Music #180 -Mozart Adagio for Piano

Adagio for Piano in b

- K.540

 

Music #179 -Mozart Rondo for Piano

Rondo No.1 in D

- K.485

Horowitz on piano

Ronda No.2 in F

- K.494

(This rondo was made the finale of Piano Sonata No.15, K.533)

Connie Mak on piano

Rondo No.3 in a

- K.511

Ning An on piano

Music #178 -Mozart Fantasia for Piano

Fantasia No.3 for piano in d

- K.397

Totaling about 7 minutes.

* Gulda 

"Despite being unfinished at Mozart's death, the piece is nonetheless one of his more popular compositions for the piano. Because of its somewhat unusual rhythm, its constantly changing tempo (7 different tempi occur throughout the piece...), and its complete lack of any recognizable musical form (as indicated by the "Fantasy" title), the Fantasia is considered to be a relatively challenging piece to perform."

Fantasia No.4 for piano in c

- K.475
Totaling about 12 minutes.

* Barenboim 

"Due to these sometimes surprising key changes, ... the music is thought of as quite technically demanding."

Music #177 -"Ah vous dirai-je, Maman"

Mozart's 

Twelve Variations on "Ah vous dirai-je, maman" 

for piano in C
- K.265

Composed for solo piano in 1778, it consists of 13 sections: the theme, with Variations I to XII.
* live 
Totaling about 9 and 11 minutes, respectively. 

其变奏曲的第一段，后由英国女诗人 Jane Taylor (1783–1824) 配以歌词，成为广为人知的《小星星》儿歌（Twinkle Twinkle Little Star / 一闪一闪小星星）。

This piece derived from the French folk song "Ah! vous dirai-je, Maman" ("Oh can I tell you, Mom"), whose melody first appeared in 1761, and has been used for many children songs, such as:  

* "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" - 1900 million hits
* "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep" - 1000 million hits
* "Alphabet Song" - 151 million hits        
and ever growing...

Music #176 -Mozart Violin Sonata No.36

Lovely music!!

Violin Sonata No.36 in F

- aka "Sonata in F for violin & keyboard", K.547
- aka Sonata "For Beginners" 

Mvt.1 Andante cantabile
Mvt.2 Allegro
Mvt.3 Andante con variazioni

Totaling about 22 minutes.

Anne Sophie Mutter on violin

Music #175 -Mozart Violin Sonata No.35

Prunaru &
Protopopescu

Violin Sonata No.35 in A

- aka "Sonata in A for violin & piano", K.526

Mvt.1 Molto allegro
Mvt.2 Andante
Mvt.3 Presto

Totaling about 22 minutes.

Music #174 -Mozart Violin Sonata No.33

David Oistrach &
 Paul Badura-Skoda

Violin Sonata No.33 in Eb

- aka "Sonata for violin & piano No.33 in Eb", K.481

Mvt.1 Molto allegro
Mvt.2 Adagio
Mvt.3 Allegretto: 6 Variations
 
Totaling about 24 minutes.

Music #173 -Mozart Violin Sonata No.32

Violin Sonata No.32 in Bb

- aka "Sonata for violin & piano No.32 in Bb"
- K.454
      
Mvt.1 Largo - Allegro
Mvt.2 Andante
Mvt.3 Allegretto
   
Totaling about 23 minutes.

The sonata was written for a violin virtuoso to be performed at a concert in Vienna.  Mozart was to be the pianist, but he did not give himself enough time to write out the score for piano.  Thus it was performed with a sheet of blank music paper in front of him, as a prop. 
  
... According to a story told by his widow Constanze, the emperor Joseph II saw the empty sheet music through his opera glasses and sent for the composer with his manuscript during which time Mozart had to confess the truth, although that is likely to have amused the monarch rather than cause his irritation.  

[Source: Wikipedia]

Music #172 -Mozart Violin Sonata No.21,22

Violin Sonata No.21 in e

- aka "Sonata for violin & piano No.21 in e", K.304

Mvt.1 Allegro
Mvt.2 Tempo di Menuetto

Totaling about 16 minutes.

Upon father's request, Mozart took his mother to visit Paris, where she began to die slowly.

