Sunday, July 31, 2011

Mozart C-minor Fantasy, K 475

I have been playing the piece since I was about 15, and it never ceases to amaze me.  It is not just that it is chromatic, it also shifts keys violently and seemlessly.  Sometimes, when people don't know Mozart very well, they will say that he is "pretty," but not as "profound" or "modern" as Bach and Beethoven.  The K475 all by itself refutes the point.