℗ 2022 Steinway and Sons
Released | October 7, 2022 |
Duration | 1h 03m 09s |
Record Label | Steinway and Sons |
Catalogue No. | Steinway30203 |
Genre | Classical (Piano) |
Prelude & Fugue in C Major, K. 394
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1.1
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I. Prelude
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Katie Mahan |
5:49 | |||
1.2
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II. Fugue
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Katie Mahan |
3:03 | |||
Piano Sonata No. 8 in A Minor, K. 310
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1.3
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I. Allegro maestoso
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Katie Mahan |
8:23 | |||
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II. Andante cantabile con espressione
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Katie Mahan |
11:08 | |||
1.5
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III. Presto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Katie Mahan |
2:57 | |||
1.6
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Allegro for Piano in C Major, K. 9a
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Katie Mahan |
3:22 | |||
1.7
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Klavierstück in F Major, K. 33b
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Katie Mahan |
0:52 | |||
1.8
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Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178
Franz Liszt; Katie Mahan |
27:35 | |||
Digital Booklet
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Steinway and Sons releases Once Upon a Time, pianist Katie Mahan's third release for the Steinway label. The album begins with Mozart's Fantasy and Fugue, K 394, an enchanting and underplayed work Katie first discovered at the age of 12. In the album's liner notes Katie writes that at the time she had an obsession with the music of Bach and the discovery of the “baroque” side of Mozart delighted her. The sonata subsequently secured a place in her repertoire.
Following the A minor Sonata are two works from Mozart’s childhood, the Allegro in C major, K 5a and Klavierstück in F major, K 33b. Katie writes that these two works take her back to her very earliest years, as she played them on first recitals as a five year old.
The album closes with Franz Liszt's monumental Sonata in B minor. Katie fell in love with the work at the age of seven and was determined to learn it despite its difficulty. Katie writes “At that time, I was not very fond of note reading and learned primarily by ear, but to ensure that I learn the sonata correctly, my mother (who was also my teacher through the age of eighteen) lovingly wrote in all the notes of the difficult technical passages. Over the course of its thirty-some pages, I learned how to read music, and over the course of my lifetime, this work has appeared, disappeared and reappeared in my repertoire perhaps more than any other work.” Filled with dazzling virtuosity and vast expressive range, it is recognized as one of the greatest compositions in the piano literature.
192 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Steinway and Sons Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -2.61 -4.73 to -0.50 | -21.23 -25.56 to -18.21 | -17.84 -22.10 to -15.10 | 12 11 to 14 | |
1 | I. Prelude | 0.00 | -20.30 | -17.0 | 13 |
2 | II. Fugue | -0.50 | -18.21 | -15.5 | 11 |
3 | I. Allegro maestoso | 0.00 | -19.19 | -16.3 | 13 |
4 | II. Andante cantabile con espressione | -1.60 | -24.35 | -20.7 | 14 |
5 | III. Presto | 0.00 | -19.53 | -16.4 | 12 |
6 | Allegro for Piano in C Major, K. 9a | -3.62 | -22.85 | -19.6 | 12 |
7 | Klavierstück in F Major, K. 33b | -4.73 | -25.56 | -22.1 | 12 |
8 | Piano Sonata in B Minor, S. 178 | 0.00 | -19.85 | -15.1 | 12 |