Mozart's Clavichord

Gergelyfi, Alexander, Nigl, Georg

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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, wher

Works:

•Mozart:Die Zauberflöte-Ouvertüre & Arie "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" KV 620
• Mozart: Marcia aus La Clemenza di Tito KV 621
• Mozart: Das Veilchen KV 476
• Mozart: Fantasie d-moll KV 397
• Mozart: Sehnsucht nach dem Frühlinge KV 596
• Mozart: Das Kinderspiel KV 598
• Mozart: Die Alte KV 517
• Mozart: Rondo D-Dur KV 485
• Mozart: Abendempfindung an Laura KV 523
• Mozart: Fragment einer Fantasie c-moll KV 396
• Mozart: Die Zufriedenheit KV 473
• Mozart: Adagio für Harmonica C-Dur KV 356
• Mozart: Das Lied der Trennung KV 519
• Mozart: Marche funebre c-moll KV 453a
• Mozart: Eine kleine deutsche Cantate für eine Stimme am Klavier "Die ihr des unermesslichen Weltalls Schöpfer ehrt" KV 619 (Freimaurerkantate)
• Mozart: Lacrimosa aus Missa pro defunctis Requiem KV 626 (Seelenmesse)

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2025-07-16

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