Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 5 in G major, [Uchida]

I. Allegro (0:00) II. Andante (3:47) III. Presto (10:03) Piano: Mitsuko Uchida Mvt 1: Allegro [Sonata-Form] (0:00) Primary Theme (P1), stated twice. The dotted figure is M1. (0:20) Transition Section. Heavy octaves ascend to the dominant. (0:28) Secondary Theme (S1) in C major, based on a syncopated scale. The second time, it gets faster. (0:37) Counter-Theme 1 (S2). A dissonant and distorted version of S1 appears twice. (0:53) After some material from the Transition comes back, S1 returns. (1:03) Codetta. DEVELOPMENT (2:15) Episode 1: a timid version of P1 in the dominant. (2:25) Episo...de 2: already in tonic preparation (notice the dominant pedal point), S1’s descending scale is recalled. (2:33) Transition. RECAPITULATION (2:38) P1. There’s an unexpected shift to A minor, then C major. (2:54) Transition. (3:03) S1 S2 in the tonic. (3:37) Coda. Mvt 2: Andante [Sonata-Form] EXPOSITION (3:47) Primary Theme (P1), twice. The ascending fifth is M1. (4:06) Transition Section. (4:25) Secondary Theme (S1) in G major. Notice the return of M1. DEVELOPMENT (5:59)Episode 1: after some scales in Gm, (6:08) Episode 2: P1 comes back in Dm, but slides back to C. (6:24) Episode 3: The theme is stated by LH in the relative minor, and we see inverted M1 in RH. (6:36) The scales from the beginning of Development come back, reinforcing E major (as if preparing for Am). A chromatic line brings us to RECAPITULATION (6:46) P1. (7:07) Modified Transition. (7:25) S1. (9:47) Coda using P1 in a nice progression: D7, G7, C. Mvt 3: Presto [Sonata-Form] EXPOSITION (10:03) Primary Theme (P1). (10:09) Counter-Theme 1 (P2). (10:18) Transition, using a reduction of P1. (10:28) Secondary Theme (S1) in D major. (10:37) Fragments of S1 are developed in an imitative way. (10:42) Counter-Theme 2 (S2). (10:47) Counter-Theme 3 (S3), recalling S1. After the hands switch, S2 comes back. (10:56) Codetta. DEVELOPMENT (12:06) Episode 1: Developmental theme (D1), passing through Dm, Am, Em and reinforcing some dim7 tonalities. (12:18) Episode 2: chromatic P2; hands swicht. Then appears S2, still bringing dim7 chords. (12:26) Episode 3: modulatory treatment of the Cadential material, then S1. A chromatic line ascends to the dominant. RECAPITULATION (12:49) P1 P2. (13:13) S1 S2 S3 in the tonic. (13:42) Coda.

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