Label: Naxos
Genre: Chamber Music
Period: Classical
Catalogue No: 8.557664
Barcode: 747313266425
Release Date: 02/2006

MOZART, W.A.: Violin Sonatas, Vol. 5 (Takako Nishizaki, Loeb)

Mozart’s sonatas for violin and keyboard span a period of some twenty-five years, his earliest such works having been published in 1764, just two years after he had learned to play the violin at the age of six! This fifth volume in Takako Nishizaki’s recording of the complete Violin Sonatas features the richly melodic and technically demanding Sonata No. 15, with the Sonata No. 16, described as ‘a little piano sonata for a beginner with violin’. Previous releases in this series are available on Naxos 8.553110, 8.553111, 8.553112 and 8.553590.

Tracklist

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Nishizaki, Takako (violin)
Loeb, Benjamin (piano)
1I. Andantino cantabile06:02
Nishizaki, Takako (violin)
Loeb, Benjamin (piano)
2II. Allegro09:12
Nishizaki, Takako (violin)
Loeb, Benjamin (piano)
3III. Andante con variazioni07:53
Nishizaki, Takako (violin)
Loeb, Benjamin (piano)
Nishizaki, Takako (violin)
Loeb, Benjamin (piano)
4Variations in G Major, K. 359, "La bergere Celimene"15:12
Nishizaki, Takako (violin)
Loeb, Benjamin (piano)
Nishizaki, Takako (violin)
Loeb, Benjamin (piano)
5I. Molto Allegro10:08
Nishizaki, Takako (violin)
Loeb, Benjamin (piano)
6II. Andante11:31
Nishizaki, Takako (violin)
Loeb, Benjamin (piano)
7III. Presto07:43
Nishizaki, Takako (violin)
Loeb, Benjamin (piano)

Total Playing Time: 01:07:41