Mozart's fantasy in c minor and sonata 14?

[CDS814]

I recently acquired some sheet music (the afforementioned) and was wondering if these two pieces are meant to be played together, or if its just something that the publisher did to save money/space

[Rach3]

My incredibly unreliable Schirmer (I have only first volume Henle   ) titles it "Fantasia and Sonata", which probably implies they were meant to be together. Are K numbers chronological? If so the fantasia was after the sonata, K475 and K457 respectively... seems like Mozart wrote the fantasia and tacked it on as a prelude-type thing.

[bernhard]

Rach3 is right.

Mozart composed his Sonata in C minor (k 457) in 1784 – 1785 (published in 1785). He then decided to write a fantasy in the same key to come before the sonata. The sonata was finished first – about six months before the Fantasy (k 475).

Are they meant to be played together? There is a lot of debate about this. Mozart certainly thought so, but each piece stands well on its own. Brendel for instance is so determined that they should not be played together that during his 1991 Mozart recitals he inserted the B minor Adagio (K 540) in between them. Other pianists think that both pieces have more impact if played together. So, choose your side.

Best wishes,
Bernhard.

[eddie92099]

Arrau did not play them together,
Ed