G. Henle Verlag Piano Sonata G Major K. 283 (189h)

G. Henle Verlag

Piano Sonata G Major K. 283 (189h)

An Authoritative Urtext Edition Of The Piano Sonata G Major K.283 By Mozart. Edited By Ernst Herttrich With Fingering By Hans Martin Theopold. First Movement The Fifth Sonata K 283 (189h), In The Pastoral And Joyous Key Of G Major, Is Especially Popular; It Again Displays Novel Ideas, Musically And Pianistically. The Diversity Of Its Melodic Invention Is Highly Typical Of Mozart, And So Is The Clear Cut Sonata Form Of The First Movement. The Very First Idea Is A Marvel Of Folkmusic Like Invention. The Opening Theme And Its Continuation Is An Interplay Of Question And Answer With The Final Response In Baroque Hemiola Rhythm (A Sudden 3/2 Meter Interpolated In A 3/4 Movement). The Ornamented Unison Passage Which Follows (Mm. 16 22) Is Superbly Written And Sounds Especially Brilliant And Full Bodied On The Pianos Of Mozart’S Time. This Tutti Effect Was One Of His Favourites, And He Also Used It In Later Works, Such As The Variation On A Theme By Gluck K 455 The Piano Concerto K 456/I And The Cadenza Of The Piano Concerto In G Major K 453/I. Second Movement The Andante In C Major Is Unpretentious, But With The Help Of Subtle Shading In Performance, The Repeated Notes Of The Theme Can Become Really Effective. Unlike The First Movement, Which In Place Of A New Development Section Simply Presents A New Idea Followed By An Extended Transition To The Recapitulation, The Second Movement Contains A True Development In The 19th Century Textbook Sense, Presenting The Subject First In The Right Hand (In D Minor And C Major) And Then In The Lower Register And So No. Third Movement A Scintillating Virtuoso Presto Concludes This Sonata. At The Very End, There Is A Typical Mozartian Joke: He Wrote The Word Coda Into The Score; But Instead Of The Expected Elaborate Epilogue, This Tail Consists Of Only Two Concluding Chords.