As well as the Walter instrument, Mozart used a piano by Franz Jakob Späth, but we know from a well-known letter to his father Leopold, of 17 October 1777, that Mozart's favourite instrument at ...

So Mozart had to write a new aria — “Al desio ... a stately processional with a dark timbre that foregrounds low wind instruments — contrabassoon and a kind of low clarinet known as a ...

Pianos from the time of Beethoven and Mozart form part of a collection here that was lovingly put together by a piano tuner ...

In contrast, Mozart's trio is all about clarity and charm. It's light, joyful and full of elegant musical conversations between the instruments. The trio's sensitivity to each other's playing will ...