Johann Samuel Schroeter: Three Harp Concertos - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Harp Concerto K 107 Silke Aichhorn, Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim & Douglas Bostock

• Johann Samuel Schroeter (1750 - 1788): Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in E flat major, Op. 3, No. 6:
• 1 Schroeter: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in E flat major, Op. 3, No. 6: Allegro spiritoso 08:12
• 2 Schroeter: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in E flat major, Op. 3, No. 6: Grazioso. Larghetto 05:07
• 3 Schroeter: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in E flat major, Op. 3, No. 6: Rondo. Allegro 04:35
• Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in C major, Op. 3, No. 3:
• 4 Schroeter: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in C major, Op. 3, No. 3: Allegro 07:03
• 5 Schroeter: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in C major, Op. 3, No. 3: Grazioso. Larghetto 04:13
• 6 Schroeter: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in C major, Op. 3, No. 3: Rondo. Allegro 05:13
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791): Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in D major K 107:
• 7 Mozart: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in D major K 107: Allegro 06:30
• 8 Mozart: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in D major K 107: Andante 04:01
• 9 Mozart: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in D major K 107: Tempo di Menuetto 04:24
• Johann Samuel Schroeter (1753 - 1788): Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in D major, Op. 3, No. 4:
• 10 Schroeter: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in D major, Op. 3, No. 4: Allegro 06:45
• 11 Schroeter: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in D major, Op. 3, No. 4: Grazioso. Largo 03:46
• 12 Schroeter: Concerto for Harp and Orchestra in D major, Op. 3, No. 4: Rondo. Allegro 03:42
• Total Runtime 01:03:31

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According to an old tradition, it is perfectly legitimate to transpose works from one instrument to another, provided that this does not detract from the substance of the work. This is what the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart told himself when, in his early years, he transformed three piano sonatas by his admired role model Johann Christian Bach into small concertos (KV 107), and it is what Silke Aichhorn told herself with the same justification when she arranged one of these pieces for the harp, together with concertos by the German Johann Samuel Schröter, who was almost the same age. The pairing is no coincidence: Mozart and his father appreciated the works of the man from Guben in Lusatia, who enjoyed a distinguished career as a pianist and in 1782 finally succeeded the ‘London Bach’ as music teacher to Her Majesty Queen Charlotte – unfortunately not for too long: Schröter died three years before Amadeus and at the same age.

Silke Aichhorn, harp
Southwest German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim
Douglas Bostock, conductor

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