Mozart: Complete Sonatas for Keyboard and Violin, Vol. 3

Featuring

Rachel Podger
Gary Cooper
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Historical Context

In 1756, the year of Mozart's birth, his father Leopold Mozart published 'Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule', one of the 18th century's most authoritative musical treatises.

Composer Biography

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was trained from his earliest years by his father Leopold Mozart as a double talent, playing both harpsichord and violin.

Compositional Technique

The Sonata in E flat KV 380 is one of Mozart's first violin sonatas to feature concertante exchanges between violin and keyboard, with both instruments having equal importance.

Composition History

Mozart's early sonatas, like KV 6-9, were published in Paris in 1764 as his Opus 1 and 2, with the violin part being optional, reflecting the custom of the time.

Performer Biography

Rachel Podger's recording of Vivaldi's 'La Stravaganza' received the Diapason d'Or and the 2003 Gramophone Award for Best Baroque Instrumental recording.

Performer Biography

Rachel Podger, a leading interpreter of Baroque and Classical music, was the leader of The English Concert from 1997 to 2002 and has guest directed The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

Performer Biography

Gary Cooper, a fortepianist and harpsichordist, made his Wigmore Hall debut in 2000 performing the complete Well-Tempered Clavier and has conducted ensembles like the Mozart Festival Orchestra.