Angela Hewitt’s voyage of discovery through Mozart’s piano sonatas is proving a joy, the works sounding newly minted in vital, alert accounts which respect their scale and sensibility while revealing influences of Mozart’s orchestral and concerto writing of the period.

CD1

Piano Sonata in D major K311 [19’10]
1 Allegro con spirito [6’59]
2 Andante con espressione [5’27]
3 Rondo: Allegro [6’44]

Piano Sonata in A minor K310 [21’39]
4 Allegro maestoso [8’52]
5 Andante cantabile con espressione [9’31]
6 Presto [3’16]

Piano Sonata in C major K330 [22’18]
7 Allegro moderato [10’16]
8 Andante cantabile [6’18]
9 Allegretto [5’44]
10 Fantasia in C minor K396 [11’16] arr. Maximilian Stadler (1748-1833)
11 Fantasia in D minor K397 [6’06]

CD2

Piano Sonata in A major K331 [23’36]
12 Tema: Andante grazioso [1’42]
13 Variation 1 [1’38]
14 Variation 2 [1’39]
15 Variation 3 [1’49]
16 Variation 4 [1’39]
17 Variation 5: Adagio [3’53]
18 Variation 6: Allegro [1’24]
19 Menuetto – Trio – Menuetto da capo [6’07]
20 Alla turca: Allegretto [3’45]

Piano Sonata in F major K332 [23’37]
21 Allegro [10’49]
22 Adagio [4’53]
23 Allegro assai [7’55]

Piano Sonata in B flat major K333 [27’59]
24 Allegro [10’49]
25 Andante cantabile [10’23]
26 Allegretto grazioso [6’47]