Three Mozart Organ Sonatas (HENZE HANS WERNER)

Sonate für Orgel und Kammerorchester (Streicher ohne Viola)-The 17 Church or 'Epistle' Sonatas were composed between 1772 and 1780. They are short single-movement pieces intended to be played during a celebration of the Mass.Three of the sonatas are scored for small Orchestra including Oboes Horns Trumpets and Timpani and the rest are scored for Organ and strings without Violas.The Sonata in this Volume 5 is the Sonata in C major K.263 (Organ Solo Trumpet (2) Strings).Also available:Volume 1: BA4731.Volume 2: BA4732.Volume 3/4: BA4733.

Mozart's works for Piano duet form the first highlight of this genre which later is only achieved by Franz Schubert. The two early sonatas from the Salzburg period which are particularly suited for music teaching in secondary schools are opposed to three effective compositions from his Viennese period. The present volume also contains the sonata KV 19d the authenticity of which is not confirmed as well as two fragmentary movements dated from Mozart's last years of life KV 357. Robert D. Levin has completed them true to style for practical use taking the limitations of the keyboards of the Mozart Pianos and the composer's personal style into account unlike as in the first edition of ca. 1860. In the appendix there are the two fantasias KV 594 and 608 originally composed for mechanical organ adapted from the earliest arrangements for piano duet published a few years after Mozart's death. In this edition the music text is published in the form of a score for the first time.