Celloconcertossinfoniaschristianernstgrafcarlfriedrichabel

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Label
Ars Produktion
Release Date
June 21, 2010
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      GRAF ABEL
    • PERFORMER
      Hesse Brandt, L'Arpa Festante
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 21, 2010
    • UPC
      4260052380680
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ARS38068
    • LABEL
      Ars Produktion
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Concertos
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro maestoso

      Composer: Carl Friedrich Abel

      Ensemble: L' Arpa festante

      Performer: Klaus-Dieter Brandt

      Conductor: Christoph Hesse

    2. II. Adagio ma non troppo

      Composer: Carl Friedrich Abel

      Ensemble: L' Arpa festante

      Performer: Klaus-Dieter Brandt

      Conductor: Christoph Hesse

    3. III. Allegro

      Composer: Carl Friedrich Abel

      Ensemble: L' Arpa festante

      Performer: Klaus-Dieter Brandt

      Conductor: Christoph Hesse

    4. I. Allegro

      Composer: Christian Ernst Graaf

      Ensemble: L' Arpa festante

      Conductor: Christoph Hesse

    5. II. Andante

      Composer: Christian Ernst Graaf

      Ensemble: L' Arpa festante

      Conductor: Christoph Hesse

    6. III. Presto

      Composer: Christian Ernst Graaf

      Ensemble: L' Arpa festante

      Conductor: Christoph Hesse

    7. I. Allegro

      Composer: Christian Ernst Graaf

      Ensemble: L' Arpa festante

      Performer: Klaus-Dieter Brandt

      Conductor: Christoph Hesse

    8. II. Largo

      Composer: Christian Ernst Graaf

      Ensemble: L' Arpa festante

      Performer: Klaus-Dieter Brandt

      Conductor: Christoph Hesse

    9. III. Allegretto

      Composer: Christian Ernst Graaf

      Ensemble: L' Arpa festante

      Performer: Klaus-Dieter Brandt

      Conductor: Christoph Hesse

    10. I. Allegro

      Composer: Christian Ernst Graaf

      Ensemble: L' Arpa festante

      Conductor: Christoph Hesse

    11. II. Andante

      Composer: Christian Ernst Graaf

      Ensemble: L' Arpa festante

      Conductor: Christoph Hesse

    12. III. Presto

      Composer: Christian Ernst Graaf

      Ensemble: L' Arpa festante

      Conductor: Christoph Hesse

    13. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Christian Ernst Graaf

      Ensemble: L' Arpa festante

      Performer: Klaus-Dieter Brandt

      Conductor: Christoph Hesse

    14. II. Adagio

      Composer: Christian Ernst Graaf

      Ensemble: L' Arpa festante

      Performer: Klaus-Dieter Brandt

      Conductor: Christoph Hesse

    15. III. Allegro

      Composer: Christian Ernst Graaf

      Ensemble: L' Arpa festante

      Performer: Klaus-Dieter Brandt

      Conductor: Christoph Hesse


The life and work of Christian Ernst Graf (1723-1804) remains largely unexplored - a striking fact given the outstanding quality of the works that have been re-discovered and recorded. Little is known about Christian Ernst's life in his birth town Rudolstadt before he moved to the Netherlands. In the 1750s, he became a composer at the court of Princess Anna van Hannover (1709-1759), widow of stadtholder Willem IV (1711-1751), and at the Court of His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange. Graf's compositional idiom is characterized by an almost modern sensibility and inventiveness, both expressive and brilliant in style - qualities that are apparent in the two violoncello concertos presented on this SACD. Like Marin Marais in his viola da gamba pieces, Graf explored the virtuosic possibilities of the violoncello to its limits. Founded in 1983 as one of the earliest German early music ensembles, L'arpa festante has developed an outstanding reputation. One of the ensemble's main interests is the rediscovery and historically informed performance of forgotten works from the 17th Century and the Classical era as well as the symphonic and oratorio repertoire of the Romantic era.