Jan Jozef Rösler (1771-1813) - Sinfonie in C (1805)
Performers: Orchester Eisеnbеrg; Jіrі Sychа (conductor)
Further info: Johann Joseph Rösler : Concerto pour piano - Symphonie
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Bohemian composer. He studied music formally with his father but was
mainly self-taught in composition. His earliest successes, the
pantomimes Das Zauberhörnchen and Die Geburt des Schneiders Wetz Wetz
Wetz, date from 1796. He wrote both Singspiele and Italian operas, most
of which were given at the Nostitz Theatre in Prague; they include
L’assassino per vendetta, given later in German and also Czech, and
Elisene, Prinzessin von Bulgarien, his most famous opera, which was
first performed in 1807 and later presented successfully at the Vienna
court theatre (1809). Rösler went to Vienna in 1805 and worked for a
while at the court theatre; he also spent some time in the service of
the Countess Lobkowitz. Although renowned as a theatre musician, Rösler
also won a reputation as a keyboard virtuoso and composer. His Piano
Concerto in D op.15 is one of his most important works, and his keyboard
sonatas and smaller piano pieces were popular in his day.
Stylistically, Rösler, like so many of his contemporaries, falls between
Mozart and Beethoven; his Cantate auf Mozart’s Tod (1798) shows his
indebtedness to the former but his Piano Concerto leans towards the
latter.
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