Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Peter Hanson, Andrew Arthur
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Resonus
Release: 2021
Size: 1.32 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Violin Sonata No. 22 in A major, K305
01. I. Allegro di molto
02. II. Thema – Andante grazioso
Violin Sonata No. 21 in E minor, K304
03. I. Allegro
04. II. Tempo di Menuetto
Violin Sonata No. 18 in G major, K301
05. I. Allegro con spirito
06. II. Allegro
Violin Sonata No. 32 in B flat major, K454
07. I. Largo – Allegro
08. II. Andante
09. III. Allegretto
For this new recording, violinist Peter Hanson, one of the most prominent period instrument players of his generation, turns his attention to Mozart’s extraordinary and innovative output of sonatas for violin and piano. Hanson is joined by acclaimed keyboard player and regular collaborator Andrew Arthur in this programme of four sonatas (K. 301, K. 304, K. 305 and K. 454), each of which was dedicated to an exceptional woman of the time, with the aristocratic dedication of the “Kurfürstin” sonatas for the Electress Maria Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach (K. 301 and K. 306) and K. 454’s dedication to Regina Strinasacchi – a performer of particular talent who gave the first performance with Mozart at the piano. For this album, a stunning copy of an original Walter fortepiano is used as well as a striking Guadagnini violin bearing pure gut strings.