Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Piano Sonatas

This 7-CD box set presents, for the first time, all of W.A. Mozart's piano sonatas, recorded on his own fortepiano by Anton Walter from 1782. In addition to the complete works, the edition also includes previously unfinished fragments by the composer, completed by the American pianist and Mozart expert Robert Levin, who took into account Mozart's stylistic devices and the compositional practices of his time. Levin's interpretations of the sonatas are rooted in the performance tradition of the First Viennese School and are characterized by improvised passages and ornamentation in the repeats. The release is complemented by a 100-page booklet containing an extensive essay on the sonatas by Mozarteum Director and Mozart expert Ulrich Leisinger, Levin's personal notes, facsimiles of manuscript scores, and other supplementary material.