Mozart: Sonata in Eb major, KV26

In Mozart’s time, the harp became one of the more fashionable instruments and there was a great demand for repertoire. During research in a Parisian library, Nagasawa discovered a score from that period that indicated that the part of the harpsichord could also be played on the harp and decided to do just that. She performs on an authentic 18th century harp with a single action mechanism.

The final two volumes in this benchmark survey of Mozart’s complete music for Keyboard and Violin, released together at a special priced 2 disc set.

‘(… ) So, my lasting impression, having dissected every note of the music, is of a cornucopia of hidden gems; hidden because history has under-rated, misunderstood and bowdlerized the collective meaning of these works by assuming that it is an uneven genre – but then so are the symphonies and even the operas! Finally, one asks why there hasn’t previously been a complete recording on historical instruments. From my ‘privileged’ position as listener-inchief, I can tell you it is because no pair can make such transparent and difficult music sound so effortless, elegant, witty, emotionally persuasive and enjoyable.’ Jonathan Freeman- Attwood, producer