Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf: Viola Concerto in F major, Lubomir Maly (viola)

Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf - Concerto for viola and orchestra in F major Lubomir Maly (viola), Dvorak Chamber Orchestra, conductor Frantisek Vajnar, cadenza , arrangement “Dittersdorf was an important composer of the Classical era. After some early Italian opere buffe, he turned to writing German Singspiele instead, with Der Apotheker und der Doktor (1786, generally known today as Doktor und Apotheker) in particular being a tremendous success in his lifetime, playing in houses all over Europe and recorded almost two centuries later. Among his 120-or-so symphonies are twelve programmatic ones based on Ovid’s Metamorphoses, although only six have survived (and have also been recorded). He also wrote oratorios, cantatas and concertos (among which are two for double bass and one for viola), string quartets and other chamber music, piano pieces and other miscellaneous works. His memoirs, Lebenbeschreibung (“Description of [My] Life“), were published in Leipzig in 1801.“