Romance

There is an unmistakable melancholy that is Mozart's alone and which his comtemporaries quickly and accurately recognized; melancholy was no way to draw audiences in Vienna. Between the first and last movements is a congruence such as is rarely found in a minor-key piece by Mozart. It is not until the entrance of the major mode that a conciliatory gesture brightens the work just before its close. 1999 Cannes Classical Award.