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Karl Kohaut - Haydn’s Lute Player

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Label: Challenge Classics

Cat No: CC72323

Barcode: 0608917232325

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 2nd November 2009

Works

Haydn
Trio in F major for lute, Violin obligato & Bass

Kohaut
Divertimento No.1 in B flat major for lute obligato, 2 Violins & Bass

Kohaut
Concerto in D major for contrabass, 2 Violins & Bass

Kohaut
Concerto in B flat major for Lute, 2 Violins, Viola & Bass

Kohaut
Sinfonia in F Minor for 2 Violins, Viola & Bass

Artists

Ars Antiqua Austria

Conductor

Gunar Letzbor

Works

Artists

Ars Antiqua Austria

Conductor

Gunar Letzbor

About

The Viennese musician Karl Kohaut was not only a great lutenist and string player who performed with Haydn and the young Mozart, but also a composer in his own right. The pieces on this new CD, which were written during the time of transition between the baroque and classical periods, are here performed by a group which specialises in music from this age, Ars Antiqua Austria. The disc also includes a trio by Haydn that Kohaut would himself have performed.

Karl Kohaut lived in the time of Mozart and Haydn, and is considered to be the last great Viennese lutenist. He was, however, also a remarkable composer in the style of the transitional phase between baroque and classical, and wrote pieces for all the different string instruments, including the double bass, an instrument widely played at musical occasions in Viennese cultural circles.

Ars Antiqua Austria was founded in Linz in 1995 with the aim of introducing audiences to the roots of specifically Austrian baroque music played on period instruments. The core of Ars Antiqua Austria comprises 8 musicians and it is directed by Gunar Letzbor. The ensemble is readily augmented to accommodate a still wider repertoire.