Mozart: Complete Sonatas for Keyboard and Violin Volume 6

Featuring

Rachel Podger
Gary Cooper
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Composition History

Mozart's earliest violin and keyboard sonatas were small-scale rococo pieces where the keyboard, likely a harpsichord, was the star performer and the violin played a subsidiary role.

Performer Biography

Gary Cooper is recognized as a foremost ambassador of the harpsichord and fortepiano, particularly for his interpretations of Bach's and Mozart's keyboard music.

Composition History

Mozart composed sonatas for violin and piano for about twenty-five years, from age eight to thirty-two.

Composition History

After a twelve-year silence, Mozart completed four new sonatas in Mannheim (1777-1778) where the violin's role had grown considerably, offering a genuine partnership to the piano.

Performer Biography

Gary Cooper has an award-winning CD of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier and performs worldwide.

Performer Biography

Rachel Podger's recording of Vivaldi's 'La Stravaganza' won the 2003 Gramophone Award for Best Baroque Instrumental recording.

Performer Biography

Rachel Podger, one of the leading interpreters of Baroque and Classical music, was educated in Germany and at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in England.