Description
In the summer of 1789, Mozart made firm plans to earn money by composing six new easy piano sonatas for Princess Friederike of Prussia. However, only one of these sonatas was actually written, and it was anything but "easy." In fact, the Sonata in D major, K. 576, known as the "Hunt Sonata," is considered one of the most technically challenging of all Mozart's piano sonatas. With its contrapuntal complexity and structural sophistication, this final piano sonata immediately reveals why it earned the "Hunt" moniker when one listens to the opening.
