Dussek / Wagenseil / Krumpholtz: Harp Concertos

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Cat No: 8553622

Release Date: 12 January 1999

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Genres: Classical

Composer/Series: DUSSEK / WAGENSEIL / KRUMPHOLTZ

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Harp Concertos Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715-1777) Concerto in G Major for Harp, Two Violins and Cello Iean-Baptiste Krumpholtz (1742-1790) Concerto No.6 in F Major for Harp and Orchestra, Op. 9 Ian Ladislav Dussek (1760- 1812) Sonata No.2 for Harp in E Flat Major, Op. 34 Concerto in E FlatMajor for Harp and Orchestra, Op. 15 GeorgChristoph Wagenseil was born in Vienna in 1715 and studied composition with Johann Joseph Fux,the hnperial Court Kapel1meister, before, on his teacher's recommendation,being appointed in 1735 as Court Composer. His first opera, Ariodante, wasstaged in Venice at S Giovanni Grisostomoin 1745 under his own direction and his many compositions found favour widelyabroad, in Paris as elsewhere. He wasan able keyboard-player and was employed as teacher to the daughters of theimperial family, as Hojklaviermeister, his own playing being muchadmired for its expressive power and inventiveness in improvisation. Towardsthe end of his life illness prevented his performance, but he continued toteach and to compose until his death in 1777. fu style Wagenseil began with a mastery ofcurrent Baroque techniques, proceeding, as time went on, to the stile galantof the mid-century .Earlier in his career a number of sacred works, someninety before 1755, were followed by operas, several to libretti by the CourtPoet Metastasio, an admirer of his ability as a performer. He was prolific inkeyboard music, contributed significantly to the development of the classicalsymphony and composed a number of concertos, primarily for harpsichord,although the alternative of organ or harp is suggested. These concertos alonenumber as many as 75, with others at least mentioned in other sources. The present Harp Concerto in G major openswith a lightly orchestrated introduction of thematic material, before the soloentry, proceeding with all the clarity of the pre-classical style. The slowmovement turns to the minor key, with the touch of poignancy that found itstrue master later with Mozart, who as a child had played one of Wagenseil'sconcertos before the Empress Maria Theresia. The concerto ends with a cheerfulfinale, its mood at once established, and continued through a series of lightlycontrasted episodes. TheBohemian composer Jean-Baptiste Krumpholtz was himself a harpist as well as aninnovator in the form that instrument took towards the end of the eighteenthcentury. Born in Bohemia, the son of a bandmaster in the service of Count Kinsky, he wastaught by his father, an oboist, to play the horn and to this end wasdespatched to Vienna to perfect histechnique. This he failed to do, preferring to devote his attention to theharp, the instrument played by his mother. After a period in France and in Flanders, hereturned to Prague, where he hadencouragement from Wagenseil's former pupil Frantisek Xaver Dusek, whorecommended him to Haydn. After success in Vienna, he was engaged by the latteras harpist at Esterhaza, where he als
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