Volumes 2 and 3 of Orli Shaham's Complete Piano Sonatas by Mozart
2-disc set released August 26 on Canary Classics
Singles released August 12 & 19
“a first-rate Mozartean” — The Chicago Tribune
The internationally-renowned concert pianist Orli Shaham is deep into a multi-year endeavor of recording all of Mozart’s piano sonatas. Volumes 2 and 3 of "Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas" is released on Canary Classics (CC21) on August 26, 2022. Singles will be released on August 12 (Rondo All Turca: Allegretto from K.331) and August 19 (Allegretto from K.576).
In this two CD set, Orli Shaham performs the ever-popular Sonata K.331, including the Rondo Alla Turca; one of the most technically demanding piano works by Mozart - the Sonata in D major, K.576; and the Sonata in A minor, K.310, a work with enormous emotional depth. Says Ms. Shaham, “These sonatas give so many insights into Mozart’s mind, his personality, and his soul, and reveal fresh ideas about the music and its meaning with every hearing.” The complete list of sonatas on Volumes 2 and 3 is below.
Improvisation is a big part of Orli Shaham’s approach to this music. For months leading up to the recording sessions, she worked on sections that she felt Mozart left open to improvisation, experimenting with all kinds of ideas. The result is a great sense of spontaneity in each of the sonatas she recorded. "The act of improvisation allows you to feel some sense of what Mozart would have felt. He was a real flesh-and-bone human being, for all his genius, just like us,” said Ms. Shaham.
Critics call Shaham "an intelligent and sensitive guide" for this music. For a digital or physical copy of Volumes 2 and 3 (Canary Classics CC21, released August 26), contact ClassicalCommunications@gmail.com. Volume 1 (Canary Classics CC19) is also available.
"Her playing is defined by expressive and varied phrasing, always convinced of where it's leading" — Classical Musical Sentinel
Orli Shaham, piano
Mozart Piano Sonatas Vol. 2 and 3
K.282 ● K.283 ● K.310 ● K.331 ● K. 332
K.545 ● K.576
Canary Classics CC21
Release date: August 26, 2022*
*Singles released on August 12 (Rondo All Turca: Allegretto from K.331)
and August 19 (Allegretto from K.576)
Volume 2 (Total Time = 61:11)
[01-03] Piano Sonata in A Minor, No. 9, K. 310
[04-06] Piano Sonata in F Major, No. 12, K. 332
[07-09] Piano Sonata in D Major, No. 18, K. 576
Volume 3 (Total Time = 69:34)
[01-03] Piano Sonata in C Major, "für Anfänger", No. 16, K. 545
[04-06] Piano Sonata in E-flat Major, No. 4, K. 282
[07-09] Piano Sonata in G Major, No. 5, K. 283
[10-12] Piano Sonata in A Major, "Alla turca", No. 11, K. 331
Hailed as “a first-rate Mozartean” by Chicago Tribune, Orli Shaham has established an international reputation as one of today's most gifted pianists.
Orli Shaham has performed with many of the major orchestras around the world, and has appeared in recital from Carnegie Hall to the Sydney Opera House. She is Artistic Director of Pacific Symphony’s chamber series Café Ludwig in Costa Mesa, California and Artistic Director of the interactive children's concert series, Orli Shaham’s Bach Yard, which she founded in 2010.
In 2022, Ms. Shaham releases the second and third volumes of the complete Mozart Piano Sonatas. Her Mozart recording project also includes Volume 1 of the Piano Sonatas and her album of Piano Concertos with St. Louis Symphony, all of which are part of her discography of a over a dozen titles on Canary Classics, Deutsche Gramophone, Albany Records, SFS Media and more.
Orli Shaham is a Co-Host and Creative for the national radio program From the Top. She is on the piano and chamber music faculty at The Juilliard School and is chair of the board of trustees at Kaufman Music Center in New York. In 2022, Orli Shaham serves on the juries of both the Cliburn and Honens International Piano Competitions.