Andante<\/a><\/em>.<\/p> Her reading of the so-called \u2018D\u00fcrnitz\u2019 Sonata, K284, is similarly impressive. Her incisive approach explores the inner tensions of the large-scale opening movement to useful effect, though she is at her best in the finale, finding mordant gravitas in its several minor key variations. Mitsuko Uchida\u2019s mid-1980s Philips account is engrossing too, as one would expect, but even it can\u2019t match the dizzying sonics of this release.<\/p>
Mozart\u2019s A minor Sonata, K310, dates from his unhappy Paris sojourn of 1778. Ran Jia plays with rigour and resolve throughout this meticulously detailed performance, as she does in her equally persuasive account of the final work here, the sublime K475 Fantasia (1784). An undeniable triumph, and one of the best keyboard recordings of the decade thus far.\u00a0Michael Jameson<\/em><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n
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