Church Sonatas
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- Sonate in C
- Sonate in D
- Sonate in F
- Sonate in G
- Sonate in F
- Sonate in C
- Sonate in D
- Sonate in Es
- Sonate in C
- Sonate in D
- Sonate in G
- Sonate in C
- Sonate in B
- Sonate in F
- Sonate in C
- Sonate in B
- Sonate in A
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Composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
| 1756-1791As the son of the deputy Kapellmeister to the Salzburg Prince-Archbishop, Mozart was constantly surrounded by church music in his youth. On his travels Mozart became familiar with Italian church music, and later in Vienna he studied the works of Bach and Handel. After moving to Vienna he was faced with the new challenges of composing opera and piano concertos, and significantly the “C Minor Mass” KV 427, the greatest sacred work of the first Vienna years, remained unfinished. The last period of his life again shows a change of direction to church music: Mozart successfully applied to succeed the terminally ill Leopold Hoffmann as Kapellmeister at St Stephen's Cathedral, but he was unable to take up the position as he died before Hoffmann. A gem such as the “Ave verum” KV 618 and the incomplete Requiem KV 626 give us an idea of what Mozart might have achieved as a composer of sacred music if he had taken up this important position. Personal details
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Editor
Ulrich Leisinger
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(GEA) [...] Von Mozart sind 17 Kirchen- oder sogenannte Epistelsonaten überliefert. Kirchensonaten spielten im Salzburg des 18. Jahrhundert eine wichtige Rolle und wurden zwischen Epistel und Evangelium aufgeführt. Näher betrachtet sind 14 von Mozarts Kirchensonaten schlichte Trios für zwei Violinen und Basso continuo, die an die Sonate da chiesa erinnern, während andere mit prunkvoller Orchestrierung (Oboen, Hörner, Trompeten und Pauke) kurze konzertante Sätze mit obligater Orgel für festliche Anlässe sind. Von allen bekannten Ausgaben dieser Werke, die es heute auf dem Markt gibt, ist die vorliegende die modernste und vom ästhetischen Druckbild her die beste. Die perfekte Ausgabe für alle, die sich diese Sonaten in einer Partitur wünschen. Eine ausgezeichnete Ausgabe! [...]
Quelle: Toccata - 30/2007
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