The Sonata in D major is the last of the Six Sonatas K. 279-284 that Mozart had in his luggage when he set off for Paris in September 1777.
He had already successfully performed this music in Munich, Augsburg and Mannheim, a fact he proudly told his father back at home.
He gave the works particularly rich dynamic markings and also found unusual solutions concerning their formal aspect, for instance having a slow Rondeau en Polonaise as the middle movement of the Sonata in D major.
Here is pianist Ingrid Haebler to play this music for you:
