Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), Josef Myslivecek (1737-1781)
Performer: Wendy Warner
Conductor: Drostan Hall
Orchestra/Ensemble: Camerata Chicago
Genre: Classical
Official Digital Download - Source: Cedille (24bit/96 kHz)
Catalog Number: 142
On Haydn & Mysliveček Cello Concertos, American cellist Wendy Warner, a protégé of Mstislav Rostropovich, and Camerata Chicago, conducted by its British-born founder, Drostan Hall, present Franz Josef Haydn’s essential C Major and D Major Cello Concertos, harmoniously paired with a genuine rarity: the C Major Cello Concerto of Czech composer Josef Mysliveček (1737-1781), a Haydn contemporary.
约瑟夫·米斯里维切克(Josef Myslivecek)，捷克裔意大利作曲家。1737年3月9日出生于波希米亚的 Horni Sarka。父亲是布拉格的一位磨房主。早年随哈伯曼（Fr. Habermann）和塞格（Josef Seger）学习音乐。1763年至意大利，师从威尼斯的音乐大师佩谢蒂（G.B. Pescetti）深造。他还曾担任过教堂的小提琴手。1767年，他的歌剧《拜勒罗弗特》（Il Bellerofonte）在那不勒斯公演获得成功，从此被意大利认可，进入歌剧的主流圈。在这里，他被称做“波希米亚人”（Il Boemo）。在音乐的其他领域，诸如交响曲、协奏曲、奏鸣曲等，他也显示出活跃的创造精神。与此同时，他也与祖国保持了密切的联系，他的几部歌剧和宗教剧，都曾在布拉格上演。1781年2月4日逝世于罗马。
他的作品包括《美狄亚》（Medea）、《罗莫洛与埃尔西利娅》等，宗教剧《阿布拉莫与伊萨科（Abramo ed Isacco）、《阿达莫与埃娃》（Adamo ed Eva）等，以及一些器乐曲和室内乐作品。据说莫扎特曾对他的作品表示钦佩。
Reviews: Haydn scholar H.C. Robbins Landon described Haydn’s D major cello concerto as one of the composer’s “weakest compositions”, an “uncomfortable” work, displaying “misjudgments of dramatic timing”, its concluding rondo “staid and melodically short-winded”. Whatever the theoretical, and to some degree subjective basis for that assessment, for most listeners, hearing this concerto will provoke nothing short of pure delight and appreciation for Haydn’s clever and catchy—and often virtuosic—thematic writing, buoyant rhythms, and thoroughly entertaining interplay between soloist and orchestra. There’s a reason why the work is represented on more than 100 recordings in the current CD catalog. And Wendy Warner’s addition to that number is a stellar confirmation of its popularity to audiences and particular appeal to performers.
That same popularity applies to the C major concerto, written in the 1760s, some 20 years earlier than the D major, yet only re-discovered in 1961 and given its modern premiere in Prague a year later. This work features even more brilliant bursts of virtuosic writing for the soloist—and Warner really digs in: you can just picture the flashing bow strokes, the swift, fluid motion of fingers, and a resultant musical enunciation that seems so easily and effortlessly produced, so absolutely natural, and so articulate and artful that you wouldn’t care if the tune were “Twinkle, twinkle little star”, you’d be just as impressed and satisfied. In fact, in view of the grand heap of Haydn cello concerto recordings, Warner’s playing places this one at the very top.
Warner’s impressive command of style and technique also serve to convince us that the “other” concerto on the program—a little-known work by Czech composer, and friend of Mozart, Joseph Myslivecek—is a more than worthy companion to the Haydn pieces; in fact, if you’re not paying very close attention, you won’t notice the transition from the Haydn C major concerto to Myslivecek’s work in the same key—the style and quality of Myslivecek’s composition makes an easy, almost seamless flow from one piece to the next. Combining this work with the two Haydn concertos was a smart bit of programming that, along with the unquestioned virtuoso performances of Wendy Warner, gives this disc an extraordinary value not only for collectors but for those who have yet to acquire a recording of these essential Haydn works. Praise for the orchestra and its conductor Drostan Hall must not go without mention—they are outstanding collaborators whose appropriately styled, energetic playing and remarkably tight ensemble complement every note and expressive utterance from Warner’s Guarneri cello. The sound, from College Church in Wheaton, Illinois, is consistent with Cedille’s highest standard. Don’t miss this.
Tracklisting:
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN (1732–1809) 海顿
Cello Concerto in C major (25:29) Cadenzas: Maurice Gendron
I. Moderato (10:47)
II. Adagio (8:06)
III. Allegro molto (6:30)
JOSEF MYSLIVEČEK (1737–1781) 约瑟夫·米斯里维切克
Cello Concerto in C major (20:40)
I. Allegro moderato (7:53)
II. Grave (7:10)
III. Tempo di minuetto (5:30)
FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN 海顿
Cello Concerto in D major (26:39)
I. Allegro moderato (15:57) Cadenza: Emanuel Feuermann
II. Adagio (5:47) Cadenza: Maurice Gendron
III. Allegro (4:48)
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