Mozart - Complete Piano Sonatas

CD1

1. Sonata No.11 in A major K 33 "Alla Turca" (Vienna, 1783) - Andante grazioso
2. Sonata No.11 in A major K 33 "Alla Turca" (Vienna, 1783) - Menuetto,Trio
3. Sonata No.11 in A major K 33 "Alla Turca" (Vienna, 1783) - AllaTurca, Allegretto
4. Sonata No.9 in A minor K 310 (Paris, 1778) - Allegro con spirito
5. Sonata No.9 in A minor K 310 (Paris, 1778) - Andante cantabile con espressione
6. Sonata No.9 in A minor K 310 (Paris, 1778) - Presto

CD2

1. Sonata No.10 in C major K 330 (Vienna, 1783) - Allegro moderato
2. Sonata No.10 in C major K 330 (Vienna, 1783) - Andante cantabile
3. Sonata No.10 in C major K 330 (Vienna, 1783) - Allegretto
4. Sonata No.16 C major K 545 (Vienna, 1788) - Allegro
5. Sonata No.16 C major K 545 (Vienna, 1788) - Andante
6. Sonata No.16 C major K 545 (Vienna, 1788) - Rondo Allegretto
7. Sonata No.7 in C major K 309 (Mannheim, 1777) - Allegro con spirito
8. Sonata No.7 in C major K 309 (Mannheim, 1777) - Andante un poco adagio
9. Sonata No.7 in C major K 309 (Mannheim, 1777) - Rondeau, Allegretto grazioso
10. Sonata No.1 C major K 279 (Munich, 1775) - Allegro
11. Sonata No.1 C major K 279 (Munich, 1775) - Andante
12. Sonata No.1 C major K 279 (Munich, 1775) - Allegro

CD3

1. Sonata No.12 F major K 332 (Vienna, 1783) - Allegro
2. Sonata No.12 F major K 332 (Vienna, 1783) - Adagio
3. Sonata No.12 F major K 332 (Vienna, 1783) - Allegro Assai
4. Sonata No.2 F major K 280 (Munich, 1775) - Allegro assai
5. Sonata No.2 F major K 280 (Munich, 1775) - Adagio
6. Sonata No.2 F major K 280 (Munich, 1775) - Presto
7. Sonata No.15 F major K.533 (Vienna, 1788) - Allegro
8. Sonata No.15 F major K.533 (Vienna, 1788) - Andante
9. Sonata No.15 F major K.533 (Vienna, 1788) - Rondo, Allegretto

CD4

1. Sonata No.18 in D major K 576 (Vienna, 1789) - Allegro
2. Sonata No.18 in D major K 576 (Vienna, 1789) - Adagio
3. Sonata No.18 in D major K 576 (Vienna, 1789) - Allegretto
4. Sonata No.6 in D major K 284 (Munich, 1775) - Allegro
5. Sonata No.6 in D major K 284 (Munich, 1775) - Rondeau en Polonaise, Andante
6. Sonata No.6 in D major K 284 (Munich, 1775) - Tema con 12 Variazioni
7. Sonata No.8 in D major K 311 (Mannheim, 1777) - Allegro con spirito
8. Sonata No.8 in D major K 311 (Mannheim, 1777) - Andante con espressione
9. Sonata No.8 in D major K 311 (Mannheim, 1777) - Rondeau, Allegro

CD5

1. Sonata No.13 B flat major K 333 (Linz, 1783) - Allegro
2. Sonata No.13 B flat major K 333 (Linz, 1783) - Andante cantabile
3. Sonata No.13 B flat major K 333 (Linz, 1783) - Allegretto grazioso
4. Sonata No.3 in B flat major K 281 (Munich, 1775) - Allegro
5. Sonata No.3 in B flat major K 281 (Munich, 1775) - Andante amoroso
6. Sonata No.3 in B flat major K 281 (Munich, 1775) - Rondeau
7. Sonata No.17 in B flat major K 570 Vienna, 1789 - Allegro
8. Sonata No.17 in B flat major K 570 Vienna, 1789 - Adagio
9. Sonata No.17 in B flat major K 570 Vienna, 1789 - Allegretto

CD6

1. “Fantasia” C minor, K. 457b Vienna, 1784
2. Sonata no. 14 C minor, K. 457 Vienna, 1784 - Molto Allegro
3. Sonata no. 14 C minor, K. 457 Vienna, 1784 - Adagio
4. Sonata no. 14 C minor, K. 457 Vienna, 1784 - Allegro
5. Sonata No.4 E Flat major, K. 282 (Munich, 1775) - Adagio
6. Sonata No.4 E Flat major, K. 282 (Munich, 1775) - Menuetto I-II
7. Sonata No.4 E Flat major, K. 282 (Munich, 1775) - Allegro
8. Sonata No.5 in G major K 283 (Munich, 1775) - Allegro
9. Sonata No.5 in G major K 283 (Munich, 1775) - Andante
10. Sonata No.5 in G major K 283 (Munich, 1775) - Presto

"You absolutely must hear him, this boy plays like a devil.”
- Aribert Reimann to David Levine (1986, during his visit to Ankara)

With his extraordinary pianistic talents, Turkish pianist Fazıl Say has been touching audiences and critics alike for more than twenty-five years, in a way that has become rare in the increasingly materialistic and elaborately organised classical music world. He is a pianist, composer and director with firm reputation in Europe, Asia and the US.  After spending five years under David Levine at the Robert Schumann Institute in Düsseldorf and further studies at the Berlin Conservatory he came to international attention 1994 when he was the winner of the Young Concert Artists International Auditions.  Since then he has become a regular guest artist with orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, the Israel Philharmonic, the Baltimore Symphony, the St Petersburg Philharmonic , the Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Philharmonic, and the Orchestre National de France. 

This release sees him return to Mozart, a composer with whom he has a great affinity, and a recording of his complete piano sonatas.  The sonatas here are grouped by key, revealing Mozart’s unique approach to tonality.