Antonín Kraft (1749-1820) - Premier Concerto Pour le Violoncelle (c.1805)

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Composer: Antonín Kraft (1749-1820)
Work: Premier Concerto Pour le Violoncelle composé et dédié à Monsieur le Comte Maur. de Fries Chambellan de S.M.I. ... Oeuvre 4 (c.1805)
Performers: Alexander Rudіn (cello); Musica Vivа Orchestra; Matthew Hаlls (conductor)

Premier Concerto Pour le Violoncelle (c.1805)
1. Allegro aperto 0:00
2. Romance 8:52
3. Rondo alla Cosacca 13:17

Painting: Paul Sandby (1731-1809) - The Asylum for the Deaf
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Antonín (Anton) Kraft [Krafft]
(Rokycany, 30 December 1749 - Vienna, 28 August 1820)

Bohemian cellist and composer. He was the son of Franz Kraft, a brewer and amateur musician who was his first teacher. He later was sent to Eisenstadt to study under Gregor Joseph Werner. Probably through Werner's connections as former cellist to the court of Count Morzin, he was engaged as principal cellist in the Kapelle of Prince Nikolaus Esterházy in 1778, a post he retained until the orchestra was dissolved in 1790, and where he studied composition with Joseph Haydn. After 1790 he also served with the orchestras of Count Anton Grassalkovich and Prince Lobkowitz. From 1793 he performed with other prominent Viennese musicians at Prince Lichnowsky's Friday morning chamber music recitals, which led to the establishment of the famous 'Schuppanzigh string quartet' with Kraft as cellist. He became a favourite in performances of early chamber works by Beethoven. He was appointed cello teacher at the conservatory of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in 1819, but died the following year. As a composer, he wrote a cello concerto, six cello sonatas, seven duos for strings, a notturno, and a number of trios featuring the baryton. He married Maria Anna Schevitzka and had at least five children, among them, Mikuláš (Nikolaus) Kraft (1778-1853), also cellist and composer.