Piano Sonata No. 15 (Mozart)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 15 in F major, KV 533/494 (finished 3 January 1788) is a sonata in three movements:

  1. Allegro
  2. Andante in B-flat major
  3. Rondo: Allegretto
Piano Sonata in F major
No. 15
by W. A. Mozart
Drawing of Mozart in silverpoint by Dora Stock in 1789
KeyF major
CatalogueK. 533
StyleClassical period
Composed1788
MovementsThree (Allegro, Andante, Rondo: Allegretto)

A typical performance takes about 23 minutes.

The Rondo was originally a stand-alone piece composed by Mozart in 1786 (Rondo No. 2, K. 494 in the Köchel catalogue). In 1788, Mozart wrote the first two movements of K. 533 and incorporated a revised version of K. 494 as the finale, having lengthened it in order to provide a more substantial counterpart to the other two movements.[1]

Opening of the sonata

Other arrangements

Edvard Grieg arranged this sonata for 2 pianos, by adding further accompaniment on the secondo part, whilst the primo part plays the original.[2] This attempt to "impart to several of Mozart's sonatas a tonal effect appealing to our modern ears" serves to document the taste of Grieg's late nineteenth-century Norwegian audience.[3] A notable recording is that of Elisabeth Leonskaja accompanied by Sviatoslav Richter.

Notes
  1. All Music Guide
  2. "Piano Sonata No.15 in F major, K.533/494 (Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus) - IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library: Free Public Domain Sheet Music". imslp.org. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  3. hfinch (2013-01-09). "Mozart, arr Grieg Piano Sonatas". www.gramophone.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-07-17.


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