Franz Joseph Haydn: Keyboard Concerto in G Major, Hob. XVIII:4 – Franz Vorraber, Castle Chamber Orchestra (2016)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 00:19:18 minutes | 366 MB | Genre: Classical
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Recorded: Bad Homburg Castle, Germany
Papa Haydn – nothing of the sort! The great musician always knew how to entertain people without using cheep templates filled with gaudy timbres or highly dramatic gestures. For him, joie de vivre is admissible, even desirable. Behind this rhythmic vitality and all the gestures, the master distinguishes and seduces people to superior thoughts, too. Little is known about the creation of the piano concert in G major. Guaranteed is just a date of performance on April 28th, 1784 at the Concert spirituel in Paris with the blind Viennese pianist Maria Theresia Paradis, whom i. a. Mozart composed for. The importance of Haydn as author of concertos is still underestimated in the History of Music. This particular concerto is composed for a string quartet only, without blowers. It comprises a typical, classically built work full of surprises and embellishments. This extent of humor and playfulness will rarely be accomplished by composers later born. –Franz Vorraber
Castles and palaces have always been stimulating human fantasy, just think of the tales of Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty. These connotations are also shaping musical compositions, in fabulous – simply romantic music. Beautiful creations that are able to express joy, love, sorrow and grief; silence as well as jubilance, melancholia as well as exaltation to today’s audience no less that 500 years ago, differing not in time, but in a mode of feeling and perception that depends on composer, artist, performance space and – last but not least – you, dear audience. Therefore we choose the motto “Centuries of Romance” for our “Castle Concerts Series”, and, to be honest: castles and romance, that fits quite nicely.
Giving a stage to this thought is the next step. We invited Franz Vorraber in his capacity as a pianist, composer and romanticist to plan and, eventually, to realize the present production. Franz built a beautiful concertant bridge from the 18th century to his specially created contemporary composition, and arranged it for piano and string quartet explicitly according to our visions. The work is being performed by the composer as both artist and conductor with an orchestra carefully selected by himself – the result is stunning. But just lean back and listen for yourself… –Josef-Stefan Kindler
Tracklist:
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Keyboard Concerto in G Major, Hob. XVIII:4
1. I. Allegro moderato 8:25
2. II. Adagio 6:32
3. III. Rondo. Presto 4:21
Personnel:
Franz Vorraber, Piano & Conducting
Castle Chamber Orchestra
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