W. A. Mozart: Piano Sonata KV497 I. Allegro - for Orchestra

[gprengel]

One of the most ingenious works of Mozart for piano is the Allegro of the sonata for 4 hands in F-major KV 497. My concert guide speaks of the "symphonic" character of this marvellous movement. Especially outstanding is the development section!! So I tried to create a symphonic orchestration of this Allegro. In the original there is a slow introduction but which is very "piano" orientated so I just did the Allegro.

http://www.gerdprengel.de/Mozart_Pia...497-1_orch.mp3

Gerd

PS: Peter, the orchestration of KV457 I had considered already, but I couldn't get a "vision" for an orchestration yet, maybe later ....

[Peter]

Hello Gerd, have just found the time to listen but unfortunately the link isn't working.

[hal9000]

This should work, Peter.

[Peter]

This should work, Peter.

Thanks it does! And thanks to Gerd for sharing his excellent orchestrations that really capture the Mozartian use of woodwind - yes I'm sure had this great work been orchestrated by Mozart it would have been far better known.