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mikeyg

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Difficulty of Mozart Sonatas
on: March 04, 2005, 10:40:38 PM
Unlike what appears to be a majority of the people in this forum, I happen to like Mozart.  I recently learned to play Sonata K300 in f major (although I am still bringing the 3rd movement up to speed), and really enjoy it.  I am interested in learning another Sonata.  What do you think would be a good sonata, either mozart or perhaps beethoven (not scarlatti), to go to next. 

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             Mike

Offline Ludwig van Driver

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Re: Difficulty of Mozart Sonatas
Reply #1 on: March 05, 2005, 02:02:53 AM

I'm new to this forum, do people here really dislike Mozart?! Surely not. Anyway, what have you got against Scarlatti? To me the man is a god. Chopin and Horowitz would have agreed.

mikeyg

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Re: Difficulty of Mozart Sonatas
Reply #2 on: March 05, 2005, 02:33:25 AM
It's just that i'm interested in a longer work than a Scarlatti Sonata.  They are nice, but i want something that will take me a while.

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Re: Difficulty of Mozart Sonatas
Reply #3 on: March 05, 2005, 03:57:50 AM
I'm learning K. 332 right now, it's a gorgeous piece- why don't you try that one out? About the same in tech. difficulty as K. 330 I think, and very very beautiful musically. K. 333 is also a great one. And the Fantasie-Sonata is AMAZING, I want to learn that one next! The A minor sonata is another really good one.... (these are all around ABRSM grade 8 to 8+, if my memory serves me right.)
I love all of the Sonatas, really! Those are just some of my very favoritest ones. :)
Good luck w/ whatever you choose!

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Re: Difficulty of Mozart Sonatas
Reply #5 on: March 05, 2005, 03:35:01 PM
Glissando, I agree that 332 is very nice, because it is the one that i just worked on.  I accidentially wrote the new Mozart-Verzeichnis (1837) number, which is K 300k as opposed to the old one, which is K 332.

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Re: Difficulty of Mozart Sonatas
Reply #6 on: March 10, 2005, 05:33:23 PM
k576 has been on the LTCL (Licentiate of Trinity College, London) syllabus for years.  I think it is the most difficult of the lot.

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Re: Difficulty of Mozart Sonatas
Reply #7 on: March 11, 2005, 01:28:54 AM
k576 has been on the LTCL (Licentiate of Trinity College, London) syllabus for years. I think it is the most difficult of the lot.

Yeah right. 533 is the hardest.

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Re: Difficulty of Mozart Sonatas
Reply #8 on: March 11, 2005, 04:49:01 PM
IMO K576 is the hardest..
k310 has some tricky passages too..

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Re: Difficulty of Mozart Sonatas
Reply #9 on: March 12, 2005, 02:27:22 PM
K. 533 is really good AND perhaps the hardest of the lot and I think it would be ideal for you to try out!
Waste of time -- do not read signatures.

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Re: Difficulty of Mozart Sonatas
Reply #10 on: March 13, 2005, 01:58:08 PM
Hi all,
I have played Sonata K.545 in C. It's not that hard and it sounds good.
Have anyone played it??
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