Paul Angerer
Paul Angerer is an Austrian composer and conductor who is better known in the latter endeavor, especially for his numerous recordings. He has held positions with mostly second-tier orchestras and opera companies, though has managed to gain the respect of critics and public alike. He has also appeared in concerts as both a violist and violinist, acquitting himself well in both instrumental genres. His compositional style is conservative and divulges the influence of Hindemith. His catalog includes operatic and orchestral works, incidental music for the theater, oratorios, masses, and chamber music.
Angerer demonstrated unusual musical skills as a child and at age 14, enrolled at the Vienna Music Academy, where his instrumental studies included piano, organ, and violin. Like many violinists, he eventually extended his string-playing skills to include the viola. He also studied theory and composition at the academy and shortly after his 1946 graduation, he took a position in the Vienna Symphony Orchestra as a violist. At the 1948 Geneva Music Competition, he won a medal, which boosted his reputation and allowed him to take a more favorable post with Orchester de la Suisse Romande, from 1948 to 1953. Angerer also remained active as a pianist, organist, and composer during the early years of his career, though it was his orchestral work that provided him his means of support. He returned to the Vienna Symphony Orchestra in 1953 as the first-chair violist. A year later, he entered one of his organ compositions in the international music competition in Haarlem, Holland, and captured first prize. In 1956, Angerer resigned from his duties as violist with the VSO and accepted the appointment as conductor of the Vienna Chamber Orchestra. He secured a second post in 1960 as conductor of the Vienna Burgtheater, for which he composed music for live dramas. He left the Vienna Chamber Orchestra and the Burgtheater positions in 1963 and 1964, respectively, and accepted an appointment as principal conductor of the Bonn opera house in the latter year. By now, Angerer was regularly making recordings. Among his more memorable efforts from this period were his collaborations with pianist Alfred Brendel on the Mozart piano concertos No. 17, No. 22, No. 25, and No. 27 and with the Vienna State Opera Orchestra and Vienna Chamber Orchestra. Angerer also recorded the Haydn Concerto in D major No. 11 (H. 18) with Brendel and the Vienna Chamber Orchestra. Angerer departed his Bonn post to accept the directorship of the Ulm Theater (opera house) in 1966, where he would serve two years. In the period 1968 - 1972, he served as music director at the Salzburg opera house (Landestheater). He then accepted the directorship of the Pforzheim-based Southwest German Chamber Orchestra in 1972. He made several memorable recordings with this ensemble, most notably the Concerti Grossi (12) of Corelli and oboe concertos by Telemann, with Lajos Lencses as soloist. Angerer and this ensemble also appeared in three of the seven volumes of the Vox label's Romantic Piano Concerto series. After departing the Pforzheim post in 1982, Angerer limited his conducting activity to guest-conducting engagements and joined the faculty of the Vienna Hochschule für Musik for a decade, retiring in 1992.
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Musiche Veneziane
English Chamber Orchestra, Paul Angerer, Jörg Ewald Dähler
Classical - Released by Claves Records on Jan 1, 1984
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 19 and 20 & Works for 2 Pianos
Alfred Brendel, Symphonieorchester der Volksoper Wien, Walter Klien, Hungarian Woodwind Quintet, Wilfred Böttcher, Paul Angerer
Classical - Released by Vox Box on Jan 1, 2001
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Mozart: Piano Concerto in E-Flat Major, K. 482 & Piano Concerto in C Major, K. 503
Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Paul Angerer, Alfred Brendel
Classical - Released by HORTUS on Jan 1, 1990
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 17, 22, 25 & 27 - Haydn: Keyboard Concertino, Hob. XIV:11
Alfred Brendel, Symphonieorchester der Volksoper Wien, Vienna Pro Musica Orchestra, Wiener Kammerorchester, Paul Angerer
Classical - Released by Vox Box on Jan 1, 2001
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Mozart: Concerto for Two Pianos
Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Paul Angerer, Alfred Brendel, Walter Klien
Classical - Released by Tuxedo on Sep 7, 1990
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Brendel - Mozart - Piano Concerto In G Major KV 453 - Piano Concerto In B Flat Major KV 595
Paul Angerer, Alfred Brendel, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Classical - Released by Denon on Jan 1, 2010
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Mozart: Piano Concerto in G Major, K. 453 & Piano Concerto in B-Flat Major, K. 595
Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Paul Angerer, Alfred Brendel
Concertos - Released by HORTUS on Jan 1, 1990
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Vivaldi, Dowland, Torelli & Carulli: Guitar Works
Karl Scheit, Vienna Soloists, Wilfried Boettcher, Günter Pichler, Paul Angerer
Classical - Released by Artemisia on Aug 21, 2020
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Schubert - German Dances
Paul Angerer, Franz Schubert, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
Classical - Released by Denon on Apr 15, 2000
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Concilium musicum Wien auf Originalinstrumenten
Concentus Musicus Wien, Ernst Schlader, Paul Angerer
Classical - Released by Gramola Records on Dec 14, 2012
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M.Haydn:Menuette - J. Haydn:Sinfonia concertante - Mozart: Symphony No.41
Concentus Musicus Wien, Paul Angerer
Classical - Released by Gramola Records on Mar 3, 2014
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Die Jahreszeiten
Concentus Musicus Wien, Paul Angerer
Chamber Music - Released by Christophorus on Jan 1, 1991
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Mozart's Pupils (Storace, Attwood, Süssmayr, Freystädtler)
Concentus Musicus Wien, Paul Angerer
Chamber Music - Released by Christophorus on Jul 24, 2020
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Vivaldi, Marcello, Bach: Concerti per Oboe
Lajos Lencsés, Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim, Paul Angerer
Classical - Released by Carus on Jan 1, 1996
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Mozart: Complete Church Sonatas
Concilium Musicum, Elisabeth Ullmann, Paul Angerer
Miscellaneous - Released by Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm (MDG) on Mar 1, 1988
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Vienna Dances!
Paul Angerer, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
Classical - Released by Denon on Jan 1, 2011
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Telemann: Oboenkonzerte
Lajos Lencsés, Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim, Paul Angerer
Classical - Released by Carus on May 1, 1984
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Old Vienna Dances
Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Paul Angerer
Classical - Released by HORTUS on Jan 5, 1990
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Telemann: Sonates en trio (Mono Version)
Das Wiener Barocktrio, Werner Adler, Paul Angerer, Gertraude Kubazsek, Karl Trotzmueller
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on Jan 1, 1962
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Mozart & Haydn: Piano Concertos (Mono Version)
Alfred Brendel, Pro Musica Orchester Wien, Paul Angerer
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on Jan 1, 1963
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Geminiani: Concerti grossi, Opp. 2-4
Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim, Paul Angerer
Classical - Released by Vox Box on Jan 1, 1996
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo