Old Mozart Piano Sonata Recordings.

[smittims]

That's BBCL 4166-2. An excellent dsc worth hearing repeatedly.

Haydn F minor variations
Beethoven Moonlight
Chopin scherzo no.3
Beethoven C minor variations Woo 80
Kodaly Dances of Marrosszek
and the Mozart

[Mandryka]

Annie Fischer's 457 is possibly my favourite 457 recorded without 475.

About 10 years ago someone asked me for a list of favourite Mozart sonata recordings using modern pianos. I dug it out a couple of months ago when the topic came up again, that's when I was so surprised by how much I enjoyed Horowitz's 1987 K333. I'm not sure I'd feel the same now but here it is for your perusal

> 1 (K.279): Lili Kraus (1954), Daniel Barenboim (1984-1985)
> 2 (K.280): Lili Kraus (1954), Clara Haskil (1961)
> 3 (K.281): Lili Kraus (1954), Emil Gilels (1970), Daniel Barenboim (1984-1985)
> 4 (K.282): Samuil Feinberg (1953), Lili Kraus (1954), Sviatoslav Richter (1989, live), Andreas Staier (2003), Elisso Virsaladze (2013)
> 5 (K.283): Lili Kraus (1954), Sviatoslav Richter (1966, live), Dezső Ránki (1997, live)
> 6 (K.284): Daniel Barenboim (1984-1985)
> 7 (K.309): Sviatoslav Richter (1968, live in Prague), Daniel Barenboim (1984-1985)
> 8 (K.310): Barenboim 1966 (Westminster), Dinu Lipatti (1950, studio in Geneva + live in Besançon), Emil Gilels (1971, live in Ossiach), Sviatoslav Richter (1989, live in London), Pommier, Ranki, Sokolov
> 9 (K.311): Lili Kraus (1954), Dezső Ránki (1978-78), Horszowski, Yudina
> 10 (K.330): Walter Gieseking (1953), Krystian Zimerman (live in Vienna, 2008)
> 11 (K.331): Walter Gieseking (1953), Lili Kraus (1954)
> 12 (K.332): Artur Schnabel (1946), Lili Kraus (1954), Andreas Staier (2004)
> 13 (K.333): Lili Kraus (1954), Sviatoslav Richter (live in Prague, 1966), Ivan Moravec (1982), Vladimir Horowitz (1987, studio), Vladimir Horowitz (1987, live in Munich)
> Fantasy K.475 + Sonata 14 (K.457): Ivan Moravec (1967), Elisso Virsaladze (live in Munich, 1995), Jos van Immerseel (1996)
> K.457 recorded alone: Annie Fischer (live in London, 1971)
> Sonata 15 (K.533/494): Sviatoslav Richter (live in Como, 1989), Jos van Immerseel (1996)
> Sonata 16 (K.545): Lili Kraus (1954), Sviatoslav Richter (live in Prague, 1956), Dezső Ránki (1978-78), Sviatoslav Richter (live in London, 1989)

I can say this. Just a couple of days ago I listened to the Elisso Virsaladze recording mentioned above, first time in many years. It's VERY good!

[smittims]

Good to see Lily Kraus there. How wonderful that her career blossomed so much in her late years; after her terrible experiences in the war she must have wondered if she would ever play again.

Her 'Epic' discs of the concertos are wonderful too.

[Mandryka]

The thing I love most with Lily Kraus is the sonatas with Szymon Goldberg - for me the younger Szymon Goldberg just touches the spot.

[Barbirollians]

K310 Lipatti - obviously.