Did Mozart write music for the harpsichord?

Answer 1

Mozart only started playing the piano later on in life, and even then he continued to rely on the harpsichord until his death. He is known to have still played even his very last works on the harpsichord. One example is his penultimate "Coronation" concerto.

For some recordings check out Queen's chamber trio playing the 3 last trios ("the 1788 trios"). Tobias Koch and Lisa Marie Landgraf playing violin sonatas kv301-6 plus Andante and Fuge kv402. Howard Davis and Virginia Black violin sonatas kv377, 379, 305, 301.

Solo sonatas and klavierstuck: Catherine Perrin sonata in B flat kv570. Siegbert Rampe plays sonatas including sonata in a minor kv310, Ton Koopman plays klavierstuck. Music for 4 hands is played by Patrick Ayrton & Wolfgang Glüxam Harpsichord concerto in E flat kv 271 is pl;ayed by Igor Kipnis.

It was also customary to use a harpsichord CONTINUO in operas, symphonies and concertos until the close of the 18th century. It is therefore expected in Mozart's compositions in these genres. For some recordings see Jed Wentz's direction of La Clemenza di Tito, and Harnoncourt's Idomeneo. Symphonies, check out Charles McKerras, Trevor Pinnock and Christopher Hogwood. Roy Goodman directs the basset horn concerto and Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Hogwood directs the violin concertos and the Oboe concerto.