F.X. Mozart: Piano Quartet; Violin Sonatas

Staemmler, Hansjacob;
Cantoreggi, Muriel;
Erkes, Johannes;
Teichmanis, Juris

CPO 555 248-2

Born just months before his father’s early death, Franz Xaver Mozart represented the great hope of his mother, Constanze, who envisioned the continuation of the musical lineage in the younger of her two surviving sons. She, therefore, ensured that he received a first-class education, and he strove with all his might to prove himself worthy of the trust placed in him. He became a distinguished and recognized pianist, while over the years he created a small but refined body of work dominated by intimate ensembles ranging from lieder to chamber music. His character, as revealed through his compositions, is not unlike that of his father: behind the classically elegant and occasionally humorous language lies a quiet, touching melancholy, which in his piano quartet presses stormily into the world of the Romantics.

Works:

•Mozart, F X: Piano Quartet in G minor Op. 1
•Mozart, F X: Violin Sonata in B flat major Op. 7
•Mozart, F X: Violin Sonata in F major Op. 15

CD

Muzyka klasyczna

CPO

12-05-2025

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