Mozart: Sonatas K330 and K457; A minor Rondo K511; B minor Adagio K540; etc – review

Kristian Bezuidenhout(Harmonia Mundi)Kristian Bezuidenhout separates the C major and C minor sonatas with two of Mozart's most extraordinary late piano pieces. He plays a modern fortepiano modelled on a Viennese instrument from the very beginning of the 19th century, and has it tuned in unequal temperament, which adds a real edge to the chromaticisms of both the A minor Rondo, and the B minor Adagio, with its aching, Schubert-like poignancy in the closing bars. Bezuidenhout steers a wonderful, ...

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