Přemysl Vojta - Michael & Joseph Haydn: Horn Concertos (2018) [Official Digital Download]

Horn Concertos by Michael & Joseph Haydn: It is difficult to ascertain how many horn concertos Joseph Haydn and his younger brother Michael actually wrote. Certain works are lost; others are erroneously ascribed, or their authenticity is at least doubtful. One of the concertos has even been ascribed by different musicologists to Joseph and to Michael Haydn, but it may have been written by another person entirely.

The two brothers wrote most of their concertos for the widest variety of solo instruments, but usually in the same type of situation: i.e. once they had assumed important posts at the head of renowned court orchestras. Joseph Haydn became Kapellmeister for the Ezterházy princes in 1761, and Michael became concertmaster of the Salzburg archdiocese court orchestra in 1763. The court musicians in both orchestras were virtuosos in their own right, and one of the tasks of a Kapellmeister consisted in composing new works that permitted them to display their outstanding abilities in the presence of their sovereigns.

Tracklist:
01. Concerto per il Corno principale in D Major, MH 53: I. Allegro moderato
02. Concerto per il Corno principale in D Major, MH 53: I. Allegro vivace
03. Concerto per il Corno principale in D Major, MH 53: II. Andante
04. Concertino per il Corno e Trombone, MH 86: I. Adagio
05. Concertino per il Corno e Trombone, MH 86: II. Allegro molto
06. Concertino per il Corno in D major, MH 134: I. Larghetto
07. Concertino per il Corno in D major, MH 134: II. Allegro ma non troppo
08. Concertino per il Corno in D major, MH 134: III. Menuetto. Trio
09. Concerto per il Corno da caccia in D Major, Hob. VIId: 3: I. Allegro
10. Concerto per il Corno da caccia in D Major, Hob. VIId: 3: II. Andante
11. Concerto per il Corno da caccia in D Major, Hob. VIId: 3: III. Finale. Allegro

Personnel:
Přemysl Vojta, horn
Fabrice Millischer, trombone
Haydn Ensemble Prague
Martin Petrák, conductor