Joseph Schubert - Concerto For Viola And Orchester in C Major

 

Joseph Schubert

 (December 20, 1754 – July 28, 1837) was a German composer, violinist, and violist.

 

 

 Concerto For Viola And Orchester in C Major

     

Vidor Nagy - Viola
Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn
Dirigent - Jörg Faerber - Released 1980

A1 Allegro 00:01
A2 Romanze (Adagio) 11:02
A3 Rondo (Allegretto) 16:30

 

Schubert was born in Varnsdorf, Bohemia (now Czech Republic) to a musical family. He received his early musical education from his father, who was a cantor, and then in Prague. In 1778, he moved to Berlin to study the violin with Paul Kohn, director of the royal orchestra there.

In 1779, Schubert obtained a position as violinist in the court of Heinrich Friedrich, the Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt. In 1788, he accepted a post as violist in the court orchestra of Dresden, where he remained until his death in 1837.

 

Schubert gained recognition as a versatile composer, cited in the 1812 edition of Ernst Ludwig Gerber's lexicon of composers. His œuvre includes 15 masses, 4 operas, 17 sonatas, and 49 concertos for solo instruments. The Saxon State Library in Dresden holds the manuscripts of three viola concertos attributed to him.

Published works

• Concerto for Viola and Orchestra in C major (Schott Music, ed. Karlheinz Schultz-Hauser)