Mozart Archive

Mozart completed his Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491, on March 24, 1786. It projects a reflective, personal, and intimate quality. Much of the originality of this concerto lies in the sonority and …

Scored for a very small group of players, this Divertimento was probably written to commemorate the graduation of a close friend of Mozart’s, Sigmund Robinig, from his law studies at the University of Salzburg in …

The amazing variety that Mozart compressed into the ten minutes of this work is remarkable even by his standards. The piece opens with a recitative for voice and strings, the winds and piano not making …

It is estimated that this fantasia was composed by Mozart in 1782, mainly because of its similarities to his Prelude (Fantasy) and Fugure in C major, K. 394, also written in 1782, as well as another …

Mozart composed his second-to-last piano sonata in February 1789, but it did not become known until five years after his death when it was published as a sonata for piano and violin! This B-flat major …