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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Piano Sonata No. 15 (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 15 in F major, KV 533/494 (finished 3 January 1788) is a sonata in three movements: A typical performance takes about 23 minutes. The Rondo was originally a

Other arrangements#

Edvard Grieg arranged this sonata for 2 pianos, by adding further accompaniment on the secondo part, whilst the primo part plays the original. This attempt to “impart to several of Mozart’s sonatas a tonal effect appealing to our modern ears” serves to document the taste of Grieg’s late nineteenth-century Norwegian audience. A notable recording is that of Elisabeth Leonskaja and Sviatoslav Richter.

      • Performance of Piano Sonata No. 15 by Jonathan Biss from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in MP3 format
Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart