IDAGIO | Mozart: Fantasia in C minor - Piano Sonata No. 14 - Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 - Andante in F major, "Andante favori" 4260034867970

Featuring

Alejandro Picó-Leonís
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ludwig van Beethoven

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Performer Biography

Alejandro Picó-Leonís, the pianist on this album, made his Carnegie Hall recital debut in 2002 and was praised for his 'enormous musical seriousness' and 'beautiful sound'.

Composer Biography

Mozart temporarily lived in the 'Trattnerhof' in Vienna, where he was a teacher, renter, concert presenter, and performing artist.

Compositional Technique

The 'Waldstein' Sonata, more than any other Beethoven piano sonata, resembles a 'piano concerto without orchestra' due to its orchestral sound and full utilization of the instrument's range.

Composition History

Beethoven's 'Waldstein' Sonata, Op. 53, was composed for a new piano gifted by Count Ferdinand Ernst von Waldstein, a patron and friend, which had an extended tonal range.

Composition History

Beethoven removed the original slow middle movement from his 'Waldstein' Sonata, publishing it separately as 'Andante favori' and replacing it with a short 'Introduzione' to the Rondo.

Composer Biography

Mozart's piano sonatas, including those on this album, were primarily intended for intimate settings like family music-making or teaching, rather than public concerts.

Composition History

Mozart's Fantasie K. 475 and Sonata K. 457, both in C Minor, were published together in December 1785, dedicated to Therese von Trattner, his piano student.