The central development of the Andante cantabile in Sonata KV 333 features four ominous repeated notes in the bass, which some analysts link to Masonic symbolism.
Performer Biography
Marco Albrizio has recorded the complete cycles of Mozart's piano sonatas and Schubert's impromptus for Vatican Radio, for which he also curated several musicological broadcasts.
Compositional Technique
The Sonata KV 457, which follows the Fantasia KV 475 without interruption, pays homage to Johann Sebastian Bach through its compositional procedures, especially in the first movement.
Composition History
The Fantasia KV 475 and Sonata KV 457 in C minor were composed in Vienna between 1784 and 1785 and dedicated to Therese von Trattner, a talented pianist and student of Mozart.
Performer Biography
Marco Albrizio, the pianist on this album, graduated with honors from the Conservatory of S. Cecilia and has won several national and international competitions.
Composition History
The Sonata KV 333 was initially thought to have been composed in Paris in 1778, but later research by Wolfgang Plath and Alan Tyson dated it to 1783-84, likely in Linz.
Compositional Technique
The first movement of Mozart's Sonata KV 333 shows a direct connection to Johann Christian Bach's Sonata op.17 n.6, whom Mozart met in Paris in 1778.
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