Schroeter & Mozart: Keyboard Concertos (Performed on Harp)

Featuring

Silke Aichhorn
Douglas Bostock
Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim
Johann Samuel Schroeter
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Recording & Production

During the recording process, the harpist discovered that Paul Angerer, an Austrian conductor, violist, composer, and radio moderator, had previously completed Mozart's cadenzas and composed missing ones for Schroeter's concertos.

Performer Biography

Silke Aichhorn, the harpist on this album, is known for her entertaining moderated concerts and her dedication to presenting new and unknown works for the harp.

Cultural Impact

Wolfgang Amadé Mozart, the famous Austrian composer, was impressed by Johann Samuel Schroeter's piano concertos and even wrote cadenzas for four of them.

Compositional Technique

The concertos by Johann Samuel Schroeter were originally titled for "Harpsichord or Piano-Forte or Harp," indicating their suitability for the harp due to its sound similarity to a fortepiano.

Composer Biography

Johann Samuel Schroeter's secret marriage to his piano pupil Rebecca Scott led to his parents-in-law paying him a substantial sum to end his public career, after which he only performed for private patrons.

Recording & Production

The harpist, Silke Aichhorn, received the sheet music for the Johann Samuel Schroeter piano concertos as a gift from a friend, who had copied them and added a viola part.

Composer Biography

Johann Samuel Schroeter, a German composer, was a child prodigy who performed as a soprano soloist before dedicating himself to piano and composition after his voice broke.