This is not only MozartÆs first concerto for the violin but his first concerto altogether. He composed it at the age of 17, writing it in Salzburg in 1773 two years before his other four violin concertos. And what a concerto it is! This new publication completes HenleÆs series of Mozart inch.s violin concertos and single movements, all of which are now available in exemplary urtext editions with easy-to-play piano reductions.
Mozart: Violin Concerto no. 1 B flat major KV 207