CDXII. MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus: Sonata #24 for Piano and Violin in F Major, K. 376

CDXII. MOZART, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)

Sonata #24 for Piano and Violin in F Major, K. 376 (1781)
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Rondeau: Allegretto grazioso
Bomsori Kim, violin
Rafał Blechacz, piano
(16:45)

First Movement

Opening with a forceful I-V-I cadence, the piano then introduces a familiar rising melody line:

The development opens with the piano on the dominant and the violin then enters back on the tonic.

Second movement

A lovely cantabile movement. The two instruments weave in and out, and Mozart keeps things moving by introducing 16th-note triplets:

Trading long trills:

Third movement

Sweeping scale passage work. Look how he stops everything in its tracks, right before the coda: