‘Wunderkind’ Sonatas Volume 2 K.10-15

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Leopold Mozart was only able to understand his son’s musical genius in terms of it being a God-given wonder: “That my boy […] knows all of this with his 8 years that could be expected of a man of forty years. In short: whoever has not seen or heard it,cannot believe it”. In 1764 Wolfgang composed six sonatas in London possibly after the model of Johann Christian Bach’s “Opus 2” that can either be played as piano trios,as violin sonatas or simply on the piano. “Royal” sources were consulted for the edition: the copy in the British Library bears the handwritten note: “This Volume belongs to the Queen 1788”.