"The piece was composed during the same period, and the sonata's mood reflects this. It is the only instrumental work by Mozart whose home key is E minor." [Source: Wikipedia]

Violin Sonata No.22 in A

- aka "Sonata for violin & piano No.22 in A", K.305

     

Mvt.1 Allegro di molto

Mvt.2 Tema
- Andante grazioso (Variations 1-5)
- Allegro (Variation 6)

Totaling about 16 minutes.

Music #171 -Mozart Piano Trios

The Kegelstatt Trio in Eb

- a piano trio for clarinet, viola and piano, K.498

 

Piano trios

No.4  K.542

No.5  K.548

No.6  K.564

Music #170 -Mozart Sonata for 2 Pianos

Sonata for Two Pianos in D

- K.448

Mvt.1 Allegro con spirito
Mvt.2 Andante
Mvt.3 Molto Allegro

Totaling about 26 minutes.

 

(R) Mvt. 1

Music #169 -Mozart Piano Sonata No.17

Piano Sonata No.17 in Bb

- K.570

Mvt.1 Allegro
Mvt.2 Adagio
Mvt.3 Allegretto

Totaling about 18 minutes.

Music #168 -Mozart Piano Sonata No.16

Piano Sonata No.16 in C

- aka "Sonata facile" or "Sonata semplice" / easy or simple, "for beginners", K.545

Cory Hall

Mvt.1 Allegro  ***
Mvt.2 Andante
Mvt.3 Rondeau
         
Totaling about 12 minutes.

Music #167 -Mozart Piano Sonata No.15

Piano Sonata No.15 in F

- K.533/494

Mvt.1 Allegro
Mvt.2 Andante
Mvt.3 Rondeau: Allego

The finale was originally written as a separate piece as Rondo No.2 for Piano [K.494].

Totaling about 22 minutes.

Music #166 -Mozart Piano Sonata No.13

Piano Sonata No.13 in Bb

- K.333

Lang Lang on piano:
Mvt.1 Allegro
Mvt.2 Andante cantabile
Mvt.3 Allegretto grazioso
Totaling about 22 minutes.

Glenn Gould on piano:

Music #165 -Mozart Piano Sonata No.11,12

Piano Sonata No.11 in A

- aka "Alla Turca", K.331

Mvt.1 Andante grazioso 
Mvt.2 Menuetto - a minuet and trio
Mvt.3 Alla Turca: Allegretto - aka Turkish Rondo/March 
Totaling about 16 minutes.

Various variations of the 3rd movement:
* (this pianist is very hit - with 2 million hits!)
* (interesting re-arrangement)
* (Nodame Cantabile)
* (the wise guys)
* (1 pianist, 2 pianos)

Piano Sonata No.12 in F

- K.332

- Leezy on piano

Music #164 -Mozart Piano Sonata No.10

Piano Sonata No.10 in C

- K.330

Horowitz on piano
Mvt.1 Allegro moderato
Mvt.2 Andante cantabile
Mvt.3 Allegretto
         
Totaling about 17 minutes.

Music #163 -Mozart Piano Sonata No.9

Piano Sonata No.9 in D

- K.311

Mvt.1&2 Allegro con spirito 

& [3:50] Andante con espressione
Mvt.3 Rondeau (allegro)
       
Totaling about 15 minutes.

Music #162 -Mozart Piano Sonata No.8

Piano Sonata No.8 in a

- K.310

Mozart wrote this sonata in Paris at the time of his mother's death. It is among the finest piano works of the early Classical period.

Mvt.1 Allegro maestoso
Mvt.2 Andante cantabile con espressione
Mvt.3 Presto

Totaling about 15 minutes.

Music #161 -Mozart Piano Sonata No.6

Piano Sonata No.6 in D
- K.284

Mvt.1 Allegro
Mvt.2 Rondo and Polonaise
Mvt.3 Theme with variations
Totaling about 22 minutes.

Music #160 -Mozart Piano Sonata No.5

Piano Sonata No.5 in G

- K.283

Roberto Prosseda

Mvt.1 Allegro
Mvt.2 Andante
Mvt.3 Presto

Totaling 15 minutes.

Music #159 -Mozart Piano Sonata No.4

Piano Sonata No.4 in Eb
- K.282

Mvt.1 Adagio
Mvt.2 Menuetto I-II
Mvt.3 Allegro
           
Totaling about 15 minutes.

