Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn, Paul Hindemith
Performer: Christian Poltéra
Orchestra: Munich Chamber Orchestra
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: BIS
Catalogue: BIS2507
Release: 2022
Size: 1.12 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb:1
01. I. Moderato
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Finale. Allegro molto
Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, Hob. VIIb:2 (Op. 101)
04. I. Allegro moderato
05. II. Adagio
06. III. Rondo. Allegro
Haydn: Symphony No. 13 in D major
07. II. Adagio cantabile
Hindemith: Trauermusik
08. I. Langsam
09. II. Ruhig bewegt
10. III. Lebhaft
11. IV. Choral “Für deinen Thron tret ich hiermit”. Sehr langsam
Joseph Haydn once remarked: “I was not a magician on any instrument, but I knew the power and effect of all of them”. This knowledge he used to good effect in his cello concertos, composed some twenty years apart for two different cellists in “his” orchestra at the court of Prince Esterhazy. Both works are firmly established in the concert repertoire, but this has not always been the case.
Concerto No. 1 in C major was long believed to be lost and it was only in 1961 that a set of parts were discovered in the Prague National Museum. The D major Concerto, on the other hand, was never lost, but for a very long time there was doubts concerning its provenance. Only when Haydn’s manuscript was found in 1954 could the work’s authorship be clarified beyond doubt.
These two jewels in the cello repertoire are here performed by the acclaimed Swiss cellist Christian Poltéra who also directs the Münchener Kammerorchester. Closing the programme is a work composed some 150 years later: the composer and viola player Paul Hindemith wrote his Trauermusik for himself to perform at a concert commemorating the death of George V of England in 1936. It is here heard in the version for cello and strings.