The fortepiano used for this recording is a 1992 copy by Paul McNulty of a Viennese fortepiano by Anton Walter (1795).
Composer's Artistic Vision
Mozart valued good taste, proper feeling, ease of execution, and technical precision in playing over virtuosic ostentation, considering the expressive playing of slow movements the greatest challenge.
Performer Biography
Trudelies Leonhardt now dedicates her musical activity entirely to fortepianos of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, having recorded about thirty CDs, mostly of Schubert and Beethoven.
Instruments
The fortepiano on this recording has three knee levers to achieve different timbres: lifting dampers, a moderator (felt strip), and una corda (shifting hammers to strike one string).
Composer Biography
Mozart, known for his virtuosity as a keyboard player, was more renowned for his improvisations than for his written solo compositions for the fortepiano.
Instruments
The fortepiano is tuned to 415 Hz, a common concert pitch of the late 18th century.
Performer Biography
Trudelies Leonhardt, the fortepianist on this album, comes from a family of musicians and is the sister of the well-known harpsichordist Gustav Leonhardt.
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