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Mozart: The Piano Sonatas [Box set] [Collector's Edition]

~ Mitsuka Uchida
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  • Audio CD (1 Oct 2001)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 5
  • Format: Box set, Collector's Edition
  • Label: Decca (UMO)
  • ASIN: B00005QDYG
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,345 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Disc 1:

Samples
Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Piano Sonata No.1 in C, K.279 - 1. Allegro 4:51£0.79
Listen  2. Piano Sonata No.1 in C, K.279 - 2. Andante 5:45£0.79
Listen  3. Piano Sonata No.1 in C, K.279 - 3. Allegro 3:16£0.79
Listen  4. Piano Sonata No.2 in F, K.280 - 1. Allegro assai 4:23£0.79
Listen  5. Piano Sonata No.2 in F, K.280 - 2. Adagio 7:06Album Only
Listen  6. Piano Sonata No.2 in F, K.280 - 3. Presto 2:46£0.79
Listen  7. Piano Sonata No.3 in B flat, K.281 - 1. Allegro 4:31£0.79
Listen  8. Piano Sonata No.3 in B flat, K.281 - 2. Andante amoroso 4:55£0.79
Listen  9. Piano Sonata No.3 in B flat, K.281 - 3. Rondeau (Allegro) 4:27£0.79
Listen10. Piano Sonata No.4 in E flat, K.282 - 1. Adagio 5:59£0.79
Listen11. Piano Sonata No.4 in E flat, K.282 - 2. Menuetto I-II 3:58£0.79
Listen12. Piano Sonata No.4 in E flat, K.282 - 3. Allegro 2:13£0.79
Listen13. Piano Sonata No.5 in G, K.283 - 1. Allegro 3:52£0.79
Listen14. Piano Sonata No.5 in G, K.283 - 2. Andante 6:17£0.79
Listen15. Piano Sonata No.5 in G, K.283 - 3. Presto 3:53£0.79


Disc 2:

Samples
Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Piano Sonata No.6 in D, K.284 "Dürnitz" - 1. Allegro 4:51£0.79
Listen  2. Piano Sonata No.6 in D, K.284 "Dürnitz" - 2. Rondeau en Polonaise (Andante) 4:17£0.79
Listen  3. Piano Sonata No.6 in D, K.284 "Dürnitz" - 3. Tema con variazione14:49Album Only
Listen  4. Piano Sonata No.7 in C, K.309 - 1. Allegro con spirito 5:42£0.79
Listen  5. Piano Sonata No.7 in C, K.309 - 2. Andante, un poco adagio 4:49£0.79
Listen  6. Piano Sonata No.7 in C, K.309 - 3. Rondeau (Allegretto grazioso) 5:53£0.79
Listen  7. Piano Sonata No.8 in A minor, K.310 - 1. Allegro maestoso 8:15Album Only
Listen  8. Piano Sonata No.8 in A minor, K.310 - 2. Andante cantabile con espressione10:44Album Only
Listen  9. Piano Sonata No.8 in A minor, K.310 - 3. Presto 2:51£0.79


Disc 3:

Samples
Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Piano Sonata No.9 in D, K.311 - 1. Allegro con spirito 4:19£0.79
Listen  2. Piano Sonata No.9 in D, K.311 - 2. Andantino con espressione 4:54£0.79
Listen  3. Piano Sonata No.9 in D, K.311 - 3. Rondeau (Allegro) 5:51£0.79
Listen  4. Piano Sonata No.10 in C major, K.330 - 1. Allegro moderato 6:20£0.79
Listen  5. Piano Sonata No.10 in C major, K.330 - 2. Andante cantabile 6:28£0.79
Listen  6. Piano Sonata No.10 in C major, K.330 - 3. Allegretto 5:17£0.79
Listen  7. Piano Sonata No.11 in A, K.331 "Alla Turca" - 1. Tema (Andante grazioso) con variazioni13:58Album Only
Listen  8. Piano Sonata No.11 in A, K.331 "Alla Turca" - 2. Menuetto 6:35£0.79
Listen  9. Piano Sonata No.11 in A, K.331 "Alla Turca" - 3. Alla turca (Allegretto) 3:33£0.79


Disc 4:

Samples
Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Piano Sonata No.12 in F, K.332 - 1. Allegro 6:54£0.79
Listen  2. Piano Sonata No.12 in F, K.332 - 2. Adagio 5:05£0.79
Listen  3. Piano Sonata No.12 in F, K.332 - 3. Allegro assai 6:35£0.79
Listen  4. Piano Sonata No.13 in B flat, K.333 - 1. Allegro 7:07£1.19
Listen  5. Piano Sonata No.13 in B flat, K.333 - 2. Andante cantabile 7:28Album Only
Listen  6. Piano Sonata No.13 in B flat, K.333 - 3. Allegretto grazioso 6:04£0.79
Listen  7. Fantasia in C minor, K.475 - Adagio - Allegro - Andantino - Più allegro -Tempo I13:15Album Only
Listen  8. Piano Sonata No.14 in C minor, K.457 - 1. Molto allegro 5:18£0.79
Listen  9. Piano Sonata No.14 in C minor, K.457 - 2. Adagio 8:14Album Only
Listen10. Piano Sonata No.14 in C minor, K.457 - 3. Allegro assai 4:16£0.79


Disc 5:

