Brilliance, fluency, clarity and extraordinary communicative powers – Mozart seems to have had them all. Little wonder he was hailed as the finest pianist of his generation – even rivals such as Clementi commented ‘I had never heard anyone play with so much spirit and grace…’

Of course we have no idea how Mozart the pianist sounded. We have the reviews and comments of those who heard him perform, and we have the instruments of his time. These do take us some way to understanding performance practice of the day, and the limitations of the instruments, and how composers of the late 18th century worked to test the instruments, and make greater demands upon the constantly evolving pianoforte.

On these 14 CDs is everything Mozart wrote for solo keyboard or for 4-hands, from small works written down by his incredulous father Leopold when his son was just 5 years old, to the works of the child prodigy through to the masterpieces of the mature genius.

There is much that is well known here, but interestingly there are several first recordings. All the works are played on pianofortes of the period.

This is the first complete cycle using instruments of the period, and extensive booklet notes are included on an accompanying CD-ROM.

Contents:
CD 1 Sonatas and Fantasies
- Sonata in B flat major, KV.333
- Fantasy in D minor, KV.397
- Fantasy in C minor, KV.396
- Sonata in C major, KV.330
Bart Van Oort (fortepiano)
Fortepiano after Walter (ca 1795) by Chris Maene (Ruiselede, 1995)

CD 2 Sonatas, Fantasy and Adagio
- Sonata in B flat major, KV.570
- Fantasy in C minor, KV.475
- Sonata in C minor, KV.457
- Adagio in B minor, KV.540
- Sonata in D major, KV.576
Bart Van Oort (fortepiano)
Fortepiano after Walter (ca 1795) by Chris Maene (Ruiselede, 1995)

CD 3 Variations Vol.1
- Nine variations KV.264 on the arietta “Lison dormait” from the opera “Julie” by Nicolas Dezède
- Twelve variations KV.353 on the French song “Le belle Françoise”
- Twelve variations KV.354 on the Romance “Je Suis Lindor” from “Le Barbier de Seville” by Beaumarchais, music by Antoine-Laurent Baudron
- Eight variations KV.352 on the chorus “Dieu d'amour” from the opera “Les mariages Samnites” by André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry
- Six variations KV.398 on “Salve tu, Domine” from the opera “I filosofi immaginarii” by Giovanni Paisiello
Bart Van Oort (fortepiano)
Fortepiano after Walter (ca 1795) by Chris Maene (Ruiselede, 2000)

CD 4 Variations Vol.2
- Six variations (KV.581) KV.Anh.137 on a theme from the Clarinet Quintet
- Ten variations KV.455 on the aria “Unser dummer Pöbel meint” from “La Rencontre imprévue” by Christoph Willibald Gluck
- Twelve variations KV.500 (1786) on an Allegretto
- Nine variations KV.573 on a Menuet by Jean-Pierre Duport
- Eight variations KV.613 on the song “Ein Weib ist das herrlichste Ding” from the Singspiel “Der dumme Gärtner” by J. Schack and F. Gerl
Bart Van Oort (fortepiano)
Fortepiano after Walter (ca 1795) by Chris Maene (Ruiselede, 2000)

CD 5 Sonatas and Rondos
- Sonata in E flat major, KV.282
- Rondo in D major, KV.485
- Sonata in G major, KV.283
- Rondo in A minor, KV.511
- Sonata in D major, KV.284
Bart Van Oort (fortepiano)
Fortepiano after Walter (ca 1785) by Gerard Tuinman (Utrecht, 2002)

CD 6 Early Sonatas and Variations
- Sonata in C major, KV.279
- Twelve variations KV.179 on a Menuet by Johann Christian Fischer
- Sonata in F major, KV.280
- Six variations KV.180 on “Mio caro Adone” from the opera “La fiera di Venezia” by Antonio Salieri
- Sonata in B flat major, KV.281
Bart Van Oort (fortepiano)
Fortepiano: Anonymous, Vienna ca 1785, Collection Edwin Beunk

CD 7 Sonatas and Variations
- Sonata in C major, KV.309
- Three Variations KV.460 on “Come un agnello” from the opera “Fra i due litiganti il terzo gode” by Giuseppe Sarti
- Sonata in A minor, KV.310
- Twelve Variations KV.265 on the French song “Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman”
- Sonata in D major, KV.311

