Mozart: Sonatas for four hands, by Thomas Beijer & Nicolas van Poucke

Mozart: Sonatas for four hands

by Thomas Beijer & Nicolas van Poucke

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1.	Sonata for Piano Four-Hands in B Major, KV 358: I. Allegro 04:15	buy track
2.	Sonata for Piano Four-Hands in B Major, KV 358: II. Adagio 05:53	buy track
3.	Sonata for Piano Four-Hands in B Major, KV 358: III. Molto presto 03:08	buy track
4.	Sonata for Piano Four-Hands in F Major, KV 497: I. Adagio - Allegro di molto 09:16	buy track
5.	Sonata for Piano Four-Hands in F Major, KV 497: II. Andante 11:21	buy track
6.	Sonata for Piano Four-Hands in F Major, KV 497: III. Allegro 08:02	buy track
7.	Sonata for Piano Four-Hands in C Major, KV 521: I. Allegro 09:21	buy track
8.	Sonata for Piano Four-Hands in C Major, KV 521: II. Andante 07:27	buy track
9.	Sonata for Piano Four-Hands in C Major, KV 521: III. Allegretto 07:30	buy track

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For years, Beijer and Van Poucke have performed repertoire by Mozart and Schubert: their first recital took place at Amsterdam's Bethaniënklooster in 2012 and other concerts have followed regularly
since. During the corona pandemic, the pianists decided to turn their focus to some of Mozart's four-handed sonatas. They did a number of performances with them and recorded three sonatas for this album: KV 358, KV 497 and KV 521.

"We really love Mozart for its playfulness and humour: it's a combination of human lyricism with all the crazy stuff," Beijer says. "For me, it was once the first composer who really speaks to you. His music touches you and is full of life," Van Poucke adds. "You can see references to his other work in his quatre-mains compositions," the pianists note. "For instance, in KV 521 there are references to the Jupiter Symphony and you hear echoes from Don Giovanni in KV 497. KV 358 is a truly youthful work: a short and whimsical divertimento."

"For us, this album is the document of a deep friendship. With this production, we really went to the limit in terms of the quality of the performance and the recording technique. The main thing was that the music had to keep sounding spontaneous and alive," Beijer and Van Poucke conclude.

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released October 14, 2022

Recording & mastering engineer: Brendon Heinst
Assistant engineer: Bart Koop
Editor Hans: Erblich
Liner notes: Thomas Beijer & Nicolas van Poucke
Piano technician: Martijn van Dijk
Photography & artwork: Brendon Heinst
Behind the scenes photography: Nicolas van Poucke & Thomas Beijer

Recording date: December 10th and 11th 2021
Recording location: Westvest90 Church, Schiedam (NL)
Recording format: 11.2MHz 1bit in 5.1.4-channel immersive

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Thomas Beijer Amsterdam, Netherlands

Born in The Netherlands in 1988, Thomas Beijer enrolled at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, where he studied with Jan Wijn. After graduating with the highest distinction, he continued his piano studies with the Cuban pianist Jorge Luis Prats. Besides his career as a pianist and a composer, Beijer is a visual artist and an author. In 2017 he made his debut as a novelist with Geen Jalapeños. ... more

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