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Sonatas with Varied Reprises, K. 279–284
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Sonatas with Varied Reprises, K. 279–284

Tom Beghin

Label: Evil Penguin
Format: CD
Barcode: 0608917726626
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Catalog number: EPRC 0079
Releasedate: 03-10-25

- First-time realization of Sonatas with Varied Reprises (K. 279–284), based on never published W. A. Mozart manuscript—now brought to life after 250 years.

- Features reconstituted scores of six beloved Mozart sonatas, rooted in 18th-century performance practices.

- Recorded on a Stein fortepiano, offering period-accurate sound and expression that illuminate Mozart’s original intentions.

- A product of artistic research at the Orpheus Institute, bridging scholarship and performance in a cutting-edge realization. Released by Evil Penguin Classic’s Keyboard Keyworks, a series that blends deep musical research with engaging listening experiences.

In 1775 Leopold Mozart made an offer to publisher Breitkopf in Leipzig: to print an opus of keyboard sonatas by his son mit veränderten Reprisen, following the famous example set by C. P. E. Bach. Breitkopf declined, but after 250 years the idea still resonates: what might Wolfgang Amadé Mozart’s Sonatas with Varied Reprises have sounded like?

Played on a highly responsive Stein fortepiano, Tom Beghin’s reconstituted score of K. 279–284 (Munich, 1775) provides a captivating answer—one that challenges our familiarity with six classics of the repertoire, while also paying tribute to Mozart’s supreme improvisational skills.