Composer: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer: Keiko Shichijo
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Challenge Classics
Catalogue: CC720004
Release: 2025
Size: 1.2 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Bach JS: Sinfonia in F Minor, BWV 795
Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 12 in F Major, K.332
02. I. Allegro
03. II. Adagio
04. III. Allegro assai
05. Mozart: Modulating Prelude (F-C) K deest (K624 / 626a)
06. Mozart: Fantasia in C minor, K475
Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C minor, K457
07. I. Molto allegro
08. II. Adagio
09. III. Allegro assai
10. Bach CPE: Clavierstück in A Major, H. 241
Keiko Shichijo introduces us to Baron van Swieten’s salon, where Mozart used to play the piano. Keiko constructs a clever programme of great masterpieces related to these years and to the new influence Bach exerted on Mozart.
In 1782, Mozart regularly attended a salon sponsored by the Dutch diplomat van Swieten, where he was introduced to the music of Bach and Handel. This experience led to a change in the composer’s own creativity and compositional style, opening his mind to new harmonic structures, contrapuntal techniques and dramatic expression. This album offers a glimpse of the transformation of Mozart’s wonderful “musical consciousness”. I aim to convey the striking expressivity of the 19th century performance of Mozart’s music, while benefiting from the musical creativities from today.
