Mozart's Fantasie and Sonata in c minor; always together or somtimes seperate?

[arensky]

I was talking with one of my former teachers about my next program, and he insisted that Mozart's Fantasy in c minor K.475 and Sonata in c minor K.457 always be performed together. I feel that they may be performed as individual works. What say y'all?


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[Skeptopotamus]

unless you're in a competition you can do whatever you want.  in a competition though you would want to use them together, assuming you would even want to use this piece in a competition.

[arensky]

Why both for a competition? I would be afraid to "bore" the judges with 30 minutes of solo Mozart, exciting though it is. I took the Mozart d minor to a big competition some years ago, with Rachmaninov 4th as my contrasting Concerto, (Two were required) I think it was an effective match-up.

[Kassaa]

It's mass debatable. Brendel played a b minor minuet (or major, or B flat or something) between them, while other pianists play them together.

[bernhard]

Have a look here:

https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2090.msg17306.html#msg17306
(the full story behind Mozart’s fantasy in C minor)

Best wishes,
Bernhard.

[arensky]

Thanks Bernhard,

I know it can go either way, I just wanted to see what other people thought, but most people here are thinking about octaves and Lang Lang .  Mozart clearly had a big c minor fetish going on, the c minor Concerto K.491(Which I will be performing in May) dates about from the same time; I think maybe Mozart saw this as an oppurtunity to get 2 pieces published at the same time, and crammed them together for Arataria. I don't think they are mismatched and they work well together, but they don't strike me as having been planned out together, the two together don't seem to have the Mozart master plan behind them though they sprang from the same seed. Taken individually, they do IMHO. I just wanted some outside backup to carry on the joust with my former teacher(now a good friend)!