Mozart, Grieg: Piano Sonatas

1. Mozart / Arr Grieg: Piano Sonata No.16 in C Major, K. 545: I. Allegro 
2. Mozart / Grieg : Piano Sonata No.16 in C major K545: II Andante  
3. Mozart / Grieg : Piano Sonata No.16 in C major K545: III Rondo - Allegretto  
4. Mozart / Arr Grieg: Fantasia in C Minor, K. 475  
5. Mozart : Piano Sonata in F major K494 : I Allegro  
6. Mozart : Piano Sonata in F major K494 : II Andante  
7. Mozart / Arr Grieg: Piano Sonata in F Major, K. 533/494: III. Rondo - Allegretto  

In 1877 Edvard Grieg informed his publisher that he had added “a free, second piano to several of Mozart’s sonatas.” As he later emphasised, his modernization “did not change a single one of Mozart’s notes”, but constituted “a way of showing admiration for an old master.” Grieg also intended the pieces for a duo of student at teacher; here the performers are a pianist of exceptional distinction and her legendary mentor: Elisabeth Leonskaja and Sviatoslav Richter.