Haydn & Hindemith: Cello Works Christian Poltéra & Munich Chamber Orchestra

• Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809): Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Hob. VIIb:1:
• 1 Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Hob. VIIb:1: I. Moderato 09:10
• 2 Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Hob. VIIb:1: II. Adagio 07:10
• 3 Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Hob. VIIb:1: III. Finale. Allegro molto 06:37
• Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob. VIIb:2:
• 4 Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob. VIIb:2: I. Allegro moderato 13:45
• 5 Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob. VIIb:2: II. Adagio 04:58
• 6 Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob. VIIb:2: III. Rondo. Allegro 04:56
• Symphony No. 13 in D Major, Hob. I:13:
• 7 Haydn: Symphony No. 13 in D Major, Hob. I:13: II. Adagio cantabile 06:48
• Paul Hindemith (1895 - 1963): Trauermusik for Cello & Orchestra:
• 8 Hindemith: Trauermusik for Cello & Orchestra: I. Langsam 03:17
• 9 Hindemith: Trauermusik for Cello & Orchestra: II. Ruhig bewegt 00:45
• 10 Hindemith: Trauermusik for Cello & Orchestra: III. Lebhaft 01:03
• 11 Hindemith: Trauermusik for Cello & Orchestra: IV. Choral "Für deinen Thron tret ich hiermit". Sehr langsam 02:22
• Total Runtime 01:00:51

Info for Haydn & Hindemith: Cello Works

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 disc 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.

Christian Poltéra, cello
Munich Chamber Orchestra

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