Few musicians shaped the evolution of keyboard writing as profoundly as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. His sonatas and concertos aligned technical brilliance with lyrical sensitivity to elevate the piano from largely domestic use to a powerful vehicle for solo and ensemble musicianship. This collection of hidden gems includes pieces spanning early childhood miniatures to complete sonata movements, minuets, a set of variations and a wide variety of incomplete works filled with Mozart’s characteristic delicacy, surprise and operatic drama.

Appearing here in his Naxos debut, Indian-American pianist Vijay Venkatesh has been hailed by the Herald-Tribune for his ‘dazzling pianism verging on the impossible, effortless technical command and authority with a sense of poetry and refinement that belies his years’. Venkatesh has been recognised on three continents as a pianist with profound musicianship and sparkling pianism, whose playing is described as ‘fresh and inspired’ (Cincinnati Courier). He has rapidly established a major international reputation as top prize winner in the San Jose, Seattle, Zimmerli, World Piano, and Waring International Piano Competitions.