Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Isabelle Faust, Alexander Melnikov
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Release: 2018
Size: 1.19 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Violin Sonata No. 23 in D major, K306
01. I. Allegro con spirito
02. II. Andante cantabile
03. III. Allegretto
Violin Sonata No. 21 in E minor, K304
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Tempo di minuetto
Violin Sonata No. 35 in A major, K526
06. I. Molto allegro
07. II. Andante
08. III. Presto
In this first volume of Mozart’s duos, Isabelle Faust and Alexander Melnikov revive on period instruments the tradition of the ‘sonata for keyboard with violin accompaniment’.
Born in the middle of the Age of Enlightenment, this rather unusual concept continued to thrive in the era of Viennese Classicism even if, long before Beethoven, Mozart swiftly sealed its fate by instigating (or, in a sense, restoring) an increasingly lively conversation between the two instruments. What a beautiful couple they were to make! Here is the first chapter in their story.