Notes and Editorial Reviews
Barenboim, while keeping his playing well withing scale in its crisp articulation, refuses to adopt the Dresden china approach to Mozart's Sonatas...Barenboim's voyage of discovery brings out their consistent freshness, with the orchestral implications of some of the allegros strongly established.
-- Penguin Guide to Compact Discs & DVDs [2003/4 Edition]
"[Daniel Barenboim's] crispness of detail and clarity of partwriting and texture are everywhere admirable, his sheer nimbleness and dexterity are often a joy, and there is no suspicion that he is ever using precision or lapidary elegance to miniaturize or prettify the music: there is plenty of fire and expressiveness here, a real comprehension of the
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stature of such big works as the Fantasia and Sonata, K475 and 457, and a sustained concentration in some of the more profound slow movements that gives a fine sense both of bar-by-bar discovery and of a measured unfolding, unhurried progress towards a clearly perceived destination. Nor is variety of mood neglected, the simple gravity of the middle movement of K570 giving way to a lovely cantabile central section and to a dreamily sensuous continuation, the almost Schubertian Trio of K331 needing no tempo change to mark it off from the relaxed and understated Minuet."
-- M.E.O., Gramophone [3/1986]
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Works on This Recording
1.
Sonata for Piano no 1 in C major, K 279 (189d) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1775; Munich, Germany
Date of Recording: 1984-1985
Venue: La Mutualite, Paris
Length: 14 Minutes 0 Secs.
2.
Sonata for Piano no 2 in F major, K 280 (189e) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1775; Munich, Germany
Venue: La Mutualite, Paris
Length: 14 Minutes 13 Secs.
3.
Sonata for Piano no 3 in B flat major, K 281 (189f) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1775; Munich, Germany
Venue: La Mutualite, Paris
Length: 14 Minutes 55 Secs.
4.
Sonata for Piano no 4 in E flat major, K 282 (189g) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1775; Munich, Germany
Venue: La Mutualite, Paris
Length: 13 Minutes 59 Secs.
5.
Sonata for Piano no 5 in G major, K 283 (189h) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1775; Munich, Germany
Venue: La Mutualite, Paris
Length: 13 Minutes 3 Secs.
6.
Sonata for Piano no 6 in D major, K 284 (205b) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1775; Munich, Germany
Venue: La Mutualite, Paris
Length: 27 Minutes 17 Secs.
7.
Sonata for Piano no 7 in C major, K 309 (284b) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1777; Mannheim, Germany
Venue: La Mutualite, Paris
Length: 18 Minutes 34 Secs.
8.
Sonata for Piano no 8 in A minor, K 310 (300d) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1778; Paris, France
Venue: La Mutualite, Paris
Length: 21 Minutes 47 Secs.
9.
Sonata for Piano no 9 in D major, K 311 (284c) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1777; Mannheim, Germany
Venue: La Mutualite, Paris
Length: 17 Minutes 2 Secs.
10.
Sonata for Piano no 10 in C major, K 330 (300h) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1781-1783
Venue: La Mutualite, Paris
Length: 19 Minutes 57 Secs.
11.
Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1781-1783; Vienna, Austria
Venue: La Mutualite, Paris
Length: 23 Minutes 11 Secs.
12.
Sonata for Piano no 12 in F major, K 332 (300k) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1781-1783; Vienna, Austria
Venue: La Mutualite, Paris
Length: 18 Minutes 42 Secs.
13.
Sonata for Piano no 13 in B flat major, K 333 (315c) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1783-1784; Linz, Austria
Venue: La Mutualite, Paris
Length: 22 Minutes 38 Secs.
14.
Sonata for Piano no 14 in C minor, K 457 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1784; Vienna, Austria
Venue: La Mutualite, Paris
Length: 21 Minutes 1 Secs.
15.
Sonata for Piano no 15 in F major, K 533 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1788; Vienna, Austria
Venue: La Mutualite, Paris
Length: 26 Minutes 59 Secs.
16.
Sonata for Piano no 16 in C major, K 545 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1788; Vienna, Austria
Venue: La Mutualite, Paris
Length: 10 Minutes 34 Secs.
17.
Sonata for Piano no 17 in B flat major, K 570 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1789; Vienna, Austria
Venue: La Mutualite, Paris
Length: 20 Minutes 15 Secs.
18.
Sonata for Piano no 18 in D major, K 576 "Hunt" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1789; Vienna, Austria
Venue: La Mutualite, Paris
Length: 15 Minutes 8 Secs.
19.
Fantasy for Piano in C minor, K 475 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Classical
Written: 1785; Vienna, Austria
Venue: La Mutualite, Paris
Length: 13 Minutes 52 Secs.
Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review: 
( 3 Customer Reviews )
Crisp, yet soulful November 26, 2012
By Claudette L. (Hampstead, NH) See All My Reviews
"The interpretation of the Mozart piano sonatas is exciting, rich in tonal color, good tempi throughout. Mr. Barenboim is a true artist when it comes to Mozart."
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Notes from the past October 9, 2012
By Alan Tilson (Corinella, Victoria) See All My Reviews
"I can remember learning some of the easier sonatas back in the days I was able to play the piano. It has been a joy to work my way through the first disks. Just before I saw your request for a review I was planning to put on another of the CD's in the set as I have the house to myself for 4 hours."
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Thrilling to Listen to October 9, 2012
By Stanley J. (Baltimore, MD) See All My Reviews
"Sensitive playing, moving interpretations, Mozart humor and pain readily available to the quiet listener."
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