Incidentally, is the Fantasy K.475 being counted as a prelude to the Sonata K.457 in the list above? I can't remember ever hearing them recorded separately.
I am surprised that many Mozart sonatas have been performed on here. I thought most of you guys hated Mozart.
I'm rather neutral where Mozart is concerned. Where piano sonatas from the classical era are concerned, I certainly prefer Haydn and Beethoven - although I haven't listened to nearly enough of the Haydn sonatas, I find, say, No.52 in E-flat major far more substantial and satisfying than any of the Mozart sonatas, but then I suppose it's one of the more substantial of the Haydn sonatas anyway. (Unfortunately, the Haydn sonatas are more overlooked in general than the Mozart and Beethoven sonatas, so a list such as this for the Haydn would probably have few takers. I only ever learned the first movement of No.4 in D major for my Grade 5 ABRSM exam in 1991.)So, we're still lacking K.279, K.281, and K.309. Any takers?
K. 279 -----------------------crimperK. 280 -----------------------SkeptopotamusK. 282 -----------------------mlsmithzK. 283 -----------------------KassaaK. 309 -----------------------sharon_f K. 310 -----------------------mlsmithzK. 311 -----------------------ToccaK. 330 -----------------------galoniaK. 331 -----------------------lucK. 332 -----------------------Bouter BoogieK. 333 -----------------------galoniaK. 457 -----------------------ToccaK. 475------------------------pianonutK. 533 -----------------------SkeptopotamusK. 545 -----------------------kghayeshK. 570 -----------------------galoniaK. 576 -----------------------galoniaK. 284 -----------------------musicsdarkangel[the fantasy and sonata are both dedicated to therese von trattern - his landlord's wife. i think his landlord was taking piano lessons and mozart wanted to appease them somehow (maybe in return for rent). being that mozart was going through tight times, maybe he wanted to sell them separately instead of as a pair. don't u think the sonata should come first, then the fantasy. even the K numbers suggest this. why are they in the opposite order in my book? anyway, that's just my ideas on why they are not always played together. i think playing the fantasy first is like eating dessert first (unless u play a fugue afterwards).]