Haydn DVD 2003 Cello concerto no. 1 / Conducted by: Antal Dorati, Rudolf Hahn / Bamberg Symphonic, Munich Haydn Orchestra, Pro Musica Orchestra Stuttgart / Classic Music Gallery / Watch, Listen and Relax!

UPC 8712155087691  /  GAL 001

MADE IN EU

REGION 0 PAL DVD (All regions)

Audio: English 5.1, Dutch 5.1, French 5.1, German 5.1, English 2.0, Dutch 2.0, French 2.0, German 2.0 (NARRATION)

Total runtime: 63 min

English Summary:

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Watch, Listen and Relax!

The Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb/1, by Joseph Haydn was composed around 1761-65 for longtime friend Joseph Franz Weigl, then the principal cellist of Prince Nicolaus's Esterházy Orchestra.

The work was presumed lost until 1961, when musicologist Oldřich Pulkert discovered a copy of the score at the Prague National Museum. Though some doubts have been raised about the authenticity of the work, most experts believe that Haydn did compose this concerto.

Although the full work was discovered in 1961, Haydn had written the beginning of the principal theme of the first movement in his draft catalogue of 1765. This early work, contemporaneous with symphonies 6, 7 and 8 and predating his D major cello concerto by around twenty years, already shows Haydn as a master of instrumental writing. The solo cello part is thoroughly idiomatic. The concerto reflects the ritornello form of the baroque concerto as well as the emerging structure of the sonata-allegro form. As in the baroque concerto grosso, the accompanying ensemble is small: strings, two oboes, and two horns. It is possible that Weigl was the only cellist in the Esterházy Orchestra when Haydn composed the concerto, since there is only one cello line in the score, marked alternately “solo” and “tutti.” There is also, however, a basso continuo line, that might have been played by another cellist, or by Haydn himself on the harpsichord, or by a string bass player.

George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel baptised Georg Friederich Hände 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-born Baroque composer becoming well known for his operas, oratorios, anthems, concerti grossi and organ concertos. Handel received his training in Halle and worked as a composer in Hamburg and Italy before settling in London in 1712, where he spent the bulk of his career and became a naturalised British subject in 1727. He was strongly influenced both by the middle-German polyphonic choral tradition and by composers of the Italian Baroque.

Tracklist:

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Credits

• Cello – Laszlo Varga (tracks: 1 to 3)
• Composed By – Haydn
• Conductor – Antal Dorati (tracks: 1 to 3), Rolf Reinhardt (tracks: 7 to 9), Rudolf Hahn (tracks: 4 to 6)
• Orchestra – Bamberg Symphonic* (tracks: 1 to 3), Munich Haydn Orchestra (tracks: 4 to 6), Pro Musica Orchestra Stuttgart (tracks: 7 to 9)
• Trumpet – Walter Gleisle (tracks: 7 to 9)

Video: PAL 4:3
Dolby Digital 5.1

Marketed and distributed by Weton-Wesgram B.V., The Netherlands.

This DVD does not contain live concert performances of these pieces. Information on the sleeve reads: This DVD contains the most beautiful Classical Music accompanied by the most beautiful ever shooted moviescenes of nature. Watch, Listen and Relax! A biography and a full explanation of the works are narrated in the following languages: Nederlands, English, Français, Deutsch.

The Cello Concerto performance on this DVD was previously released on the Turnabout LP Haydn, Laszlo Varga, Antal Dorati, Bamberg Symphony Orchestra - Cello Concertos In C & D