This Rondo in D (K.485) by W.A. Mozart presents not only very melodious
passages, but also parts that could come from the orchestral score to an
opera, and of course the obligatory virtuoso sequences. The theme phrase
is taken through a great number of variations and scale shifts. Some are
sombre, some threatening, but in the end, after some very playful
variations, serenity prevails. I particularly like the scale shifts of
the dissonant side-theme.

Michael Bednarek <mb@tgm.com.au> http://mcmbednarek.tripod.com/
Brisbane, August 2003