These six piano sonatas were written during the composer’s London years, after he had collected much valuable experience in Italy. The so-called “London” Bach devoted himself intensively to the possibilities afforded by the newly-developed “Hammerflügel,” and frequently performed in public on the instrument. His Sonatas opp. 5 and 17, all much esteemed by Mozart, have many characteristics of the classical piano sonata. The op. 17 collection was first published in 1774, and was already being repr...

• Piano Sonata G major op. 17,1
• Piano Sonata c minor op. 17,2
• Piano Sonata E flat major op. 17,3
• Piano Sonata G major op. 17,4
• Piano Sonata A major op. 17,5
• Piano Sonata B flat major op. 17,6