Tuesday Tunes will be a regular part of our posting repertoire, for here you will find some of the best loved music the world has produced. My blogging partners and I have definitive tastes in music, and while I will not claim any superiority for my tastes (though I think I could make a good case for it ;)), mine will flow in certain directions. While I listen to several genres, I grew up listening to classical, which was a favorite of my mother’s.

Thus, when I was thinking about what I would share, there really was only one choice for the subject of this post. While there have been many fabulous composers, Mozart stands head and shoulders above the rest in my opinion. Mozart was born January 27, 1756 in Salzburg to Leopold Mozart and his wife Anna Maria. Though he only lived a short 35 years, his credits include more than 800 compositions in just about every popular form of music of the time. Mozart has often been considered the first concert pianist, and was a critical figure in the classical period. He was praised for his technical brilliance, and his music is admired for its “melodic beauty, its formal elegance and its richness of harmony and texture”.

There are many excellent choices I could make from among the catalogue of Mozart’s music. Many among them are accounted as the most recognizable music in the world, such as as Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Rondo alla Turca, The Marriage of Figaro or The Magic Flute overtures, or many of his piano concertos, symphonies, or choral music. For this, however, I chose something that, while still popular and performed often, is not accounted as one of his best known. Yet, it is among my favorites. Anyone who knows me will know that I am a sucker for piano music. In this piece, we are treated to two pianos!

Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major was composed in 1781 when Mozart was 25 years old. The piece is beautiful in its entirety, but I especially love the second Andante. If you’re looking for a glimmer of gold, I’m sorry to disappoint you, but I firmly believe Mozart was golden at his worst!

Without further ado, here it is!

Source:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart