Mitsuko Uchida

Mozart: The Piano Sonatas (5CD)

An eternal bestseller - Mitsuko Uchida's peerless Mozart solo recordings, in a neat box-set. "By common consent, Mitsuko Uchida is among the leading Mozart pianists of today, and her recorded series of the piano sonatas won critical acclaim as it appeared and finally won Gramophone Awards in 1989 and 1991. Here are all the sonatas, plus the Fantasia in C minor, K475, which is in some ways a companion piece to the sonata in the same key, K457." - Gramophone

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“This is unfailingly clean, crisp and elegant playing, that avoids anything like a romanticised view of the early sonatas such as the delightfully fresh G major, K283. On the other hand, Uchida responds with the necessary passion to the forceful, not to say Angst-ridden, A minor Sonata, K310. Indeed, her complete series is a remarkably fine achievement, comparable with her account of the piano concertos. The recordings were produced in the Henry Wood Hall in London and offer excellent piano sound; thus an unqualified recommendation is in order for one of the most valuable volumes in Philips's Complete Mozart Edition. Don't be put off by critics who suggest that these sonatas are less interesting than some other Mozart compositions, for they're fine pieces written for an instrument that he himself played and loved." - Gramophone

TRACK LIST

CD 1  Sonata In C Major, K279/189d 1 I. Allegro 2 II. Andante 3 III. Allegro  Sonata In F Major, K280/189e 4 I. Allegro Assai 5 II. Adagio 6 III. Presto  Sonata In B Flat Major, K281/189f 7 I. Allegro 8 II. Andante Amoroso 9 III. Rondeau (Allegro)  Sonata In E Flat Major, K282/189g 10 I. Adagio 11. II. Menuetto I-II 12 III. Allegro  Sonata In G Major, K283/189h 13 I. Allegro 14 II. Andante 15 III. Presto  CD 2  Sonata In D Major, K284/205b "Dürnitz" 1 I. Allegro 2 II. Rondeau En Polonaise (Andante) 3 III. Tema Con Variazioni  Sonata In C Major, K309/284b 4 I. Allegro Con Spirito 5 II. Andante Un Poco Adagio 6 III. Rondeau (Allegretto Grazioso)   Sonata In A Minor, K310/300d 7 I. Allegro Maestoso 8 II. Andante Cantabile Con Espressione 9 III. Presto  CD 3  Sonata In D Major, K311/284c 1 I. Allegro Con Spirito 2 II. Andantino Con Espressione 3 III. Rondeau (Allegro)  Sonata In C Major, K330/300h 4 I. Allegro Moderato 5 II. Andante Cantabile 6 III. Allegretto  Sonata In A Major, K331/300i 7 I. Andante Grazioso 8 II. Menuetto 9 III. Alla Turca (Allegretto)  CD 4  Sonata In F Major, K332/300k 1 I. Allegro 2 II. Adagio 3 III. Allegro Assai  Sonata In B Flat Major, K333/315c 4 I. Allegro 5 II. Andante Cantabile 6 III. Allegretto Grazioso  Fantasia In C Minor, K475 7 Adagio – Allegro – Andantino – Più allegro – Tempo I  Sonata In C Minor, K457 8 I. Molto Allegro 9 II. Adagio 10 III. Allegro Assai  CD 5  Sonata In C Major, K545 1 I. Allegro 2 II. Andante 3 III. Rondo (Allegro)  Sonata In B Flat Major, K570 4 I. Allegro 5 II. Adagio 6 III. Allegretto   Sonata In D Major, K576 7 I. Allegro 8 II. Adagio 9 III. Allegretto  Sonata In F Major, K533 & 494 10 I. Allegro [K533] 11 II. Andante [K533] 12 III. Rondo: Allegretto [K494]