Krommer: 3 string quartets

Authentic Quartet

HCD 32623

Krommer was trained by his uncle, a choirmaster in Brno. He learned music theory autodidactically from the works of Mozart and Haydn. From 1971 he was in Vienna as a violinist in the service of Prince Antal Grassalkovich II, and from 1793 his first works appeared in print. In 1810 he was engaged by the Vienna Court Theatre as Ballet Kapellmeister; from 1815 he was the Emperor's Chamber Musician, and from 1818 Kozeluch's successor as Imperial Chamber Kapellmeister. He was one of the most successful Czech musicians of the late 18th and early 19th century living in Vienna. With the exception of opera and lieder, he wrote works in all genres, about 300 in all, which appeared around 1800 in an incredible abundance with Viennese, Italian, German, French, Danish and American publishers. How popular he was can be seen from the fact that his pieces often went through several editions and appeared in various transcriptions. With his 72 string quartets he was the most productive Viennese quartet composer of his time.

CD

Muzyka klasyczna

Hungaroton

09-06-2008

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