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Haydn: Cello Concertos - Hindemith: Trauermusik / Poltéra, Münchener Kammerorchester
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Haydn: Cello Concertos - Hindemith: Trauermusik / Poltéra, Münchener Kammerorchester

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Details

Composer
Joseph Haydn, Paul Hindemith
Artist
Christian Poltera, Munchener Kammerorchester
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Aug 05, 2022
Catalog #
BIS-2507
UPC
7318599925073

About

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.

REVIEW:

Christian Poltéra is front and centre in these vivacious performances of Haydn’s two cello concertos. His ‘Mara’ Stradivari is in fine voice, throaty and gruff in chivvying low-register passages but singing plangently in the high-lying lyrical writing that is such a feature of both works.

-- The Strad

Tracklist 11 tracks

  1. 1 I. Moderato (cadenza by H. Schiff and C. Poltéra) 09:10
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Moderato (cadenza by H. Schiff and C. Poltéra)
    Duration
    09:10
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Christian Poltéra
    Ensemble
    Münchener Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Christian Poltéra
  2. 2 II. Adagio (cadenza by H. Schiff and C. Poltéra) 07:10
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio (cadenza by H. Schiff and C. Poltéra)
    Duration
    07:10
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Christian Poltéra
    Ensemble
    Münchener Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Christian Poltéra
  3. 3 III. Finale: Allegro molto 06:27
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Finale: Allegro molto
    Duration
    06:27
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Christian Poltéra
    Ensemble
    Münchener Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Christian Poltéra
  4. 4 I. Allegro moderato (cadenza by H. Schiff and C. Poltéra) 13:45
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato (cadenza by H. Schiff and C. Poltéra)
    Duration
    13:45
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Christian Poltéra
    Ensemble
    Münchener Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Christian Poltéra
  5. 5 II. Adagio (cadenza by H. Schiff and C. Poltéra) 04:58
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Adagio (cadenza by H. Schiff and C. Poltéra)
    Duration
    04:58
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Christian Poltéra
    Ensemble
    Münchener Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Christian Poltéra
  6. 6 III. Rondo: Allegro 04:45
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegro
    Duration
    04:45
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Christian Poltéra
    Ensemble
    Münchener Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Christian Poltéra
  7. 7 Symphony No. 13 in D Major, Hob.I:13: II. Adagio cantabile 06:38
    Track
    7
    Title
    Symphony No. 13 in D Major, Hob.I:13: II. Adagio cantabile
    Duration
    06:38
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Performer
    Christian Poltéra
    Ensemble
    Münchener Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Christian Poltéra
  8. 8 I. Langsam 03:18
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Langsam
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Christian Poltéra
    Ensemble
    Münchener Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Christian Poltéra
  9. 9 II. Ruhig bewegt 00:46
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Ruhig bewegt
    Duration
    00:46
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Christian Poltéra
    Ensemble
    Münchener Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Christian Poltéra
  10. 10 III. Lebhaft 01:04
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Lebhaft
    Duration
    01:04
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Christian Poltéra
    Ensemble
    Münchener Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Christian Poltéra
  11. 11 IV. Choral: Für Deinen Thron tret ich hiermit 02:10
    Track
    11
    Title
    IV. Choral: Für Deinen Thron tret ich hiermit
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Paul Hindemith
    Performer
    Christian Poltéra
    Ensemble
    Münchener Kammerorchester
    Conductor
    Christian Poltéra