(2017) Mozart & Poulenc: Works for Violin & Piano - Esther Hoppe, Alasdair Beatson Munich Residenz Quintet The Guardian

The Guardian

The introduction to the middle movement is very sombre but the solo violin weaves an ethereal line above the hesitant phrases of the strings

they are taken here out of their context and rewritten for organ and recorder

]” - David Fallows

Zu Recht gilt es nicht nur als eines der wichtigsten Werke des Komponisten

(2017) Mozart & Poulenc: Works for Violin & Piano - Esther Hoppe, Alasdair Beatson Munich Residenz Quintet The GuardianNotes from the performer In Munich in 1777, Mozart came across the Duetti a Clavicembalo e Violino by Joseph Schuster (1768 1812). These were an early form of the duo sonata in which the violin was becoming increasingly independent and no longer functioned merely as an accompaniment to the harpsichord. Mozart was very fond of these duo sonatas, often played them and was inspired by them when he decided to write a collection of sonatas himself (K 301