Mozart's Sonatas KV 330 and 331, previously misdated to 1778, were actually composed in 1783, after he had settled in Vienna, emancipated from his father, and married.
Compositional Technique
The title 'Sonata facile' for KV 545 is misleading, as its succinctness and transparency demand significant skill from pianists, especially in the long lyrical arches of the second movement.
Composition History
Mozart himself entered the Sonata KV 545 into his handwritten catalogue on June 26, 1788, with the description 'A small piano sonata for beginners'.
Compositional Technique
Sonata KV 331 is unique among Mozart's sonatas because not a single movement is in sonata form; instead, it features a variation movement, a minuet, and a march with a Rondo chorus.
Compositional Technique
The 'Alla Turca' movement in Sonata KV 331 imitates Janissary music, a Turkish military music that influenced European military music, and anticipates the 'Turkish' percussion pedal on later Viennese pianos.
Performer Biography
Paul Badura-Skoda, the pianist on this album, was the first Western pianist to perform in China after the Cultural Revolution in 1979, a pioneering achievement.
Composition History
The piece 'Bread and Butter' is a 19th-century work falsely attributed to Mozart, identifiable by its extended tonal range.
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