During Joseph Haydn’s lifetime, concertos for solo instruments and ensemble were generally written for a particular musician. In the case of Haydn’s violoncello Concerto in D major Hob.VII:2, this person was Anton Kraft, first cello in the Esterházy ensemble and later one of Vienna’s greatest virtuosi. This composition for a particular occasion has become a masterpiece for the ages; an autograph score by the composer survives, dating from 1783. The services of Haydn specialist Sonja Gerlach have been obtained for this edition of the concerto with piano accompaniment. She enriches the Urtext edition with a detailed preface that also examines the execution of the ornaments and the cadenzas.
在約瑟夫海頓的時代,獨奏樂器協奏曲和合奏協奏曲通常是為特定的音樂家而作。以海頓的D大調大提琴協奏曲Hob.VII:2為例,這位音樂家是安東·克拉夫特,他是埃斯特哈齊樂團的首席大提琴手,後來成為維也納最偉大的演奏家之一。這首為特定場合而作的作品已成為不朽的傑作;作曲家的一份親筆手稿流傳至今,其創作於1783年。本次鋼琴伴奏協奏曲的版本特邀海頓專家索尼婭·格拉赫進行潤飾。她為原始樂譜撰寫了詳盡的前言,並對裝飾音和華彩樂段的演奏進行了深入探討。