Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 7 in C major, K.309 [Uchida]

I. Allegro con spirito (0:00) II. Andante un poco Adagio (5:35) III. Rondo. Allegretto grazioso (10:24) Piano: Mitsuko Uchida Mvt 1: Allegro con spirito [Sonata-Form] EXPOSITION (0:00) Primary Theme (P1), stated twice. The inicial arpeggio ia M1 and the dotted figure is M2. (0:19) Brief transition to P2 using M2. (0:23) Counter-Theme 1 (P2), alternating subdominant and tonic. At (0:27), M2 sneaks in as an ornamentation. (0:32) Transition Section, modulation to V/V. M2 is interrupted by ascending scales three times. At (0:41), M1 appears, insisting on the secondary dominant. (0:50) Secondary Theme (S1). (1:05) Counter-Theme 2 (S2). Notice how a shortened version of S1 appears at (1:07). (1:21) Codetta. DEVELOPMENT (2:57) Episode 1: P1 in Gm. M2 leads us to a Developmental Theme (D1) also in Gm. (3:11) Episode 2: P1 in Dm. D1 reappears. (3:20) Episode 3: Development of P1 across various minor tonalities (Am, Gm, Fm). (3:29) A dim7 descending pattern brings a strong cadence to the relative minor (Am). (3:34) The Cadential material comes back and it triggers a (3:40) False Recapitulation in Am. Recalling the beginning of the Development, M2 tries to lead us somewhere else. The second attempt to start the Recapitulation is also frustrated, because P1 appears in the dominant (G). RECAPITULATION (3:54) Finally, P1 in the tonic. (4:05) Unexpected statement of P1 in the parallel minor (a remnant of the Development, perhaps). (4:19) P2 (4:28) Transition Section. (4:44) S1 in the...