Sonja Gerlach

Joseph Haydn's concertos for violoncello and orchestra stand out for their lightness and elegance. The Concerto in C major Hob. VIIb:1 was most likely written between 1762 and 1765, when Haydn was alr...

The preface by Christin Heitmann provides illuminating background information. Haydn did not assign the nickname 'Sun Quartets': it alludes to an edition of the time, in which the title page was decor...

Haydn allowed about ten years to pass before composing a new cycle of string quartets after opus 20: the so-called 'Russian Quartets'. This is the first series of quartets that we know he wrote with p...

At the end of the 18th century, the Viennese court trumpeter Anton Weidinger (1767-1852) invented the 'Klappentrompete' keyed trumpet, which allowed the trumpet to play the octave in chromatic (half-s...

Dvorák's famous Symphony from the New World abounds in melodic turns and phrases that call up the atmosphere of 'Indian melodies' and spirituals. Among them are pentatonic (five-tone) tunes, and synco...

Clementi not only dedicated himself to the piano as a virtuoso and composer but also as a teacher, music publisher and instrument maker - so it is no wonder that he was referred to as the 'Father of t...

The works in this volume show the development of keyboard instruments in an exemplary manner: the early works were intended for harpsichord, two of which were for an instrument with the so-called 'Vie...

The works in this volume show the development of keyboard instruments in an exemplary manner: the early works were intended for harpsichord, two of which were for an instrument with the so-called 'Vie...

We know that Brahms took an active interest in Baroque music throughout his life. It can thus hardly be by chance that he chose a theme from one of Handel's harpsichord suites for his 25 variations. T...

This is a wonderful selection of Piano Sonatas by Muzio Clementi. A dedicated player and pioneer of the Piano, which led to him being dubbed the father of the piano, Italian composer and Pianist Muzio...

This is a wonderful selection of Piano Sonatas by Muzio Clementi. A dedicated player and pioneer of the Piano, which led to him being dubbed the father of the piano, Italian composer and Pianist Muzio...

Carl Maria von Weber is best-known as a master of Romantic opera, but he was originally a virtuoso pianist who created a substantial amount of piano music for concert use. Next to his four piano sonat...

Alongside the opera 'Der Freischütz', Weber's 'Invitation to the Dance' in D flat major op. 65 is his most famous work. In the 19th century, Weber's spirited piece was considered the virtual incarnati...

Which of his pupils did Haydn have in mind when he composed his humorous 'Divertimento à due per il Clavicembalo solo'? It was written at a time when works for piano four-hands were still the exceptio...

Haydn's last piano work is also considered to be his most famous single work for this instrument. The minor theme is filled with emotional depth: 'a melancholy andante in f minor, with variations, as...

Haydn only made piano arrangements of his own works in very special cases. The popularity of his hymn 'Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser' (God Save Emperor Francis) did not simply occasion him to write th...

When he switched from the harpsichord to the fortepiano in the 1780s, Joseph Haydn found he had a rich palette of sound colours and dynamic variations at his disposal, and he employed them enthusiasti...

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Sometimes the symphonies ... are destined to showcase the musicians' talents' - a music dictionary of the time thus commented on a new genre, the 'Symphonie concertante'. The playful competition betwe...

Haydn's numerous divertimentos for strings and wind are cheerful, functional music about whose genesis we know very little. Many stem from Haydn's early years, when the composer had to keep his head a...

Haydn's numerous divertimentos for strings and winds are cheerful, functional music about whose genesis we know very little. Many stem from Haydn's early years, when the composer had to keep his head...

Two of Joseph Haydn's three concertos for horn and orchestra have been lost, while two further horn concertos have often been mistakenly ascribed to him. Haydn's sole surviving horn concerto, whose au...

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Along with Symphonies Nos. 76 and 77 Haydn composed Symphony No. 78 for a journey to England that never took place. Nonetheless, H. C. Robbins Landon referred to these works as the 'English Symphonies...

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