{"product_id":"mozart-vol-1-piano-sonatas-no-9-11","title":"Mozart, Vol. 1: Piano Sonatas No. 9-11","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pianodisc.com\/audio-samples\/OP3105\/OP3105-sample.mp3\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAudio Preview\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the Creation of Piano Sonatas No. 9–11\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on January 27, 1756, in Salzburg, Austria, and became one of the most prodigiously gifted composers in the history of Western music. A pianist of extraordinary ability from earliest childhood, he developed an intimate and lifelong relationship with the keyboard, and his piano sonatas represent some of the most perfectly proportioned and melodically inventive works in the Classical repertoire. Where Beethoven would later use the sonata form as a vehicle for dramatic struggle and emotional extremity, Mozart's approach is one of balance, clarity, and an apparently effortless flow of melodic invention — qualities that conceal, beneath their polished surface, a structural precision of the highest order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSonatas Nos. 9 through 11 were composed in the late 1770s, a period of considerable productivity and artistic development in Mozart's career. The Sonata No. 9 in D Major, K. 311 opens with a brisk and energetic \u003cstrong\u003eAllegro con spirito\u003c\/strong\u003e before settling into a deeply expressive \u003cstrong\u003eAndante\u003c\/strong\u003e and closing with a flowing, dancing \u003cstrong\u003eRondo\u003c\/strong\u003e. The Sonata No. 10 in C Major, K. 330 is perhaps the most serene and balanced of the three, its \u003cstrong\u003eAllegro moderato\u003c\/strong\u003e unfolding with an easy, singing grace, its central \u003cstrong\u003eAndante cantabile\u003c\/strong\u003e among the most purely lyrical slow movements Mozart ever wrote for the instrument, and its \u003cstrong\u003eAllegretto\u003c\/strong\u003e finale light and precise in its articulation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331 is the most immediately recognizable of the set, opening not with a conventional sonata-form movement but with a theme and variations of considerable elegance and variety, followed by a stately \u003cstrong\u003eMenuetto\u003c\/strong\u003e before arriving at the famous \u003cstrong\u003eAlla Turca\u003c\/strong\u003e finale — a piece whose percussive rhythms and bright, march-like character have made it one of the most beloved and recognizable movements in all of piano literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat unites these three sonatas is the quality of Mozart's melodic thinking — his ability to construct phrases of such natural proportion and inevitability that they seem not so much composed as discovered. Each movement is a study in the Classical virtues of clarity, balance, and formal economy, yet within those constraints Mozart finds room for a remarkable range of character and expression. Together, Sonatas Nos. 9 through 11 offer a vivid and rewarding window into the world of Classical piano writing at its most refined and assured.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eTrack List:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePiano Sonata No. 9 in D Major, K. 311: I. Allegro con spirito\u003c\/strong\u003e - 4:26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pianodisc.com\/audio-samples\/OP3105\/01%20Piano%20Sonata%20No.%209%20in%20D%20Major,%20K.%20311-%20I.%20Allegro%20con%20spirito%20(Sample).mp3\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAudio Preview\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePiano Sonata No. 9 in D Major, K. 311: II. Andante con espressione\u003c\/strong\u003e - 5:50\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pianodisc.com\/audio-samples\/OP3105\/02%20Piano%20Sonata%20No.%209%20in%20D%20Major,%20K.%20311-%20II.%20Andante%20con%20espressione%20(Sample).mp3\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAudio Preview\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePiano Sonata No. 9 in D Major, K. 311: III. Rondo: Allegro\u003c\/strong\u003e - 6:42\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pianodisc.com\/audio-samples\/OP3105\/03%20Piano%20Sonata%20No.%209%20in%20D%20Major,%20K.%20311-%20III.%20Rondo-%20Allegro%20(Sample).mp3\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAudio Preview\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePiano Sonata No. 10 in C Major, K. 330: I. Allegro moderato\u003c\/strong\u003e - 7:03\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pianodisc.com\/audio-samples\/OP3105\/04%20Piano%20Sonata%20No.%2010%20in%20C%20Major,%20K.%20330-%20I.%20Allegro%20moderato%20(Sample).mp3\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAudio Preview\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePiano Sonata No. 10 in C Major, K. 330: II. Andante cantabile\u003c\/strong\u003e - 6:03\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pianodisc.com\/audio-samples\/OP3105\/05%20Piano%20Sonata%20No.%2010%20in%20C%20Major,%20K.%20330-%20II.%20Andante%20cantabile%20(Sample).mp3\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAudio Preview\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePiano Sonata No. 10 in C Major, K. 330: III. Allegretto\u003c\/strong\u003e - 6:18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pianodisc.com\/audio-samples\/OP3105\/06%20Piano%20Sonata%20No.%2010%20in%20C%20Major,%20K.%20330-%20III.%20Allegretto%20(Sample).mp3\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAudio Preview\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePiano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331 \"Alla Turca\": I. Tema (Andante grazioso) con variazioni\u003c\/strong\u003e - 10:30\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pianodisc.com\/audio-samples\/OP3105\/07%20Piano%20Sonata%20No.%2011%20in%20A%20Major,%20K.%20331%20_Alla%20Turca_-%20I.%20Tema%20(Andante%20grazioso)%20con%20variazioni%20(Sample).mp3\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAudio Preview\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePiano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331 \"Alla Turca\": II. Menuetto\u003c\/strong\u003e - 5:52\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pianodisc.com\/audio-samples\/OP3105\/08%20Piano%20Sonata%20No.%2011%20in%20A%20Major,%20K.%20331%20_Alla%20Turca_-%20II.%20Menuetto%20(Sample).mp3\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAudio Preview\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePiano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331 \"Alla Turca\": III. Alla Turca (Allegretto)\u003c\/strong\u003e - 2:50\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pianodisc.com\/audio-samples\/OP3105\/09%20Piano%20Sonata%20No.%2011%20in%20A%20Major,%20K.%20331%20_Alla%20Turca_-%20III.%20Alla%20Turca%20(Allegretto)%20(Sample).mp3\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eAudio Preview\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"list-style: none;\"\u003eTotal Runtime - 55:34\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n","brand":"PianoDisc Music Store","offers":[{"title":"Download","offer_id":52996940398873,"sku":"OP3105","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0148\/7808\/1110\/files\/Mozart_Vol.1_PianoSonatasNo.9-11_E.jpg?v=1786750166","url":"https:\/\/store.pianodisc.com\/products\/mozart-vol-1-piano-sonatas-no-9-11","provider":"PianoDisc Music Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}