Mozart - Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K. 310 [complete]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K. 310/300d, written in 1778 is a sonata in three movements: 1. Allegro maestoso, common time 2. Andante cantabile con espressione, F major, 3/4 3. Presto, 2/4 A typical performance takes about 22 minutes. The A minor sonata is the first of only two Mozart piano sonatas to have been composed in a minor key (the other being the No. 14 in C minor, K. 457). Written around the time of the death of Mozart’s mother, it is one of the darkest of his sonatas.