Music #158 -Mozart String Duo No.2

String Duo No.2 in Bb for violin & viola

- K.424

Mvt.1 Adagio - Allegro
Mvt.2 Andante cantabile  - cantabile!!
Mvt.3 Andante grazioso

Hear a couple chit-chatting for about 20 minutes?

Music #157 -Mozart String Duo No.1

String Duo No.1 in G for violin & viola
- K.423

Mvt.1 Allegro
Mvt.2 Adagio
Mvt.3 Rondeau: Allegro
         
Totaling about 17 minutes.

Igor and David Oistrakh on violin and viola

Music #156 -Mozart String Quartet No.21

String Quartet No.21 in D
- aka "The Violet" or "Prussian 1", K.575
         
Mvt.1 Allegretto
Mvt.2 Andante
Mvt.3 Menuetto: Allegretto
Mvt.4 Allegretto

               

Totaling about 23 minutes.

It is the first of the three Prussian Quartets:
String Quartets No. 21-23 (K.575, K.579, K.590).

The Prussian Quartets were written for and dedicated to the King of Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm II, an amateur cellist, and were written in a similar style to the quartets of Joseph Haydn. Mozart and his friend Karl Lichnowsky met the king in Potsdam in April 1789. Mozart played before the king in Berlin on 26 May 1789, then returned to Vienna.  [Source: Wikipedia]

Mozart appreciated the new sponsorship from King Frederick William II of Prussia. However, he could only finished 3 of the 6 'Prussian Quartets', before he died in poor health and poor wealth by end-1791.

Music #155 -Mozart String Quartet No.17,19

String Quartet No.17 in Bb

- aka "The Hunt", K.458
Neither Mozart nor Artaria [music publishing firm] called this piece "The Hunt."  

Another one of the 6 Haydn Quartets.
Mvt.1 Allegro vivace assai
Mvt.2 Menuetto and Trio. Moderato
Mvt.3 Adagio
Mvt.4 Allegro assai
Totaling about 27 minutes.

String Quartet No. 19 in C

- aka "Dissonance", K.465

- the last one of the 6 Haydn Quartets.

 

Music #154 -Mozart String Quartet No.15

String Quartet No.15 in d
- K.421

Mvt.1 Allegro moderato
Mvt.2 Andante
Mvt.3 Menuetto and Trio. Allegretto
Mvt.4 Allegretto ma non troppo
Totaling about 29 minutes.

This is one of the six Haydn Quartets (String Quartets Nos.14-19) published in 1785 in Vienna by Mozart, and dedicated to Haydn. They are considered to be the pinnacle of Classical string quartet writing, containing some of Mozart's most memorable melodic writing and refined compositional thought.
     
               
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Haydn Quartets 
          Mozart composed 23 string quartets during his life. His six "Haydn" Quartets were written in Vienna during the years 1782 to 1785. They are dedicated to the composer Joseph Haydn, who is considered the creator of the modern string quartet. 
          Haydn had recently completed his influential "Opus 33" set of quartets in 1781, the year that Mozart arrived in Vienna. Mozart studied Haydn's string quartets and began composing this set of six, which were published in 1785. During this time, Haydn and Mozart had become friends, and sometimes played quartets together in Mozart's apartment, with Mozart playing the viola, and Haydn playing violin; see Haydn and Mozart.
          Haydn first heard the quartets at two gatherings at Mozart's home, 15 January and 12 February, 1785 (on these occasions he apparently just listened, rather than playing a part himself). After hearing them all, Haydn made a now-famous remark to Mozart's father Leopold, who was visiting from Salzburg: "Before God, and as an honest man, I tell you that your son is the greatest composer known to me either in person or by name. He has taste, and, what is more, the most profound knowledge of composition." The comment was preserved in a letter Leopold wrote 16 February to his daughter Nannerl.  [Source: Wikipedia]

Music #153 -Mozart Flute Quartet No.4

Flute Quartet No.4 

- K.298

Mvt.1 Andantino: theme and variations

Mvt.2 Menuetto - Trio

Mvt.3 Rondo: allegretto grazioso
  

Totaling about 12 minutes.

