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Hyperion presents Mozart: The Complete Violin Sonatas in a 10-CD collection, featuring Alina Ibragimova and Cedric Tiberghien in a celebrated cycle recorded between 2014 and 2016. Composed between his childhood years and the full maturity of his Viennese period, the violin sonatas chart the profound transformation not only in Mozart but in chamber music itself. The very earliest of them are essentially keyboard sonatas with violin accompaniment and were his first published works. By contrast, the mature works display a continuous dialog of equals between the instruments. Thus, they chart his growth from child wonder to fully fledged genius. The production team of Andrew Keener and engineer Simon Eadon assisted Alina and Cedric to illuminate the character of each of these 37 violin sonatas, while revealing the larger narrative that connects them across Mozart's compositional life.