Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Lili Kraus
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Sony
Catalogue: 88875051802
Release: 2015
Size: 1.15 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
CD 01
Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Major, K. 279
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Andante
03. III. Allegro
Piano Sonata No. 2 in F Major, K. 280
04. I. Allegro assai
05. II. Adagio
06. III. Presto
Sonata No. 3 in B-flat Major for Piano, K. 281
07. I. Allegro
08. II. Andante amoroso
09. III. Rondeau – Allegro
Sonata No. 4 in E-flat Major for Piano, K. 282
10. I. Adagio
11. II. Menuetto I – Menuetto II
12. III. Allegro
Piano Sonata No. 5 in G Major, K. 283
13. I. Allegro
14. II. Andante
15. III. Presto
Rondo in D Major for Piano, K. 485
16. Rondo Allegro
CD 02
Piano Sonata No. 6 in D Major, K. 284
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Rondeau en Polonaise – Andante
03. III. Thema und 12 Variationen
Piano Sonata No. 7 in C Major, K. 309
04. I. Allegro con spirito
05. II. Andante un poco adagio
06. III. Rondeau – Allegretto grazioso
Piano Sonata No. 8 in A Minor, K. 310
07. I. Allegro maestoso
08. II. Andante cantabile con espressione
09. III. Presto
Piano Sonata No. 9 in D Major, K. 311
10. I. Allegro con spirito
11. II. Andante con espressione
12. III. Rondeau – Allegro
CD 03
Piano Sonata No. 10 in C Major, K. 330
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Andante cantabile
03. III. Allegretto
Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331
04. I. Tema – Andante grazioso
05. II – Menuetto – Trio
06. III – (Rondo) Alla Turca – Allegretto
Piano Sonata No. 12 in F Major, K. 332
07. I. Allegro
08. II. Adagio
09. III. Allegro assai
Fantasia No. 2 in D Minor for Piano, K. 397
10. Andante
Piano Sonata No. 18 in D Major, K. 576
11. I. Allegro
12. II. Adagio
13. III. Allegretto
CD 04
Piano Sonata No. 13 in B-Flat Major, K. 333
01. I. [Allegro]
02. II. [Andante cantabile]
03. III. [Allegretto grazioso]
Fantasia in C Minor for Piano, K. 475
04. Adagio
Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Minor, K. 457
05. I. Allegro
06. II. Adagio
07. III. Molto allegro
Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 “Sonata facile”
08. I. Allegro
09. II. Andante
10. III. Rondo – Allegretto
Piano Sonata No. 17 in B-Flat Major, K. 570
11. I. Allegro
12. II. Adagio
13. III. Allegretto
Though hardly remembered today, the remarkable Hungarian-born pianist Lili Kraus (1905–1986) studied with Kodály and Bartók in Budapest and with Eduard Steuermann and Artur Schnabel in Vienna. She was best known as a Mozart player – one season in New York she performed all the piano concertos, the next season she presented all the sonatas and recorded them for American Columbia. Now that sonata cycle is available again as a 4-CD box set. Reviewing an earlier reissue, ClassicsToday wrote: “Kraus is all passion and drama … Her nervous energy always enlivens rather than obliterates Mozart’s intentions