CD 8 Sonatas and Dances
- Sonata in A major, KV.331
- Eight Minuets, KV.315a (first recording on fortepiano)
- Sonata in F major, KV.332, “Pastorale”
- Six German Dances, KV.509 (first recording on fortepiano)
Bart Van Oort (fortepiano)
Fortepiano after Walter (ca 1795) by Chris Maene (Ruiselede, 2000)

CD 9 Mozart and Polyphony
- Prelude and Fugue in C major, KV.394
- Sonata in F major, KV.533
- Suite in C major, KV.399
- Eine kleine Gigue, KV.574
- Marche funèbre del Sigr Maestro Contrapunto, KV.453a
- Prelude in F minor, KV.Anh.32 (first recording)
- Sonata in C major, KV.545
- Two short Fugues, KV.154a (first recording)
Bart Van Oort (fortepiano)
Fortepiano after Walter (ca 1800) by Gerard Tuinman (Utrecht, 2001)

CD 10 Miscellaneous Keyboard Works
- Overture to Die Entführung aus dem Serail, KV.384
- Adagio in F major, KV.Anh. A65
- Modulating Prelude, KV.624
- Adagio in C major KV.356 for glass harmonica
- Six Variations KV.54 on an Allegretto
- March in C major, KV.408/1
- Minuet in D major KV.355 and Trio by Stadler
- Andante KV.616 for a mechanical organ in F major
- Contredanse in D major KV.534, Das Donnerwetter
- Capriccio in C major, KV.395
Three piano pieces, arranged as a Sonata (first time played together as a piano sonata)
- Allegro in G minor, KV.312
- Andantino in E flat major, KV.236
- Allegro in B flat major, KV.400
Bart Van Oort (fortepiano)
Fortepiano after Walter (ca 1800) by Gerard Tuinman (Utrecht, 2001)

CD 11 Mozart's Childhood
- Eight variations KV.24 on the Dutch song “Laat ons juichen, Batavieren!” by Christian Ernst Graaf
- Andante in C, KV.1a
- Allegro in C, KV.1b
- Allegro del Sgr.
- Wolfgango Mozart 11ten Decembris 1761 in F, KV.1c
- Menuetto del Sgr. Wolfgango Mozart 16to Decembris 1761 in F, KV.1d
- Minuet and Trio in G, KV.1 1e/f
- Minuet in F, KV.2
- Allegro in B flat major, KV.3
- Minuet in F, KV.4
- Minuet in F, KV.5
- Allegro in C, KV.9a
- Klavierstück in F, KV.33B
- Minuet in D, KV.61g II
- Klavierstück in B flat major, KV.Deest (first recording)
- London Sketchbook, KV.15 (first recording on fortepiano)
- Ballet music from Ascanio in Alba, KV.111 (known as Nine Pieces for Piano, KV.Anh. 207) (first recording)
- Seven variations KV.25 on the Dutch song “Willem van Nassau”
Bart Van Oort (fortepiano)
Fortepiano after Walter (ca 1795) by Chris Maene (Ruiselede, 2000/2005)

CD 12 Keyboard Works 4-Hands Vol.1
- Sonata in D major, KV.381
- Fugue in G minor, KV.401
- Sonata in F major, KV.497
Bart Van Oort (fortepiano primo), Ursula Dutschler (fortepiano secundo)
Fortepiano after Walter (ca 1795) by Chris Maene (Ruiselede, 2000)

CD 13 Keyboard Works 4-Hands Vol.2
- Sonata in C major, KV.19d
- Fantasy in F minor for mechanical organ, KV.608
- Andante and Variations in G major, KV.501
- Sonata in C major, KV.521
Bart Van Oortr (fortepiano secundo), Ursula Dutschler (fortepiano primo)
Fortepiano after Walter (ca 1795) by Chris Maene (Ruiselede, 2000)

CD 14 Keyboard Works 4-Hands and Two Pianos
- Sonata in C major, KV.358
- Adagio and Allegro for mechanical organ in F minor, KV.594
- Fugue in C minor for two pianos, KV.426
- Sonata in D major for two pianos, KV.448
Bart Van Oort (fortepiano), Ursula Dutschler (fortepiano)
Fortepiano after Walter (ca 1795) by Chris Maene (Ruiselede, 2000)