Gertrud Kottermaier performs the first movement of Mozart's Sonata in C major, KV 545. The artist is playing a Hammerflügel, built in 1785 by Johann Andreas Stein. The instrument is in Mozart's home in Augsburg, Germany.<br /><br />Wikipedia cites an enthusiastic letter that WA Mozart wrote to his father Leopold in 1777 about the pianos produced by Stein. The article can be reviewed here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Andreas_Stein<br /><br />I do not recall the circumstances under which I acquired this LP; the disc measures about 6 inches across and may be a demonstration recording -- but it was manufactured in Munich, serial number SRSX 861 110. The back of the jacket is signed by Ms. Kottermaier.<br /><br />------------------------------------------------------<br />More Mozart:<br /><br />Alicia de Larrocha: Rondo a la Turca - Hispavox, Late 1950s / Early 1960s - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvPO77nbE08<br /><br />Eugene List: Piano Concerto in A major, K 488 - Movement 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amPtWKgoZF8
