F. X. Mozart: Piano Sonata in G Major, Variations & Russian Fantasy and a Krakowiak Robert Markham

• Franz Xaver Mozart (1791 - 1844): Piano Sonata in G Major, Op. 10:
• 1 Mozart: Piano Sonata in G Major, Op. 10: I. Allegro moderato 13:06
• 2 Mozart: Piano Sonata in G Major, Op. 10: II. Largo 03:00
• 3 Mozart: Piano Sonata in G Major, Op. 10: III. Minuetto - Trio 06:50
• 4 Mozart: Piano Sonata in G Major, Op. 10: IV. Rondo. Allegretto 05:44
• Fantasy on the Russian Song Tchem tebya ya ogortshila and a Krakowiak in A Major, FXWM VII:
• 5 Mozart: Fantasy on the Russian Song Tchem tebya ya ogortshila and a Krakowiak in A Major, FXWM VII:30 15:07
• Variations on a Minuet from the First Finale of W.A. Mozart's Don Giovanni in F Major, Op. 2:
• 6 Mozart: Variations on a Minuet from the First Finale of W.A. Mozart's Don Giovanni in F Major, Op. 2 09:40
• Variations on a Russian Theme in G Minor, Op. 20:
• 7 Mozart: Variations on a Russian Theme in G Minor, Op. 20 07:55
• Total Runtime 01:01:22

Info for F. X. Mozart: Piano Sonata in G Major, Variations & Russian Fantasy and a Krakowiak

Franz Xaver Mozart, who studied with Salieri and Hummel, was a composer-pianist like his father, Wolfgang Amadeus, but inevitably laboured under the weight of huge expectation. This album contains his largest work for solo piano, the Piano Sonata in G major - an assured, distinctive piece that balances dance with drive. His most virtuosic work is the exuberant Fantasy on a Russian Song and a Krakowiak, while his mischievous Variations on a Russian Theme and the variations on his father's Don Giovanni illustrate Franz Xaver's great gifts for elaboration and playfulness. Robert Markham, who has conducted research into the life and music of Franz Xaver Mozart, has been hailed as a performer of 'astonishing lucidity and coherence' by Musical Opinion.

Robert Markham, piano

Dr. Robert Markham
pursues a busy career as a performer and teacher. After studying with Heather Slade-Lipkin at Chetham’s School of Music in Manchester, he entered the Juilliard School, New York at the age of 17, studying piano with renowned Russian pianist and pedagogue Oxana Yablonskaya and collaborative piano with Samuel Sanders, accompanist to many leading performers, including Itzhak Perlman. He graduated from Juilliard with the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts.

He has won numerous prizes at major international competitions, and was a finalist at the Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow, and piano class winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition.

He performs extensively as soloist and chamber player, having appeared in Great Britain, the United States, Canada, Brazil, France, Italy, Ireland, Spain, Russia, Israel, turkey and the United Arab Emirates.

He regularly appears as a member of Trio Severn at venues and festivals around the UK, and also appears with members of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in the Centre Stage concert series in Birmingham. His collaborative recordings include a CD of Kenneth Leighton’s works for piano and strings with the Edinburgh String Quartet, works for piano four hands by Schubert with pianist John Humphreys, and works for cello and piano with cellist Philip Daish-Handy.

Robert Markham has given masterclasses in the UK, Germany and Brazil. Robert Markham is currently Senior Tutor in Piano at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, where his students have a record of success within and beyond the institution, and include Lauren Zhang, first prize winner of the Ettlingen International Competition for Young Pianists and BBC Young Musician 2018.

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