K397.
  Angela Hewitt.
  Hyperion.

• Piano Sonatas K457, K533, K545, K570, K576, Fantasia K475, Rondo K485, K511, Gigue K574, Adagio K540, Variations K265.
  Angela Hewitt.
  Hyperion.

• Complete Piano Sonatas.
  Elisabeth Leonskaja.
  Warner Classics.
  BBC Music Magazine (2022): Recording of the Month.

• The Piano Sonatas.
  Robert Levin (on Mozart’s fortepiano).
  ECM New Series.
  BBC Music Magazine (2022): Recording of the Week.
  Sunday Times (2022): Ten Best Classical Albums.
  BBC Music Magazine Awards (2023): Nominated Instrumental.
  International Classical Music Awards (2023): Nominated Solo Instrument.

• Mozart & Contemporaries.
  Piano Sonata K545, K457
  Vikingur Olafsson.
  Deutsche Grammophon.
  Gramophone Magazine (2021): Editor’s Choice.
  Presto Recording fo the Week (2021).
  Presto Recordings of the Year (2021): Finalist.
  Gramophone Awards (2022): Shortlisted Piano.
  International Classical Music Awards (2022): Nominated Solo Instrument.
  Gramophone Magazine (2026): Critics’ Choice 2021.

• Complete Piano Sonatas.
  Fazil Say.
  Warner Classics.
  ECHO Klassik Awards (2017): Winner.

• Variation(s) Vol. 1.
  Piano Sonata K331.
  Cedric Tiberghien.
  Harmonia Mundi.
  International Classical Music Awards (22024): Nominated Solo Instrument.

• The Piano Sonatas.
  Mitsuko Uchida.
  Decca.
  Gramophone Awards (1989): Winner Instrumental.
  Penguin (1989): Rosette.

• Mozart Sonata for 2 Pianos K488; Schubert fantasia for Piano, 4 Hands. D940.
  Murray Perahia, Radu Lupu.
  Sony.

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