Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Peter Donohoe
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Somm
Release: 2020
Size: 973 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major, K330
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Andante cantabile
03. III. Allegretto
04. Gigue in G Major, K574
Piano Sonata No. 18 in D major, K576 ‘Hunt’
05. I. Allegro
06. II. Adagio
07. III. Allegretto
08. Adagio in B minor, K540
Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K331 ‘Alla Turca’
09. I. Andante grazioso
10. II. Menuetto & Trio
11. III. Alla turca. Allegretto
“The third volume of Peter Donohoe’s acclaimed survey of Mozart’s Piano Sonatas for SOMM Recordings focuses on three works from the second half of the 1780s – including his last exercise in the form, Sonata No.18 (K576) – together with two exquisite miniatures.
Although likely composed as teaching materials, the sibling Sonatas Nos.10 (K330) and 11 (K331) eloquently push their intended student-players with considerable technical challenges that point to Mozart’s own development as a composer. This new release follows critical acclaim for Volume 1 (SOMMCD 0191) including the accolades of MusicWeb International’s Recording of the Year and BBC Music Magazine’s Recording of the Month which declared: “It was high time someone blew the cobwebs off this still under-appreciated repertoire, and Donohoe is clearly the person to do it”.
Musical Opinion described Donohoe in Volume 2 (SOMMCD 0198) as “an ideal interpreter”, adding “no finer accounts of these still neglected masterpieces will have been offered to the public”.”