Kraft, Wranický & Stamitz: Cello Concertos

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Release Date: 10th Sep 2012
Catalogue No: SU41082
Label: Supraphon
Length: 69 minutes

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Kraft, Antonin: Cello Concerto in C Major, Op. 4

Work length23:39

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Michal Kanka (soloist)
Prague Chamber Orchestra

I. Allegro aperto

Track length10:29

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II. Romance. Andante

Track length5:59

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III. Rondo alla cosacca. Moderato

Track length7:11

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Vranický, A: Cello Concerto in D minor

Work length25:34

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Michal Kanka (soloist)
Prague Chamber Orchestra

I. Allegro maestoso

Track length10:43

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II. Adagio cantabile

Track length7:15

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III. Rondeau. Allegretto

Track length7:36

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Carl Philipp Stamitz: Cello Concerto No. 2 in A Major

Work length20:13

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Michal Kanka (soloist)
Prague Chamber Orchestra

I. Allegro con spirito

Track length9:14

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II. Romance. Andantino

Track length6:48

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III. Rondo. Allegretto

Track length4:11

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Czech roots and international careers are the connecting link between the creators of all the three featured concertos.

Antonín Kraft, first cellist in Prince Esterházy’s orchestra, was according to Haydn, who initiated him into the art of composition, “one of the most superb masters of this instrument”.

In Dresden, he performed together with Mozart, and his virtuosity was also esteemed by Beethoven (who wrote for Kraft the demanding cello part of his Triple Concerto). Like Kraft, Antonín Vranický too lived in Vienna, studied with Haydn and was a friend of Beethoven. A superlative violinist, he worked as Kappelmeister, concert master and composer in Prince Lobkowitz’s orchestra and is considered the founder of the Vienna Violin School. Carl Stamitz was born in Mannheim, where he played the violin in the celebrated court orchestra before spending years in Paris and London and undertaking solo concert tours throughout Europe (Vienna, Salzburg, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, etc.).

His music contains undertones of the Romantic sentimentality. Michal Kaňka, a member of the Pražák Quartet and soloist, the holder of numerous accolades (including from the ARD Munich Competition) and with award-winning recordings to his name, has breathed new life into the nearly forgotten concertos created by the three masters.

Kraft, Wranický & Stamitz: Cello Concertos

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