Mozart: Complete Sonatas for Keyboard and Violin, Vol. 2
1/1/2005, 12 Tracks, 1:13:24
Featuring
Gary Cooper
Rachel Podger
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Recording & Production
This recording aims to create a "level playing field" for Mozart's sonatas, spanning his life, by using a fortepiano throughout the album.
Performer Biography
Rachel Podger, the violinist on this album, co-founded two Baroque ensembles, Florilegium and The Palladian Ensemble, which have achieved international success.
Composition History
The early sonatas, KV 6-9, were likely performed by Wolfgang and his father Leopold at the court of King Louis XV of France on January 1, 1764, when Wolfgang was not yet eight years old.
Composition History
Mozart's father, Leopold, was the driving force behind his early compositions, using them as part of extensive publicity campaigns to showcase his son's talent.
Instruments
The fortepiano used on this recording is a modern copy of an Anton Walter instrument from 1795.
Composition History
Mozart dedicated his six Sonatas, KV 26-31, to Princess Caroline van Nassau-Weilburg of the Netherlands, who had persistently invited the Mozart family to visit.
Composer Biography
Between the ages of six and twenty, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart spent at least seven years traveling and was absent from his hometown of Salzburg.
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