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Albrechtsberger: Organ Concerto, Harp Partita / Hoffmeister: Flute Concerto / Gabor Lehotka - organ, Anna Lelkes - harp, Janos Szebenyi - flute / White Label / Hungaroton Audio CD 1987 Stereo / HRC 061
UPC 5991810006120
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (3 February 1736 – 7 March 1809) was an Austrian composer, organist, and music theorist, and one of the teachers of Ludwig van Beethoven. He was friendly with Haydn and Mozart.
An organ concerto is a piece of music, an instrumental concerto for a pipe organ soloist with an orchestra. The form first evolved in the 18th century, when composers including Antonio Vivaldi, George Frideric Handel and Johann Sebastian Bach wrote organ concertos with small orchestras, and with solo parts which rarely call for the organ pedal board. During the Classical period the organ concerto became popular in many places, especially in Bavaria, Austria and Bohemia (whether called there a concerto, pastorella, or sonata), reaching a position of being almost an integral part of the church music tradition of jubilus character. From the Romantic era fewer works are known. Finally, there are some 20th- and 21st-century examples, of which the concerto by Francis Poulenc has entered the basic repertoire, and is quite frequently played.
The organ concerto form is not usually taken to include orchestral works such as organ symphonies that call for an organ used as an extra orchestral section, examples of which include the Third Symphony of Camille Saint-Saëns, Gustav Holst's The Planets and Richard Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra.
| Label: | Hungaroton - HRC 061 |
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| Series: | White Label |
| Format: |
CD, Album, Stereo
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| Country: | Japan |
| Released: | 1987 |
| Genre: | Classical |
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Tracklist:
1. JOHANN GEORG ALBRECHTSBERGER
Concerto for Organ and Strings in B flat major
1. I. Allegro moderato 6'56"
2. II. Adagio 12'36"
3. III. Finale. Allegro 7'40"
2. FRANZ ANTON HOFFMEISTER
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra in D major
4. I. Allegro brillante 11'32”
5. II. Adagio 6'21"
6. III. Rondo (Allegretto) 4'46"
3. JOHANN GEORG ALBRECHTSBERGER
Partita for Harp and Orchestra in F major
7. I. Presto 4'06"
8. II. Adagio un poco 8'25"
9. III. Menuet 2'58"
10. IV. Finale. Allegro 3'53"
- Organ - Gabor Lehotka
- Flute - Janos Szebenyi
- Harp - Anna Lelkes
- Orchestra - Budapest Philharmonic Chamber Orchestr, Gyor Philharmonic Orchestra
- Conducted by - Frigyes Sandor, Janos Sandor
