In his piano music, Mozart captured two perfect trends. First and foremost, the ever-improving quality of the instruments: unlike his predecessors, Mozart could write elaborate, beautiful slow movements that allowed the piano to sing like aby other instrument. This coincided fortunately with Mozart's development as an opera composer and his exploration of the human voice.

In the world of sonatas, Mozart's works have ended up somewhat in the shadow of the sonatas by Haydn, Beethoven, and Schubert. In the generation between them, Mozart did as he always did: wrote brilliant music, but without necessarily adding much new to the form. And here we perhaps have the reason why the sonatas are not on everyone's lips, as they should be. But shouldn't it be enough that the music is brilliant?

Christian Ihle Hadland has established himself as a true craftsman of the piano, a musician whose delicate, refined playing and individual touch have led him to the most prestigious stages in the world.