Mozart's Clavichord: Arias, Lieder and Keyboard Pieces
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Release Date: 08/08/2025
How did Mozart hear his own music at home in Salzburg? This recording provides the answer, as it was made not only in the house in which he lived but also with the clavichord that he used to compose Die Zauberflöte, La clemenza di Tito and the Requiem. While its keyboard has the same five-octave range as the fortepianos that Mozart used for concerts, the clavichord's weaker sound limited it to domestic use, to be heard by family members who happened to be present or collaborators. Baritone Georg Nigl and early keyboard specialist Alexander Gergelyfi have devised an intimate programme of arias, overtures, cantatas, Lieder, fantasias, rondos and even the poignant Lacrimosa from the Requiem. This unique album lets us enter Mozart’s own house in Salzburg, where we can sit next to an instrument he himself played and listen to two exceptional performers, both of whom are irrevocably smitten with the genius loci.
1: Overture
2: Ein Mädchen Oder Weibchen Wünscht Papageno Sich
3: Marcia
4: Das Veilchen, K476
5: Fantasie, K397
6: Sehnsucht Nach Dem Frühlinge, K596
7: Das Kinderspiel, K598
8: Die Alte, K517
9: Rondo in D Major, K485
10: Abendempfindung an Laura, K523
11: Fantasia in C Minor, K396
12: Die Zufriedenheit, K473
13: Adagio in C Major for Glass Harmonica, K356
14: Das Lied Der Trennung, K519
15: Kleiner Trauermarsch in C Minor, K453a
16: Die Ihr Des Unermeßlichen Weltalls, K619
17: Lacrimosa