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Mozart: The Piano Sonatas; Fantasias & Rondos | 
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| Creators: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Alicia De Larrocha
Label: RCA
Category: Music
List Price: $29.98
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 91076
Format: Box Set
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.2 x 5.2 x 0.5
MPN: 55705
UPC: 828765570527
EAN: 0828765570527
ASIN: B0000CNTLW
Release Date: December 9, 2003
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Allegro | | • | Andante | | • | Presto | | • | Andante grazioso | | • | Menuetto | | • | Alla turca: Allegretto | | • | Allegro | | • | Adagio | | • | Allegro assai | | • | Allegro | | • | Andante cantabile | | • | Presto |
Disc 2
| • | Allegro | | • | Andante amoroso | | • | Rondeau: Allegro | | • | Adagio | | • | Menuetto I; Menuetto II | | • | Allegro | | • | Allegro | | • | Andante | | • | Rondo | | • | Allegro | | • | Rondeau en polonaise: Andante | | • | Thema con variazioni (Andante) |
Disc 3
| • | Allegro con spirito | | • | Andante, un poco adagio | | • | Rondeau: Allegretto grazioso | | • | Allegro maestoso | | • | Andante cantabile con espressione | | • | Presto | | • | Allegro con spirito | | • | Andante con espressione | | • | Rondeau: Allegro | | • | Allegro moderato | | • | Andante cantabile | | • | Allegretto |
Disc 4
| • | Allegro | | • | Andante | | • | Allegro | | • | Allegro assai | | • | Adagio | | • | Presto | | • | Molto allegro | | • | Adagio | | • | Allegro assai |
Disc 5
| • | Allegro | | • | Andante | | • | Rondo: Allegretto | | • | Allegro | | • | Adagio | | • | Allegretto | | • | Allegro | | • | Adagio | | • | Allegretto |
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| Customer Reviews:
 Wonderful articulation is her hallmark July 9, 2007
J. Hanna (Houston TX)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The collection is spectacular. Larrocha's nimble fingers and clear articulation make it a joy to listen to her interpretations of Mozart. The very familiar "A la turca" is given a lighthearted yet sensitive interpretation that makes it a great listening experience. This is definitely a set to own.
Amazing performances of amazing music! September 26, 2006
S. Heinen (Tulsa, OK United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I can't compare this to other Mozart Sonata cycles, but after looking hard at which set to purchase, I bought these and have been extremely pleased. I have not noticed any recording problems with the 2nd and 3rd disks, but I am no expert. I think the whole set sounds wonderful! And you cannot beat the price. I just wish she had a complete cycle of Mozart's Piano Concerti available!
 Good Performance, bad recording September 14, 2004
Elias Margellos (Athens, Greece)
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
The performance of Laroccha is exceptional, the trills are fantastic and some of the sonatas are almost perfect. The whole compilation sounds very mozartian and may disturb some people that are used into more sweet and passion performances. However the recording of the 2nd and 3rd CD is terrible, it sounds like there is echo in the recording and it becomes very annoying and fuzzy. The key of a good mozart recording is brightness and music purity, which definately this compilation lacks.
Brendel's mozart sonatas sound better for me, however he has not recorded all of them in a single complilation such as this.
Devoted collection by a mature virtuoso. February 7, 2004
Dr. Christopher Coleman (HONG KONG)
24 out of 24 found this review helpful
Listen to Alicia de Larrocha performing the exposition of the first movement of Mozart's Piano Sonata in Bb major, K. 333--my favorite of the great composer's sonata; the absolute pinnacle of Classical beauty. You will hear a consummate artist devoted to the detail and refinement of this glorious music. Collected here in 5 CDs are the complete Mozart Sonatas and a few minor works to fill out the discs. I don't believe in the concept of a 'definitive' performance or recording-especially for a body of work as extensive and diverse as this, and so would never claim such a title for this or any performance-but de Larrocha's set is definitely worth having. She takes a refined, subtle approach, never exaggerating or turning Mozart into a Romantic, but always emphasizing the Classical sense of balance. Even in as "romantic" a work as the Presto of the Sonata in A minor K. 310, she plays expressively and emotionally, but within a Classical aesthetic, always exercising great control and touch. Dynamics and tempi are varied, certainly, but within a more discrete range than some of our more flamboyant pianists. This, for me, is the charm of de Larrocha's approach-perhaps, for some listeners, its downfall. Here's where the concept of definitive recordings fails completely. Do we try to listen to Mozart in an historical context, as he himself might have heard it, or do we take a Postmodern approach? Having lived after the Romantic period and even the Twentieth Century now, do we perform and prefer Mozart played on an instrument he never knew, allowing innovations of interpretation developed after his death to shape a new vision of his works? Both are possible, and in today's world, where Bond and Maksim pass unremarked as Classical musicians to my great disgust, mass audiences give no favor to historical context. De Larrocha clearly prefers the informed, appropriate approach, although she plays on a modern grand piano, and the music glows under her loving hands. Listen, for example, to the lovely Adagio from K. 280, one of Mozart's earlier sonatas.These performances are not newly recorded-once again, the recording companies are putting out new product by repackaging old material. But in this case, the quality of the material is so good that I can scarcely complain-its old wine in new bottles! The CDs were recorded in 1990 and 1991, when the Barcelonian pianist was almost 70 years old. I certainly hope that I'm capable of similar accomplishment at that age-so I'd better sign off now and get practicing!
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