Samples
Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Piano Sonata No.16 in C, K.545 "Sonata facile" - 1. Allegro 4:35£0.79
Listen  2. Piano Sonata No.16 in C, K.545 "Sonata facile" - 2. Andante 7:04£1.19
Listen  3. Piano Sonata No.16 in C, K.545 "Sonata facile" - 3. Rondo (Allegro) 2:01£0.79
Listen  4. Piano Sonata No.17 in B flat, K.570 - 1. Allegro 5:50£0.79
Listen  5. Piano Sonata No.17 in B flat, K.570 - 2. Adagio 9:06Album Only
Listen  6. Piano Sonata No.17 in B flat, K.570 - 3. Allegretto 3:29£0.79
Listen  7. Piano Sonata No.18 in D, K.576 - 1. Allegro 5:16£0.79
Listen  8. Piano Sonata No.18 in D, K.576 - 2. Adagio 5:19£0.79
Listen  9. Piano Sonata No.18 in D, K.576 - 3. Allegretto 4:14£0.79
Listen10. Piano Sonata No.15 in F, K.533/494 - 1. Allegro, K.533 7:43Album Only
Listen11. Piano Sonata No.15 in F, K.533/494 - 2. Andante, K.533 9:32Album Only
Listen12. Piano Sonata No.15 in F, K.533/494 - 3. Rondo (Allegretto), K.494 6:08£0.79

On this CD:
  1. Piano Sonata No. 1 in C
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    with Mitsuko Uchida

  2. Piano Sonata No. 2 in F
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    with Mitsuko Uchida

  3. Piano Sonata No. 3 in B flat
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    with Mitsuko Uchida

  4. Piano Sonata No. 4 in E flat
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    with Mitsuko Uchida

  5. Piano Sonata No. 5 in G
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    with Mitsuko Uchida

  6. Piano Sonata No. 6 in D
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    with Mitsuko Uchida

  7. Piano Sonata No. 7 in C
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    with Mitsuko Uchida

  8. Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    with Mitsuko Uchida

  9. Piano Sonata No. 9 in D
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    with Mitsuko Uchida

  10. Piano Sonata No. 10 in C
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    with Mitsuko Uchida

  11. Piano Sonata No. 11 in A
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    with Mitsuko Uchida

  12. Piano Sonata No. 12 in F
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    with Mitsuko Uchida

  13. Piano Sonata No. 13 in B flat
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    with Mitsuko Uchida

  14. Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    with Mitsuko Uchida

  15. Piano Sonata No. 15 in F
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    with Mitsuko Uchida

  16. Piano Sonata No. 16 in C
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    with Mitsuko Uchida

  17. Piano Sonata No. 17 in B flat
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    with Mitsuko Uchida

  18. Piano Sonata No. 18 in D
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    with Mitsuko Uchida

  19. Fantasia in C minor
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    with Mitsuko Uchida

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39 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Mozart playing, 13 Jul 2006
By Sid Nuncius "Sid Nuncius" (London England) - See all my reviews
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Opinion is divided here about this set, and I'd like to weigh in heavily on the favourable side. I love Uchida's Mozart sonatas. She is to me, with the possible exception of Murray Perahia, the greatest Mozart pianist of our age.

Some people have found Uchida's playing lacking in emotion, but this is music from the Classical era, between the contrapuntal complexities of the Baroque and the sweeping emotion of the Romantic, and one of its defining characteristics is its form or structure. There is plenty of feeling throughout the set - simple joy in the opening Allegro of K545, or lambent beauty in the Adagio cantabile of K333, for example - but it is expressed through carefully crafted form as well as inspired melodic themes and wonderful harmonic creativity and these shine through under Uchida's fingers. There are no sweeping gestures or great gushing outbursts, but for me Mozart's fabulous music comes straight from her heart and goes straight to mine.

Often in a dramatic performance by an actor restraint and control are far more effective in conveying deep feeling than a lot of roaring and gesticulating. Similarly here, where Uchida respects the music's inner structures and lets it speak for itself while obviously loving and feeling it. Consider her playing in the opening Allegro moderato of K330; no flashy tricks or overblown look-how-intensely-I'm-feeling-this techniques, but a lovely, lovely tone, immaculate technique and a wholly involving, beautiful delicacy which brings it completely alive. I couldn't ask for more.

This is the definitive Mozart set for me, and I don't say that lightly given the quality of the competition. It's worth saying, too, that at fifteen quid for all five CDs, it's an absolute snip. (Some of us paid an awful lot more in the dim and distant past, and still thought it excellent value). I cannot commend this set too highly. Pure treasure.
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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant, 20 May 2007
By maximus (manchester, uk) - See all my reviews
  
Uchida's interpretation of the sonatas is insightful and, where appropriate, very moving. In my opinion this is a "must have" box set for anyone wanting to have all of the sonatas in one collection. On the point of the music itself, I used to overlook Mozart's solo piano music in favour of his concerti and the Operas. So, when I bought this set I was amazed how much invention there is in these often intimate works. The famous one is the A major with the Rondo "alla turca", but for me the best one is the No.8 sonata (A minor). It looks forward to the Romantic period with its melancholic air and surely an influence on the young Beethoven when he would have studied the sonatas, and then went on to produce some of his best works on the keyboard.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Sparkling and Precise Classicism, 9 Aug 2008
The effect of these interpretations is one of precision, clarity and luminosity; i.e. Musical Classicism. It's true that they may seem a bit emotionally restrained (that's what classical restraint is all about however), too symmetrical in feeling and perhaps too personalised in their choice of tempi or touch, but the effect is very beautiful and refined. The interpretation is very classical without late Baroque, Rococo, or Romantic influences. Perhaps this is not 100% historically or musically accurate, but overall taken within their own context as one artist's interpretation of Mozart, I like the view. Other pianists have other views. I definitely do not think that Maria Pires for Brilliant is on the same level as these interpretations, as one review has suggested, nor is Alicia della Roccia technically at the level of Uchida either, although she does convey another type of feeling and view which is perhaps a more feminine and romantic view. It's a matter of taste and expectation. I think Uchida does gives you an insight into these pieces that is very personal yet very classical at the same time with great detail and which conveys great musical delight and playfulness as well.
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