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Mozart : Piano Sonatas Nos 10 & 11 & 12 / Ogawa

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Details

Composer
MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS
Artist
Noriko, Ogawa
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Nov 01, 2012
Catalog #
BIS-1985
UPC
7318599919850

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MOZART Piano Sonatas: No. 10 in C, K 330; No. 11 in A, K 331; No. 12 in F, K 332 • Noriko Ogawa (pn) • BIS 1985 (SACD: 76: 00)


Japanese pianist Noriko Ogawa has appeared in these pages several times in repertoire ranging from Beethoven to Takemitsu. This, however, is her first foray on disc into Mozart. I suppose there’s a degree of pertinence to Ogawa’s selection of these three sonatas for her Mozart debut, since it’s now believed that they were the first piano sonatas Mozart composed after his permanent move to Vienna in 1781. Some older sources, however, still suggest the late 1770s and Salzburg or even Paris as the time and place of their composition. The middle sonata of the set, No. 11, popularly known as “Alla Turca” for its last movement’s “Turkish”-themed Rondo, is the most unusual of the three works, not because of the Rondo but because the sonata is homotonal—i.e., all three movements are in either A Major or A Minor, thus having the same tonic. If you prefer hearing these pieces on a modern Steinway grand—and I do—it’s hard to imagine them being played any more sensitively, charmingly, expressively, and stylishly than they are here by Noriko Ogawa. The combination of BIS’s crystalline recording and Ogawa’s exceptionally limpid touch and pellucid tone makes this a winning entry in the Mozart piano sonata catalog. Recommended to all Mozart lovers, except those who are unalterably opposed to hearing this music played on anything other than a period fortepiano.


FANFARE: Jerry Dubins

Tracklist 9 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro moderato 09:43
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    09:43
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Noriko Ogawa
  2. 2 II. Andante cantabile 06:27
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante cantabile
    Duration
    06:27
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Noriko Ogawa
  3. 3 III. Allegretto 08:45
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegretto
    Duration
    08:45
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Noriko Ogawa
  4. 4 I. Theme and Variations: Andante grazioso 14:28
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Theme and Variations: Andante grazioso
    Duration
    14:28
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Noriko Ogawa
  5. 5 II. Menuetto 06:17
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Menuetto
    Duration
    06:17
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Noriko Ogawa
  6. 6 III. Alla turca: Allegretto 03:37
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Alla turca: Allegretto
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Noriko Ogawa
  7. 7 I. Allegro 10:21
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    10:21
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Noriko Ogawa
  8. 8 II. Adagio 04:21
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    04:21
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Noriko Ogawa
  9. 9 III. Allegro assai 10:26
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Allegro assai
    Duration
    10:26
    Composer
    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Performer
    Noriko Ogawa