Anne Queffélec also participated in the recording of the soundtrack for the film 'Amadeus', under the direction of Sir Neville Marriner.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in Flagey, Brussels, Belgium, in November 2018.
Recording & Production
The piano used for this recording is a Steinway D, tuned by Guillaume Vaudelle (Maene).
Composition History
Mozart's piano sonatas K 331, K 332, and K 333 were composed around 1783, a period when he transitioned from a musical servant to a freelance musician.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Mozart, who disliked sad emotions, believed that music was a companion to joy and a medicine for pain, as suggested by an inscription on a virginal in Vermeer's painting 'The Music Lesson'.
Performer Biography
Anne Queffélec, the pianist on this album, was named 'Best performer of the year' at the 1990 French Classical Music Awards (Victoires de la Musique).
Composer Biography
Two years before composing these sonatas, Mozart freed himself from service to Archbishop Colloredo, becoming an independent musician.
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