Mozart - Sonata for Piano 4 hands in C major, K.521 (1787){Haebler&Hoffmann}

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was one of the most influential, popular and prolific composers of the classical period. A child prodigy, from an early age he began composing over 600 works, including some of the most famous pieces of symphonic, chamber, operatic, and choral music.

Sonata for piano, 4 hands in C major, K. 521. Vienna, 29 May 1787

1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Allegretto

Ingrid Haebler & Ludwig Hoffmann, piano

Description by Brian Robins [-]
The Sonata in C is Mozart's final essay in a form he had made very much made his own. His earliest duet sonata, K. 19d in C major, dates from 1765 and is the only survivor of several probably composed during his childhood years for him and his sister Nannerl to play during the tours they were taken on by their father Leopold. It dates from 1787, being entered by Mozart in his thematic catalog on May 29 of that year. The same day he sent a copy of it to his friend Baron Gottfried von Jacquin with a covering letter requesting that he should give it to his sister Franziska, a pupil for whom he had composed the piano part in the Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano in E flat major, K. 498. Mozart asks Jacquin to give his sister the sonata "with my compliments and tell her to tackle it at once, for it is rather difficult." Mozart subsequently dedicated the sonata to two sisters, Babette and Marianne (Nanette) Nortrop, the daughters of a wealthy Viennese merchant and possibly also pupils. Uniquely among his duet sonatas, the autograph manuscript specifically designates cembalo primo and cembalo secondo (first and second piano), leading Mozart's biographer Einstein to conjecture that the sonata would gain from being played on two pianos. Both the opening and closing movements are of exceptional brilliance, lending weight to Mozart's assertion that the sonata is "rather difficult." As with its immediate predecessor, the F major Sonata, K. 497, both parts are equally demanding, with little of the concertante character evident in the earlier duet sonatas. The work may have been published in Paris in late in 1789 and was also included in a series of keyboard works by various composers issued by the Viennese publisher Hoffmeister between 1785 and 1787.

[KalenTango]

1. Allegro 0:00
2. Andante 9:22
3. Allegretto 16:55

[jerzystruczak]

despite all suffering there, its worth living maybe just listening this...

[azriel]

Wat een prachtig muziekstuk, puur genot. Zoveel lichtheid, diepte en lyrisme!
Bravo voor de twee spelers. Bartje, bedankt voor het uploaden samen met de partituur.

[vittoriomarano]

A very special thanks for this immense masterpiece.
It would take months to discuss every aspect of it.🎼❤

[poplife]

It's always the codas for me ....very simple and totally

[musicalperson]

It really sounds like two people talking to each other - such incredible composing. The 2nd theme and all its extensions thereafter, what a dialogue!

[karthiksekaran]

21:20 reminds me of Schubert’s erlkönig

[miguelfranco]

Maravillosa musica inmortal del sr Mozart para el beneplácito de la humanidad ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐👏👏

[giacomozaccone]

This beautiful sonata was borne during the composition Don Giovanni, and was dedicated to Franziska Von Jacquin, the sister of Gottfried, a closest friend of Amade.According to Paumgartner this sonata resumes the galant sensitivity of Christian Bach and Schubert's art.I quoted
all the four hand works in my Mozart's book that is ready for submission
The Andante is dreamy !

[ladsteel]

Mozart, 🇦🇹Is The GeniuS🎉👺 Music Fantastic, 🎹🎶🎭🇦🇹🎻🎵🔔🎶🇦🇹

[amadeuswolfe]

Mozart flamenco 💃 19:56 —- 20:40 on very early Spanish style wow 🤩 21:04 Latin climax he must of been studying Scarlatti during 1784

[omegads]

12:40 is ahead of it's times, sounds like schubert or chopin.

[simonkawasaki]

The manuscript to this work is strange. It is in the same format as K. 448, with four staves grouped together, with "Clavier 1" written next to the first two, and "Clavier 2" written next to the other two. Alfred Einstein speculated that Mozart wrote this for two pianos, but I suspect that it was simply a twist on notation to make it clearer to write out, since in his personal catalogue, he wrote that this was indeed a sonata for piano-four-hands.

[josswindsor]

The Andante a dream and an unprecedented PLEASURE and sweetness. It had been many years since I had heard this JEWEL by Sonata with 4 hands and especially in this sweet Andante from 10:23 to 10:35 those "waves" that follow a simply perfect balance added in a Unique Light they reflect the wonder of the Viennese tradition and the absolute wonder of the great Vienna of the 18th century, it is an unprecedented pleasure to simply listen to the quoted passage and I never get tired, definitely MOZART the most perfect and extraordinary genius that has walked this Earth

[MrInterestingthings]

I knew as soon as i heard the clean, vibrant touch and attack it was Haebler. Oh how i wish i could have heard her once in Salzburg.

[ЖасминИзумруд]

Hermosísimo!!! de mis piezas favoritas!!! Grande Wolfgangus

[MrInterestingthings]

The world is full of fabulouspianists but none sound like Habler. Just the right staccato and every phrase is contoured shaped. Others dont seem to know all she does. But she's Richtig!!!

[notaire]

Lebhafte und wunderschöne Interpretation dieser fein komponierten Klaviersonate zu vier Händen in verschiedenen Tempi mit klaren doch zugleich eleganten Klänge beider unvergleichlichen Pianisten und mit sorgfältig kontrollierter Dynamik. Der zweite Satz klingt besonders schön und auch lyrisch. Der intime und perfekt entsprechende Dialog zwischen den beiden Virtuosen ist wahrlich ergreifend. Einfach wunderbar!

[johnryskamp]

Melodically undistinguished. This one must have been written lickety split. Rather threadbare.