Mozart's Sonata in F major, K. 497, is influenced and enriched by his involvement with Baroque polyphony.
Composer Biography
George Onslow, a French composer, received an outstanding musical education from Antoine Reicha, Jan Ladislav Dussek, and Johann Baptist Cramer.
Composer Biography
George Onslow, a French composer, suffered hearing loss in one ear after a hunting accident in 1829 and increasingly withdrew to his country home.
Composer Biography
Johann Baptist Cramer, a pianist of world rank, was a great admirer of the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johann Sebastian Bach.
Album & Artwork
This album combines Mozart's most important four-handed sonata with two beautiful but lesser-known sonatas by Johann Baptist Cramer and George Onslow, composers from the Beethoven era.
Composer Biography
Johann Baptist Cramer met Joseph Haydn in 1791 and Ludwig van Beethoven in 1799, both of whom regarded him as an extraordinary artist and a friend.
Composition History
The second Grande Sonate in G major by Johann Baptist Cramer, featured on this album, is a world premiere recording.
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