Anton Kraft - Cello Concerto in C-major, Op.4 (1805)

                                    Anton Kraft

Anton Kraft, (1749~1820)

(1752~1820, 영조28년~순조20년 68세) was a Czech cellist and composer.

He was a close friend of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.

 

 Cello Concerto in C-major, Op.4 (1805)

 

Cellist: Anner Bylsma/ Orchestra: Tafelmusik-Conductor: Jean Lamon

Mov.I: Allegro Aperto 00:00
Mov.II: Romance 08:41
Mov.III: Rondo alla Cosacca 14:16

 

Kraft was born in the Bohemian town Rokycanyof German Bohemian ethnics family which had assimilated into Czech. He received early musical education on the cello from his father before going to university in Vienna to study law. He soon obtained a position in the Imperial Hofkapelle.

 Musica Viva Orchestra
Soloist - Alexander Rudin
Conductor Matthew Halls

Tchaikovsky Concert Hall[01.06.2015 ]

In 1778 he was appointed cellist in Prince Nikolaus Esterházy's orchestra, where he met and studied composition with Haydn. After Esterházy died in 1790, he went to Vienna and became a founding member of the Schuppanzigh Quartet, where he helped establish the traditions of string quartet playing. He played in the Grassalkovich court and from 1796 was employed in Prince Lobkowicz's orchestra. He died on 28 August 1820 in Vienna.

 

Kraft was considered one of the greatest cellists of his time and both Haydn's Cello Concerto No. 2 in D and the cello part in Beethoven's Triple Concerto were written for him, though his son Nikolaus Kraft is also claimed to have played the premiere of the latter.

 

As a composer, he wrote cello sonatas (six for cello with bass published as Op. 1 and 2) and a cello concerto (Op. 4). He also wrote various duos: for violin and cello (Op. 3), for cello and double bass and for two cellos (Op. 5 and 6).

 

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