Mozart's Real Musical Father

 
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MOZART / BACH
Mozart's Real Musical Father
Duo Pleyel: Richard Egarr and Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya

[ Linn Records / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 11 November 2022

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Following their superb Dussek album (5 stars in BBC Music Magazine), Duo Pleyel's Richard Egarr and Alexandra Nepomnyashchaya explore the seminal role a musical father figure can play in shaping another composer. From Mozart's first meeting with Johann Christian Bach (the 'London Bach') as a young boy in England in 1764, an extraordinary musical bond and mutual respect was forged between the two great composers. The life-long influence of the older musician on Mozart is often seriously under-appreciated, yet Mozart quoted musical fragments and themes by Christian throughout his life, none more poignantly than in the slow movement of his A major piano concerto K. 414, written shortly after Christian's death. The programme on this recording brings their four-hands music together to show both the influence and individuality of these wonderful composers.

Tracks:

Mozart: Andante and Variations in G for Piano Duet, K501

Bach, J C: Sonata for keyboard 4-hands Op. 15 No.6 in C major (W A18)

Mozart: Sonata for Piano duet in D major, K381

Bach, J C: Sonata for keyboard 4-hands Op. 18 No.5 in A major (W A19)

Bach, J C: Sonata for keyboard 4-hands Op. 18 No.6 in F major (W A20)

Mozart: Sonata for Piano duet in B flat major, K358
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