Mitsuko Uchida - Mozart: The Piano Sonatas
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 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. 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.
Tracklisting:
CD 1
Piano Sonata No.1 in C, K.279
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Allegro
Piano Sonata No.2 in F, K.280
4. Allegro assai
5. Adagio
6. Presto
Piano Sonata No.3 in B flat, K.281
7. Allegro
8. Andante amoroso
9. Rondeau (Allegro)
Piano Sonata No.4 in E flat, K.282
10. Adagio
11. Menuetto I-II
12. Allegro
Piano Sonata No.5 in G, K.283
13. Allegro
14. Andante
15. Presto
CD 2
Piano Sonata No.6 in D, K.284 "Dürnitz"
1. Allegro
2. Rondeau en Polonaise (Andante)
3. Tema con variazione
Piano Sonata No.7 in C, K.309
4. Allegro con spirito
5. Andante, un poco adagio
6. Rondeau (Allegretto grazioso)
Piano Sonata No.8 in A minor, K.310
7. Allegro maestoso
8. Andante cantabile con espressione
9. Presto
CD 3
Piano Sonata No.9 in D, K.311
1. Allegro con spirito
2. Andantino con espressione
3. Rondeau (Allegro)
Piano Sonata No.10 in C major, K.330
4. Allegro moderato
5. Andante cantabile
6. Allegretto
Piano Sonata No.11 in A, K.331 "Alla Turca"
7. Tema (Andante grazioso) con variazioni
8. Menuetto
9. Alla turca (Allegretto)
CD 4
Piano Sonata No.12 in F, K.332
1. Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Allegro assai
Piano Sonata No.13 in B flat, K.333
4. Allegro
5. Andante cantabile
6. Allegretto grazioso
Fantasia in C minor, K.475
7. Adagio - Allegro - Andantino - Più allegro -Tempo I
Piano Sonata No.14 in C minor, K.457
8. Molto allegro
9. Adagio
10. Allegro assai
Mozart: The Piano Sonatas
CD 5
Piano Sonata No.16 in C, K.545 "Sonata facile"
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Rondo (Allegro)
Piano Sonata No.17 in B flat, K.570
4. Allegro
5. Adagio
6. Allegretto
Piano Sonata No.18 in D, K.576
7. Allegro
8. Adagio
9. Allegretto
Piano Sonata No.15 in F, K.533/494
10. Allegro, K.533
11. Andante, K.533
12. Rondo (Allegretto), K.494
Boxset Dimensions: 5.12"x0.557"x5.08"