The pianoforte used for this recording is a copy of a Walter & Son instrument, a Viennese piano similar to one Mozart himself owned.
Composition History
Mozart dedicated the Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K.457, and the Fantasy in C minor, K.475, to Therese von Trattner, his pupil and the wife of his publisher.
Instruments
Mozart preferred instruments by Johann Andreas Stein, praising their escapement action for preventing metallic noise and vibration after striking a note.
Composition History
The Sonata No. 16 in C major, K.545, known as the 'little sonata for beginners,' was written in 1788, just before Mozart's monumental Jupiter Symphony.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Mozart's discovery of J. S. Bach's music in 1782 and his enrollment as a Freemason influenced a profound change in his creative imagination and later works.
Instruments
Anton Walter, a famous fortepiano maker, built about 700 instruments, which were highly regarded by both Mozart and Beethoven.
Composition History
The Sonata in D major, K.576, was Mozart's last sonata, intended as the first in a cycle of 'Six easy sonatas for Princess Frederica,' though it is quite difficult.
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