#kozeluch

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Symphony in F Major: IV. Presto de Leopold Kozeluch

From the description: “Leopold Kozeluch (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). Work: Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major for trumpet, piano, mandoline & Double bass Mov.I: Allegro 00:00 Mov.II: Andantino con variazioni 15:59 Mov.III: Finale, Rondo allegretto 22:19 Piano: Werner Genuit Mandoline: Akashi Ochi Trumpet: Siegfried Goethel Double bass: Walter Meuter Orchestra: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields & Consortium Classicum Conductor: Iona Brown”

Koželuch left around 400 compositions. Among these there are about thirty symphonies, twenty-two piano concertos, including a concerto for piano four-hands, arguably one of the best examples of this rare genre, two clarinet concertos, twenty-four violin sonatas, sixty-three piano trios, six string quartets, two oratorios, nine cantatas and various liturgical works. Among his music there are also operas and works for ballet, which—with the exception of one opera —have yet to be heard by present day audiences.

Kozeluch also joined Freemasonry around the 1790s, in a lodge in Vienna. He experienced during his lifetime acceptance of his work in all of Europe; in his last years however the criticism that he was too prolific became heard more often. Criticisms of his work by Mozart and Beethoven are still remembered. Many works of his point in the direction of musical romanticism, while there is a deliberately reactionary thread running through other works as shown by his continuing use of the term "trio sonata" to describe his piano trios.