CP Stamitz (1745-1801)Concerto for Violin & Orchestra No 4 in D Major - Adagio - Evžen Prokop/Violin

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 4 in D major - Adagio · Carl Philipp Stamitz, Composer Pražský komorní orchestr/Prague Chamber Orchestra - Miloš Sádlo, Director Evžen Prokop - Violin Stamitz, Benda, Mysliveček: Violin Concertos ℗ 1971 Supraphone a.s. Released 01-01-1995 Carl Philipp Stamitz (Czech: Karel Stamic) Born in Mannheim and baptized May 8, 1745, died November 9, 1801. German composer of partial Czech ancestry of the Classical era. He was the most prominent representative of the second generation of the Mannheim School. He was the eldest son of Johann Stamitz, a violinist and composer of the early classical period. Stylistically, his music resembles that of Mozart or Haydn and is characterized by appealing melodies, although his writing for the solo instruments is not excessively virtuosic. The opening movements of his orchestral works, which are in sonata form, are generally followed by expressive and lyrical middle movements and the final movements in the form of a rondo. Carl Stamitz wrote more than 50 symphonies, at least 38 symphonies concertantes, and more than 60 concertos for violin, viola, viola d'amore, cello, clarinet, basset horn, flute, bassoon, and other instruments. He also wrote a large volume of chamber music. Some of the clarinet and viola concertos that Stamitz composed are considered to be among the finest available from the period. Evžen Prokop (also known as Eugen Prokop, 1922-2005) was a renowned Czech violinist known for his classical and baroque recordings. Prokop trained at the Prague and Brussels Conservatories and won the prestigious Carl Flesch Medal.