Agnieszka Duczmal, the conductor of the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Polish Radio, was the first female conductor to perform in Milan's La Scala.
Composer Biography
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the composer, was an infant prodigy who amazed audiences throughout Europe, but his adolescence and early manhood proved less satisfactory.
Recording & Production
The Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Polish Radio has recorded over 7500 minutes of music for Polish Radio, covering repertoire from Baroque to contemporary music.
Composition History
Mozart's Horn Concertos were written for Ignaz Leutgeb, a Salzburg horn-player and violinist who had moved to Vienna and owned a cheese-shop.
Performer Biography
Jacek Muzyk, the horn player on this album, was chosen as Principal Horn for Krystian Zimerman's Polish Festival Orchestra, which toured Europe and the US and won a Grammy Award.
Composer Biography
Mozart remained on friendly terms with Ignaz Leutgeb, the horn player, even relying on Leutgeb's wife to do his laundry and playing various jokes on his friend.
Compositional Technique
Ignaz Leutgeb, the horn player for whom Mozart wrote these concertos, was particularly skilled in the new technique of hand-stopped notes, which changes pitch by inserting the right hand into the instrument's bell.
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