Music #152 -Mozart Flute Quartet No.3

Flute Quartet No.3

- K.285b

I. Allegro
II. Andantino: theme and variations
               
Totaling about 16 minutes.

Music #151 -Mozart Flute Quartet No.2

Flute Quartet No.2

- K.285a

I & II Andante - 3/4   [8:20] Tempo di Menuetto - 3/8

Totaling 12 minutes.

Music #150 -Mozart Flute Quartet No.1

Flute Quartet No.1 

- K.285

I. Allegro
II & III. Adagio, Rondeau:Allegro
Totaling about 15 minutes.

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Complete flute quartets (no video) 

Music #149 -Mozart PianoWinds Quintet

Quintet for Piano & Winds in Eb
- aka Quintet for piano, oboe, clarinet, horn & bassoon in Eb

- K.452

Mvt.1 Largo - Allegro moderato
Mvt.2 Larghetto
Mvt.3 Allegretto

Totaling about 25 minutes.

 

Mozart matched experimental combinations of instruments, with subtleties of orchestration.

Music #148 -Mozart Clarinet Quintet

Clarinet Quintet in A

- aka Quintet for Clarinet and Strings, K.581

Mvt.1 Allegro

Mvt.2 Larghetto
Mvt.3 Menuetto - Trio I - Trio II
Mvt.4 Allegretto con Variazioni
Totaling about 31 minutes.

Music #147 -Mozart Horn Quintet

Quintet for horn, violin, 2 violas & cello in Eb

- K.407

Mvt.1 Allegro
Mvt.2 Andante
Mvt.3 Allegro

Totaling about 19 minutes.  

Music #146 -Mozart Horn Concerto No.4

Horn Concerto No.4 in Eb
- K.495

Mvt.1 Allegro moderato
Mvt.2 Romance (Andante)
Mvt.3 Rondo (Allegro vivace)
           
Totaling about 16 minutes.

Music Set #145 -Mozart Horn Concerto No.3

Horn Concerto No.3 in Eb
- K.447

Mvt.1 Allegro
Mvt.2 Romance (Larghetto)
Mvt.3 Allegro
Totaling about 15 minutes.

Music Set #144 -Mozart Horn Concerto No.2

Seiji Ozawa (conducting)

Radek Baborák (horn)

Horn Concerto No.2 in Eb
- K.417

Mvt.1 Allegro maestoso
Mvt.2 Andante
Mvt.3 Rondo Piu allegro
           
Totaling about 14 minutes.

Music Set #143 -Mozart Horn Concerto No.1

Horn Concerto No.1 in D
             
Radek Baborák (horn), Seiji Ozawa (conducting)       
* Mvt.1 Allegro - K.412
* Mvt.2 Rondo: Allegro - K.514 - starting [5:00] in video
Totaling about 9 minutes.

It is the only one of Mozart's 4 horn concerti to be in D major (the rest are in E-flat major) and the only one to have just two movements instead of the usual three.  [Source: Wikipedia]

Music #142 -Mozart Bassoon Concerto

Bassoon Concerto in Bb

- K.191
   
Aligi Voltan on bassoon
* Mvt.1 Allegro
* Mvt.2 Andante ma Adagio
* Mvt.3 Rondo: tempo di menuetto

Totaling about 17 minutes.
       

Nearly all professional bassoonists will perform this piece at some stage in their career, and it is probably the most commonly requested piece in orchestral auditions.

  [Source: Wikipedia]

Music #141 -Mozart Clarinet Concerto

Clarinet Concerto in A

- K.622
Mvt.1 Allegro
Mvt.2 Adagio
Mvt.3 Rondo: Allegro
Totaling about 30 minutes.
       

It is the only clarinet concerto by Mozart. It was also his last concerto; he died 2 months later. Mozart made his final public appearance conducting the Viennese premiere of this concerto.

Mozart first met Anton Stadler (a virtuoso of the newly invented clarinet) in 1783 and formed a friendship that inspired the Kegelstatt Trio, the Clarinet Quintet, and this concerto.

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* Benny Goodman played this third movement, to impress a cultivated belle (starring Donna Reed), in The Benny Goodman Story (1956) movie.

