Multi-award-winning pianist Víkingur Ólafsson turns his attention to the music of MOZART. Juxtaposing works by Mozart, Haydn and C.P.E. Bach with rarely-recorded Galuppi and Cimarosa, Mozart & Contemporaries dispels the image of Mozart as the angelic and prodigious idiot savant, instead presenting a mature composer through music primarily dating from the 1780s. All is artfully brought together by Ólafsson’s signature thought-provoking programming.

Tracklist:

Vinyl 1:
Side 1
1.  Baldassare Galuppi: Andante spiritoso from Piano Sonata No. 9 in F minor (02:04)
2.  W. A. Mozart: Rondo in F major, K 494 (06:05)
3.  Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Rondo II in D minor, H 290 (03:24)
4.  Domenico Cimarosa: Sonata No. 42 in D minor: Andantino (Arr. by Víkingur Ólafsson) (02:24)
5.  W. A. Mozart: Fantasia in D minor, K 397 (Fragment) (05:49)
6.  W. A. Mozart: Rondo in D major, K 485 (03:45)

Side 2:
1.  Domenico Cimarosa: Sonata No. 55 in A minor (Arr. by Víkingur Ólafsson) (02:44)
2.  Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 47 in B minor: I. Allegro moderato (03:05)
3.  Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 47 in B minor: II. Menuet (02:41)
4. Franz Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata No. 47 in B minor: III. Finale - Presto (02:09)
5. W. A. Mozart: Kleine Gigue in G, K 574 (01:41)
6. W. A. Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major, K 545 “Sonata facile”: I. Allegro (03:00)
7. W. A. Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major, K 545 “Sonata facile”: II. Andante (04:00)
8. W. A. Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 16 in C major, K 545 “Sonata facile”: III. Rondo. Allegretto (01:41)
9. W. A. Mozart: Adagio in E flat, arr. by Víkingur Ólafsson from String Quintet No. 3 in G minor, K 516 (08:04)

Vinyl 2:
Side 1
1. Baldassare Galuppi: Larghetto from Piano Sonata No. 34 in C minor (03:10)
2. W. A. Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K 457: I. Molto allegro (03:54)
3. W. A. Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K 457: II. Adagio (08:13)
4. W. A. Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K 457: III. Allegro assai (04:28)
5. W. A. Mozart: Adagio in B minor, K 540 (07:39)
6. W. A. Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K 618 (Transcr. for solo piano by Franz Liszt) (04:03)

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