Johann Wilhelm Hertel (1727-1789)
- Sinfonia in D-Dur
Performers: International Soloist Orchestra; Enrico Bаrtеllo (conductor)
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German violinist, keyboard player and composer, son of Johann Christian
Hertel (1697-1754). He received his musical training from his father and
members of the Bach family. He also came to the attention of Franz
Benda, who heard him perform in 1742 in Strelitz, where his father had
moved. Upon Benda’s recommendation Hertel was trained in Berlin and at
the court of Zerbst before obtaining a position as Kapellmeister with
Duke Christian Ludwig of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. From 1770 he was the
privy councillor in the service of Princess Ulrike but continued to
compose, arrange concerts at the court and give music instruction. In
his last years he gave up the violin and devoted himself to keyboard
instruments. As a theorist, Hertel wrote four volumes on musical
compositions, which were published in Leipzig between 1757 and 1758. In
his youth Hertel was considered one of the best violinists of Franz
Benda’s school. As a composer, he is best known for his craftsmanship
that blends a progressive harmonic language with technical display. His
music includes a Mass, five Passions, 12 secular cantatas (and seven
with nontraditional sacred texts), 11 Lutheran cantatas, numerous
chorales, 40 concert arias, 60 Lieder, three motets, three Psalms (in
German), two sets of incidental music for Shakespeare plays, 63
symphonies, 15 keyboard concertos (and 31 other concertos), three
partitas, five trios, 19 violin sonatas, and 30 keyboard sonatas.
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