Leopold Koželuch: Piano Concerto No.4 in A major, Tomas Dratva (piano)
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- Опубліковано 5 сер 2024
- Leopold Koželuch - Piano Concerto No. 4 in A major, P 4:4, Tomas Dratva (piano), Slovak Sinfonietta Žilina, Oliver von Dohnanyi (conductor)
1.Allegro 0:00
2.Andantino 10:56
3.Rondeau.Poco presto 19:10
Leopold Koželuch, alternatively also Leopold Koželuh, (26 June 1747 - 7 May 1818), was a Czech composer and teacher of classical music. He was born in the town of Velvary, in Bohemia (present-day Czech Republic). He was an esteemed contemporary of Mozart, and in many circles considered the finer composer and an early champion of the fortepiano.
Koželuch was born Jan Antonín Koželuh but, to avoid confusion with an older cousin, adopted ‘Leopold' as his given name, dropping ‘Jan' altogether. He studied music in his childhood in Velvary and later in Prague with a cousin and with composer Franz Xavier Dussek. Bohemian by birth he remained in Prague until he was in his 30s before taking up a career in Vienna.
The Austrian capital proved quite hospitable to Koželuch in the 1780s, as he scored successes with many of his symphonies, piano concertos and vocal works. He produced more than half of his 49 piano sonatas in the 1780s, many received with great enthusiasm. Koželuch quickly became a highly respected teacher now, as well, successful enough to decline the post of Court organist under the Archbishop of Salzburg, and financially secure enough to establish a publishing house Koželuch's works appeared not only in his own publications now but in those abroad, particularly in England. In 1792 he was appointed Royal Orchestra Master and Court Composer under Austrian Emperor Franz II. In about 1797 Scottish publisher George Thomson contracted the composer to provide--for quite handsome sums--arrangements of Irish, Welsh and Scottish folksongs. For the remainder of his life Koželuch retained his Court posts, teaching and publishing activities, while composing relatively little original music. His last volume of folksongs arrangements appeared in London, in 1809. He died as a respected composer and musician, though his reputation faded over the next decades in the shadow of Beethoven.
Leopold kozeluh was just the right composer at the right time. Maybe his works have fallen in obscurity because they where not "evergreens" but rather in the fashion of his era. His symphonies are also worth listening.
You are absolutely right: pleasent works, not "evergreens".
How could everyone don't know this lovely composer? I am right now studying this guy as in the name of 1750 MDCCL Lovely Times, the Classical Era Year begins.
Splendid!
Sehr schön, melodiös, temperanmentvoll, very beautifull. Many thanks for loading.
Thank you too!
Kozeluch is melodic, his harmonization is light, the sonority and instrumentation is brilliant, all this is the classicism "galant" (rococo) before Beethoven.
Thank you!
ABSOLUTELY LOVELY!!!! THANKS FOR UPLOADING!!!!
Thanks for placing this fine concerto. Leopold Kozeluch is one of my favorite composers and in his time not much less popular then Mozart or Van Beethoven. For me no day without Kozeluch. Everything you place I appreciate very much!
I have posted from his music and I will post because I like it too. Thank you very much!
Der Namenlos placed this concerto already in 2014, but with less information about this great composer.
Pieter Domburg veel getalenteerde muzikanten uit de 18e en vroege 19e eeuw kwamen uit Bohemen. Dat kan toch geen toeval zijn?
Helemaal mee eens. Zeker geen toeval.
I fell in love with his music as a teenager after discovering his sinfonia concertante for mandolin, trumpet, double bass and piano! Thank you for sharing this wonderful recording.
Thanks a lot for your warm comment!
¡ Muchas gracias !
Thank you too!
Se agradece a sibarit101 difundir a grandes compositores poco conocidos, como Kozeluch, entre otros. Este concierto es muy hermoso, con evidentes aires mozartianos.
Thanks for all your comments. I think there are too many unjustly neglected composers, that's why I am very glad when their music is listened and appreciated.
Kozeluch não gostava muito de Mozart.
How many piano concertos did he compose ? I know he has written some 50 piano sonatas and there are already two complete recordings of them on fortepiano.
couldn't find the third concert
Not all his concertos were recorded.
If someone killed Mozart... this was him... (JOKE) He is not as talented as Mozart for sure but his works are clean and sweet, if not fascinating ... to many useless notes, trying to hard, some bits are very cool then it falls in banalities again, listening to this make the others stand out even more. A for effort... C for originality... C for orchestral skills... a complete rebuilding using some of the material could lead to a stunning piece... there is gold in this!!!
Thanks for the evaluation! :)
Of course, not all composers are called Mozart or Beethoven. But it is good that we listen, sometimes with pleasure, to the music of composers who are now considered minors, but in their time they were very appreciated. The tastes of listeners evolve, who knows what somebody will say about this music in about 50 years?
This is really a very nice concert - but sorry, such a mediocre pianist :-( He misses any feeling for this classical style.