Mozart - Sonata for piano, 4 hands in D major, K. 381 (1772) {Haebler&Hoffmann}

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was one of the most influential, popular and prolific composers of the classical period. A child prodigy, from an early age he began composing over 600 works, including some of the most famous pieces of symphonic, chamber, operatic, and choral music. Sonata for piano, 4 hands in D Major, . Vienna, Summer 1772 1. Allegro (0:00) 2. Andante (3:38) 3. Allegro molto (9:51) Ingrid Haebler & Ludwig Hoffmann, piano Description by Brian Robins Although it is undated, the Sonata in D major for four hands at one piano was composed at some time during the middle of 1772, the year in which Mozart later returned to Italy with his father Leopold to supervise the opening of his new opera Lucio Silla, K. 135. Like two other early four-hand sonatas, K. 19d, composed in London in 1765, and K. 358 in B flat, which dates from 1773 or 1774, it was written for Mozart and his sister Nannerl to play. In her youth, she was consid