Mozart: Piano Music, Vol. 1

Featuring

Susanne von Laun
Franz Xaver Mozart

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Recording & Production

This recording features two historical fortepianos from the Beurmann Collection in Hamburg: one by Johann David Schiedmayer (1801) and another by Joseph Brodmann (around 1815).

Composer Biography

Franz Xaver Mozart's music was published under the name 'Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, son, fils or figlio' due to his resemblance to his father and his mother's naming him Wolfgang.

Compositional Technique

Franz Xaver Mozart's polonaises, while traditional in their three-part form, feature musical gestures, harmony, and melody that look to the future.

Composer Biography

Franz Xaver Mozart, the composer of these piano works, was the sixth child of Constanze and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, born just months before his famous father's death.

Album & Artwork

This album, 'Works for Piano vol. 1', includes Six Polonaises op. 17, Quattre Polonaises op. 22, Deux Polonaises op. 26, and the Rondo F Major by Franz Xaver Mozart.

Composer Biography

Constanze Mozart recognized her youngest son's musical talent and arranged for him to study with distinguished teachers, including Salieri and Albrechtsberger, who also mentored Ludwig van Beethoven.