This is the second of two sonatas for piano and violin in the same key composed during the summer of 1781. It was a period during which Mozart was settling to his new life in Vienna after his ignoble dismissal from the service of the Archbishop of Salzburg, Hieronymus Colloredo on June 8. The two F major Sonatas are very different in character. The first to have been composed, K. 376, is a work of considerable brilliance, but the present work has an intense, agitated opening Allegro, a set dark-hued theme and set of variations in D minor (marked Andante) for its second movement. The final bars of the theme introduce some particularly felicitous interplay between the two instruments, a mark not only of the new equality Mozart had introduce to the medium, but also the greater motivic integration between them. The final movement, marked Tempo di Minuetto, is a rondo. Before the end of the year five sonatas were published along with the C Major Sonata, K. 296, by the firm of Artaria and Co., Mozart's first works published in Vienna. The set was issued with a dedication to Josepha Auernhammer, a pupil of Mozart's for whom he wrote the Sonata in D for two pianos, K. 448, and who later read proofs for the composer. The set was issued as "Op. 2," a meaningless appendage since it was the third of Mozart's to be so called. A subsequent review of the set recognized their great advance, remarking on their richness in new ideas and manner in which "the violin is so artfully combined with the clavier part." The fact that the set was also published in Paris (in 1785) and was still being advertised by Artaria in 1787 leads to the assumption that the sonatas attained considerable popularity.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata for violin & piano No. 25 in F major, K. 377 (K. 374e)
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Description by Brian Robins
Parts/Movements
- Allegro
- Theme with 6 Variations. Andante
- Tempo di Menuetto
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Harmonia Mundi
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Harmonia Mundi
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Accent
ACC 24351
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Oberlin Music
OC 1701
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Centaur Records
CRC 3619202122
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Vermeer
4001417
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Hänssler Classic
HC 17013
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Fleur de Son
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Hyperion
CDA 68164
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Warner Classics
0825646019311
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Deutsche Grammophon
4794708
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Gramola
99038
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Channel Classics
CCSBOX 6414
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CRD Records
CRR 3435
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Erato
2564624223
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Naxos
8573033
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Music & Arts
MA 1225
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Deutsche Grammophon
002894779464
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Chaconne / Chandos
CHAN0781
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2011 |
Oehms Classics
OC 756
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Haenssler
98254
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Camerata Records
28187
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Decca
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Newton Classics
8802022
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Nimbus
2562/65
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Haenssler
98253
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Doremi Records
7964-69
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2009 |
Various Artists
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Decca
4781149
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Various Artists
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Decca
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Channel Classics
26208
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Avi
855307
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Philips
4646602
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Gramola
98852
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Channel Classics
23906
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Various Artists
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Warner Classics
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Gramola
GRAM 98777/82
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Accent
20041
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Vanguard
1885
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Deutsche Grammophon
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Deutsche Grammophon
477631
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Deutsche Grammophon
000710202
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Various Artists
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Warner Classics
4623362
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29823-4
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Decca
4782540
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Philips
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Philips
000483036
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Harmonia Mundi
907380
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Harmonia Mundi
807380
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Various Artists
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Brilliant
92540
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Brilliant
99721
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Zig Zag Territoires
21001
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Musicaphon
51750
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Doremi Records
7821-5
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Vanguard Classics
1224
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Calliope
3664/7
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Deutsche Grammophon
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Various Artists
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Philips
000575402
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Music & Arts
4665
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Philips
446237
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Philips
462185
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APR (Appian)
5543
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Sony Classical
61962
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EtCetera Records
1138
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Naxos
553110
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Various Artists
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Philips
446 222-2PB25
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Vox
5128
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Deutsche Grammophon
431784
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Nonesuch
79155
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Pearl
GEMMCD9454
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Various Artists
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Philips
422515
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Music & Arts
665
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Warner Music
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Brilliant
92628/10
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Various Artists
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Brilliant
92628
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Deutsche Grammophon
463749
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RCA
60447
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Deutsche Grammophon
419215
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EMI Music Distribution
575582
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Vanguard
8036
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Lyrinx
105
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RCA
77552
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Meridian Records
84191
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Nuova Era
6836/41
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Verdi Music
6815
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Philips
412141
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Brilliant
99721/3
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Deutsche Grammophon
431276
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