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mikeyg
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Mozart Sonatas
on: March 05, 2005, 02:00:26 AM
Bernhard, i guess this guestion is directed towards you, as your responses arealways very helpful, but what is the order of difficulty for the Mazart Sonatas. I have recently played K300 (in f major) and was wondering which would be a good one to tackle next. I guess any composer is okay, but i'd prefer it to be a sonata, or something equivilent to one, and NOT scarlatti. Thanks Muchy.
Mike
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Re: Mozart Sonatas
Reply #1 on: March 05, 2005, 05:40:18 AM
https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,5273.0.html
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mikeyg
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Re: Mozart Sonatas
Reply #2 on: March 05, 2005, 03:30:06 PM
Thank you very much. I guess I should learn to use the search button...
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Re: Mozart Sonatas
Reply #3 on: March 05, 2005, 05:01:34 PM
Quote from: SteinwayGuy on March 05, 2005, 05:40:18 AM
https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,5273.0.html
Thanks, Steinwayguy.
Have a look here also for Beethoven sonatas.
https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,2748.msg23723.html#msg23723
(progressive difficulty list for all 32 sonatas)
What about Haydn? I actually like his sonatas better than Mozart’s. Have a look here for some discussion on them:
https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,4046.msg36920.html#msg36920
(grades for all of Haydn’s sonatas)
https://pianoforum.net/smf/index.php/topic,3729.msg33455.html#msg33455
(Haydn sonatas – best recordings).
Finally, out of the well beaten path here are some interesting sonatas more or less of the same style (they are all from the Classical period):
C. P. E. Bach pretty much invented the classical sonata (and sonata form) and was a huge influence on Mozart. Almost forgotten these days and almost never played, his sonatas are real gems. Again, all of the sonatas are around grade 7-8, so you should be able to manage. I particularly like w62 in G.
Two obscure composers, Christian Latrobe (3 sonatas op. 3) and Fanciszek Lessel (3 sonatas op. 2) are also around grade 5/6 and the style is similar to Haydn.
Then there are the Clementi sonatas – not the sonatinas - (if you play K332, then these will all be doable – just pick your favourite) which are all very good.
Finally – and starting to enter the romantic territory – you could try the almost unknown John Field sonatas op. 1 (my favourite is Op. 1 no. 1 in Eb).
This should keep you busy.
Best wishes,
Bernhard.
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mikeyg
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Re: Mozart Sonatas
Reply #4 on: March 05, 2005, 05:17:39 PM
Thanks a bunch, Bernhard. I'll have to look around for the Haycn Sonatas, they sound interesting. I think i'll look at K 330 or K 311(they sound... happy
). Especiially the rondo from K 311, bars 120 - 132, It sounds very "mystical".
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