joseph.haydn.&.gabriel.guillén
concerto.4.guitar.in.c
Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra in C Major HobVIIb/1 arangement.4.guitar.&.orchestra.by.jovan.pesec
Conductor: Georg Kugi
Hungarian Philharmonic Orchestra
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arranged 2005 by Jovan Pesec & dedicated to Gabriel Guillén
score available at: www.jovanpesec.musicaneo.com
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Preface
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) had the distinction of being born in the late Baroque period of music and of dying in the late Classical period. By that time the refinement of the Baroque suite had given way to the drama of a four-movement symphony for three times as many players, and he had made an enormous contribution to the development of classical sonata form, the structure that made these large works possible. His inventiveness extended to string quartets, concertos, operas, oratorios, masses and songs, composed within the security of Prince Esterházy's palaces in Eisenstadt and Esterháza.
The Concerto for Violoncello in C major (Hob.viib/1) was written between 1761 and 1765, Unpublished, it remained hidden until 1961, when it was discovered in Prague's National Library. It seems to have been written for Joseph Weigl, a cellist in Prince Esterházy's orchestra. To judge by the dazzling figurations of the first movement, he must have been a virtuoso. It perhaps suggests the late Baroque rather than the mature mastery of the Classical sonata form which Haydn later achieved, though one of its outstanding characteristics is the inventiveness which the composer displayed throughout his life. Of its suitability for transcription to the guitar there can be no doubt. Jovan Pesec's version, done for the Venezuelan guitarist Gabriel Guillén, sounds as if it had been written for the guitar. It makes a valuable contribution to the guitar repertoire.
Colin Cooper, Classical Guitar Magazine
via e-mail, November 2005