Music #139 -Mozart Flute Concerto No.1

Flute Concerto No.1 in G
- K.313
Mvt.1 Allegro maestoso
Mvt.2 Adagio ma non troppo
Mvt.3 Rondo: Tempo di Menuetto
Totaling about 27 minutes.

The following is a possible replacement/alternative for the 2nd movement.

Extra:

Andante for flute & orchestra in C
- K.315
* Adagio ma non troppo

Totaling about 7 minutes.

Music Set #140 -Mozart Oboe Concerto

Oboe Concerto in C
- K.314

Mvt.1 Allegro aperto
Mvt.2 Adagio non troppo
Mvt.3 Rondo: Allegretto ***
Totaling about 23 minutes.

Music #138 -Mozart Concerto for Flute, Harp

Concerto in C for flute, harp & orchestra

- K.299

Mvt.1 Allegro
Mvt.2 Andantino
Mvt.3 Rondeau - Allegro

Totaling about 28 minutes.

Music #137 -Mozart Sinfonia Concertante

Sinfonia Concertante for violin, viola and orchestra in Eb

- K.364

Mvt.1 Allegro maestoso

Mvt.2 Andante
Mvt.3 Presto

Thomas Crown Affair

The opening two melodic phrases of "The Windmills of Your Mind," a song from the 1968 film The Thomas Crown Affair, were adopted from the opening of the second movement of the Sinfonia Concertante.  

[Source: Wikipedia]

The Windmills of Your Mind,

a song from

 The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) movie

Music #136 -Mozart Rondo for Violin Orc

Rondo in Bb for violin & orchestra

- K.269

* Rondo: Allegro
Totaling about 10 minutes.

Mozart wrote it for violinist Brunetti.

Rondo in C for violin & orchestra

- K.373

* Allegretto grazioso

(L) violin & piano

 
(R) violin & orchestra

   

Mozart wrote it for violinist Brunetti, but he did not have the time to write the piano score; so he played the piano from his memory in the premiere.

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Note: In rondo or rondeaux (轮旋曲) form, a principal theme (sometimes called the "refrain") alternates with one or more contrasting themes, generally called "episodes."  Possible patterns in the Classical period include: ABA, ABACA, or ABACABA.

Music #135 -Mozart Violin Concerto No.5

Violin Concerto No.5 in A

- aka 'Turkisk', K.219

* Bomsori Kim on violin

Mvt.1 Allegri Aperto - Adagio - Allegro Aperto
Mvt.2 Adagio
Mvt.3 Rondo - Tempo di Minuetto


Mozart simplified the above movement 2 for his close peer violinist Brunetti, as follows:

Adagio in E for violin & orchestra

- K.261

* Itzhak Perlman

It runs about 7 minutes.

Music #134 -Mozart Violin Concerto No.4

Violin Concerto No.4 in D

- K.218
Mvt.1 Allegro
Mvt.2 Andante cantabile
Mvt.3 Rondeau (Andante grazioso - Allegro ma non troppo)

Hilary Hahn on violin

Music #133 -Mozart Violin Concerto No.3

Violin Concerto No.3 in G
- K.216

Hilary Hahn on violin & Gustavo Dudamel conducting

the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra at Vatican

Mvt.1 Allegro
Mvt.2 Adagio
Mvt.3 Rondeau - Allegro

Music #132 -Mozart Violin Concerto No.2

Violin Concerto No.2 in D

- K.211

* Gidon Kremer & Kremerata Baltica

Mvt.1 Allegro moderato
Mvt.2 Andante
Mvt.3 Rondeau - Allegro

Totaling about 22 minutes.

Music #131 -Mozart Violin Concerto No.1

Violin Concerto No.1 in Bb

- K.207

Ulf Hoelscher on violin:
* Mvt.1 Allegro Moderato
* Mvt.2 Adagio
* Mvt.3 Presto
Totaling about 21 minutes.

Anne Sophie Mutter on violin:

Music #130 -Mozart Rondo for Piano Orc

Rondo in D for piano & orchestra

- K.382
Totaling about 10 minutes
* Filippo Pantieri on piano

"It was intended by Mozart to be a substitute finale to his Piano Concerto No. 5 in D major."   

