Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concertos

About Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Concertos

The story of the piano concerto really starts with Mozart. He developed for the concerto the same degree of mastery that Haydn had won for the symphony or the string quartet, and transformed it almost beyond recognition. While no two of the piano concertos are quite alike, they do of course have many features in common. The orchestral exposition remains in the tonic; the piano then comes in and explores the principal material together with the orchestra in a conversational style. After the development and recapitulation sections, the orchestra comes to an inconclusive stop in the form of a 6/4 chord at the dominant; the soloist improvises a cadenza, after which there is a brief coda.
The slow middle movement is likely to be in sonata or variation form; the finale may also be one of the two just mentioned, but is usually a rondo.

Almost all of the more important concertos were written after Mozart’s move to Vienna, to be performed at his own subscription concert series there.
The concertos Nos. 14-25 were written in a period of creativity that has certainly never been surpassed in piano concerto production, lasting from February 1784 to December 1786.

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Preview TitleKey Year Level
Piano Concerto 1 K. 37  in F Major by Mozart piano sheet music AAB Piano Concerto 1 K. 3717 F Major 1767 8
Piano Concerto 2 K. 39  in B-flat Major by Mozart piano sheet music AAC Piano Concerto 2 K. 3933 B-flat Major 1767 8
Piano Concerto 3 K. 40    in D Major by Mozart piano sheet music AAD Piano Concerto 3 K. 40 7 D Major 1767 8
Piano Concerto 4 K. 41    in G Major by Mozart piano sheet music AAE Piano Concerto 4 K. 41 23 G Major 1767 8
Piano Concerto 5 K. 175    in D Major by Mozart piano sheet music AAF Piano Concerto 5 K. 175 7 D Major 1773 8
Piano Concerto 6 K. 238    in B-flat Major by Mozart piano sheet music AAG Piano Concerto 6 K. 238 33 B-flat Major 1776 8+
Piano Concerto 7 - for three pianos K. 242    in F Major by Mozart piano sheet music AAH Piano Concerto 7 - for three pianos K. 242 17 F Major 1776 8
Piano Concerto 8 K. 246    in C Major by Mozart piano sheet music AAI Piano Concerto 8 K. 246 1 C Major 1776 8
Piano Concerto 9 K. 271  in E-flat Major by Mozart piano sheet music AAJ Piano Concerto 9 K. 27111 E-flat Major 1777 8
Piano Concerto 10 - for two pianos K. 365    in E-flat Major by Mozart piano sheet music AAK Piano Concerto 10 - for two pianos K. 365 11 E-flat Major 1779 8
Piano Concerto 11 K. 413    in F Major by Mozart piano sheet music AAL Piano Concerto 11 K. 413 17 F Major 1783 8
Piano Concerto 12 K. 414    in A Major by Mozart piano sheet music AAM Piano Concerto 12 K. 414 29 A Major 1782 8+
Piano Concerto 13 K. 415    in C Major by Mozart piano sheet music AAN Piano Concerto 13 K. 415 1 C Major 1783 8
Piano Concerto 14 K. 449    in E-flat Major by Mozart piano sheet music AAO Piano Concerto 14 K. 449 11 E-flat Major 1784 8+
Piano Concerto 15 K. 450  in B-flat Major by Mozart piano sheet music AAP Piano Concerto 15 K. 45033 B-flat Major 1784 8+
Piano Concerto 16 K. 451    in D Major by Mozart piano sheet music AAQ Piano Concerto 16 K. 451 7 D Major 1784 8
Piano Concerto 17 K. 453    in G Major by Mozart piano sheet music AAR Piano Concerto 17 K. 453 23 G Major 1784 8+
Piano Concerto 18 K. 456    in B-flat Major by Mozart piano sheet music AAS Piano Concerto 18 K. 456 33 B-flat Major 1784 8
Piano Concerto 19 K. 459    in F Major by Mozart piano sheet music AAT Piano Concerto 19 K. 459 17 F Major 1784 8
Piano Concerto 20 K. 466  in D Minor by Mozart piano sheet music AAU Piano Concerto 20 K. 4668 D Minor 1785 8
Piano Concerto 21 K. 467  in C Major by Mozart piano sheet music AAV Piano Concerto 21 K. 4671 C Major 1785 8+
Piano Concerto 22 K. 482  in E-flat Major by Mozart piano sheet music AAW Piano Concerto 22 K. 48211 E-flat Major 1785 8+
Piano Concerto 23 K. 488    in A Major by Mozart piano sheet music AAX Piano Concerto 23 K. 488 29 A Major 1786 8
Piano Concerto 24 K. 491    in C Minor by Mozart piano sheet music AAY Piano Concerto 24 K. 491 2 C Minor 1786 8+
Piano Concerto 25 K. 503    in C Major by Mozart piano sheet music AAZ Piano Concerto 25 K. 503 1 C Major 1786 8+
Piano Concerto 26 (Coronation) K. 537  in D Major by Mozart piano sheet music ABA Piano Concerto 26 (Coronation) K. 5377 D Major 1788 8
Piano Concerto 27 K. 595    in B-flat Major by Mozart piano sheet music ABB Piano Concerto 27 K. 595 33 B-flat Major 1791 8+

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