Mozart: Piano Sonatas K457, 533, 545, 570 & 576

‘If this first volume is anything to go by, the journey will be a joy’ was BBC Music Magazine’s prediction when Angela Hewitt embarked on her Mozart piano sonata cycle. This final volume goes to show just how right they were, the five sonatas recorded here providing a fitting climax to the whole series.

CDA68431/2 150 minutes 48 seconds (2 discs)

‘Cultivated performances, graced with discernment along every axis: colour, dynamics, rubato, articulation. It will surely appeal to those looking for an even-tempered, unexaggerated middle ground bet ...
‘[Hewitt] is nimble and witty [in K265], characterising each variation clearly but never striving for effect, and adding runs and decorations that are in the spirit of the birth of this piece as a com ...