            

Rondo in A for piano & orchestra

- K.386
Totaling about 9 minutes
* Sorin Petrescu on piano
           

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In rondo (轮旋曲) form, a principal theme (sometimes called the "refrain") alternates with one or more contrasting themes, generally called "episodes."  Possible patterns in the Classical period include: ABA, ABACA, or ABACABA.

Music #129 -Mozart Piano Concerto No.27

Piano Concerto No.27 in Bb

- K.595

Mvt.1 Allegro
Mvt.2 Larghetto 
Mvt.3 Allegro

Totaling about 34 minutes.

This was the last piano concerto Mozart wrote.
It was also his last time to play piano on stage.

Music #128 -Mozart Piano Concerto No.26

Piano Concerto No.26 in D

- aka 'Coronation' Concerto, K.537

Mozart played this concerto in court, but not right at the coronation of Leopold II.

Mvt.1 Allegro 

 

(L) Mvt.2 Larghetto      (R) Mvt.3 Allegretto 

 

Totaling about 30 minutes.

Aimi Kobayashi @ 11 years old:

Music #127 -Mozart Piano Concerto No.25

Piano Concerto No.25 in C

- K.503

Mvt.1 Allegro maestoso
Mvt.2 Andante
Mvt.3 Allegretto

Totaling about 31 minutes.

Like an epic poetry.

Music #126 -Mozart Piano Concerto No.24

Piano Concerto No.24 in c

- K.491

Mvt.1 Allegro
Mvt.2 Larghetto
Mvt.3 Allegretto (Variations)
Totaling about 35 minutes.

It was said that Beethoven liked this concerto, especially the final movement that keeps varying.

Three movements all in one video:

Music #125 -Mozart Piano Concerto No.22,23

Piano Concerto No. 22  in Eb

- K.482

Mvt.1 Allegro

Mvt.2 Andante

Mvt.3 Allegro  

Totaling about 34 minutes

Piano Concerto No.23 in A

- K.488

Mvt.1 Allegro
Mvt.2 Adagio
Mvt.3 Allegro assai & alla breve
Totaling about 26 minutes.

This concerto and Sonata for Two Pianos in D [K.448] are found to have Mozart effect.

Music #124 -Mozart Piano Concerto No.20,21

Fredrich Gulda 

Piano Concerto No.20 in d

- K.466

Mvt.1 Allegro 

Mvt.2 Romanze 

Mvt.3 Rondo, Allegro assai 
Totaling about 34 minutes. 

Piano Concerto No.21 in C

- K.467

Mvt.1 Allegro maestoso
Mvt.2 Andante ***   - digital
Mvt.3 Allegro vivace assai
Totaling about 30 minutes.

*** aka 'Elvira Madigan'《鸳鸯恋》after being adopted in a 1967 film with that name.  The piano and the strings singing a soft love song.

Music #123 -Mozart Piano Concerto No.10,17

Piano Concerto No.10 for 2 pianos

- K.365

The 23-year-old Mozart wrote it to play with his sister Maria Anna ("Nannerl")

child Mozart 
with father and sister 

Mvt.1 Allegro

Mvt.2 Adante

Mvt.3 Rondo: Allegro              

Totaling about 24 minutes.

'Mozart's Sister' (2010 movie)

* a trailer

* a clip from the movie

 

Piano Concerto No. 17 

- KV.453

Mvt.1 Allegro

Mvt.2 Andante in C major

Mvt.3 Allegretto – Presto

Music #122 -Mozart Piano Concerto No.9

Piano Concerto No.9 in Eb

- aka 'Jeunehomme' (or 'Jenamy') Concerto, K.271

Mvt.1 Allegro
Mvt.2 Andantino
Mvt.3 Rondo (Presto)
Totaling about 34 minutes.

It was said that the 21-year-old Mozart wrote it for an elegant French lady pianist "Jeunehomme", or for another woman called Jenamy.

Music #121 -Mozart Piano Concerto No.3,7

“Mozart's refinement of the concerto, especially the piano concerto, brought the genre to a new level of sophistication. 

     In 1782, he began a period of concentrated piano concerto writing. Nos. 11-25 that he produced in 1786 became more pianistically virtuosic and symphonically rich.”

Piano Concerto No.3 in D

Piano Concerto No.7 for 3 Pianos

- K.242

為什麼莫扎特piano concertos 是極品尤物？