Mozart's piano sonatas aren't as personal or as original as his concertos, but it's still pretty amazing that one of the era's leading Mozart performers - and most prolific recording artists - is only now recording all of them. In this fourth volume of his new survey, he performs two of the earliest sonatas, written when the composer was only 19, and the very last.

All are relatively demanding technically for the player. For the listener, there are rewards enough. This is Mozart, after all, even if not top-drawer Mozart. The more famous Fantasia in C Minor, not finished by the composer himself, sounds grander and more imposing, even if not authentic in every detail. At age 73, Mr. Brendel still epitomizes the classical German style. He's serious, even spiritual, though he always retains a sense of humor. He uses tone color for emotional and intellectual purposes, rather than for its own sensual sake. He makes the most of these sonatas without ever inflating them.

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piano sonata in b flat major, k281
1. allegro
2. andante amoroso
3. rondeau (allegro)

piano sonata in d major k576
1. adagio
2. menuetto i-ii
3. allegro

piano sonata in e flat major, k282
1. allegro
2. adagio
3. allegretto

fragment of a fantasia in c minor k396