Haydn: Cello Concerto in C Major, Hob. VIIb:1

Description

Full score and orchestral parts to this work have been published as a co-production between Barenreiter and G. Henle based on G. Henle's Complete Edition "Works of Joseph Haydn".

Joseph Haydn's concertos for cello 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 already in service as Kapellmeister, or music director, to Prince Esterházy. The concerto was for a long time known only through an entry by Haydn in his handwritten catalogue of works, and the music itself was unknown. It was not until 1961 that a copy of the work was found, and since then it has successfully held its own against the Concerto in D Major, Hob. VII:2. The services of Haydn specialist Sonja Gerlach have been obtained for this edition of the concerto with piano accompaniment. She enriches the Urtext edition with a detailed preface that also examines focuses on the execution of the ornaments and the cadenzas.