Ruders writes: My second concerto for violin and orchestra is a ‘reverse’ cousin of Polydrama the cello concerto. The former starts out extremely slow and speeds up gradually and the latter progresses in exactly the opposite way but whereas the cello concerto is composed as one uninterrupted stretch the violin concerto is formally completely different: there are 4 movements each of them combined via a ‘ritornello’ a solo-cadenza which appears 4 times (the works conclude with a solo) in almost the shape i.e. the length varies from time to time.

Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739-1799) attire l'attention sur lui même comme un enfant en raison de son talent musical: À l'âge de sept ans il prend des leçons de violon, seulement trois ans plus tard il a été embauché comme violoniste à Vienne et joue des solos de peu. Ses nombreuses compositions et particulièrement sa 'singspiels' (chanson-pièces) ont été très populaires avec le public : comédie de Ditters von Dittersdorf ' Der Apotheker und der Doktor ' surpassa même de Mozart ' Le nozze di Figaro' en popularité contemporaine en 1786. En 1766, Dittersdorf a écrit le Concerto en do majeur tout en étant en service comme leader d'un groupe de musique à Grosswardein, un poste dans la succession de Michael Haydn, il avait accepté. La partie solo a sans doute jouée par le compositeur lui-même à la première représentation. Le concerto est une oeuvre qui est amusant à jouer: A agréable, particulièrement concertante Allegro moderato est suivie par un Andante cantabile ludique et un Presto comme virtuose finale. / Violon Et Orchestre A Cordes

for Violin and Orchestra-Beethovens concert for violin and orchestra is one of the most famous pieces in music history. It was numerously published in the last 150 years but none lived up to the original composition.

A Facsimile Edition of the Autographs-Only about a tenth of Mozarts works were printed during his lifetime the rest having been published without the benefit of his supervision. This long-awaited edition of the autograph score offers a rare opportunity to see Mozarts violin concertosaccording to the composers intentions. Thanks to the well-preserved condition of the original manuscripts and Mozarts legible handwriting these reproductions of his scores can be used for study reference and performance. In addition to the fiveworks Concerto No. 1 in B Flat K. 207; Concerto No. 2 in D K. 211; Concerto No. 3 in G K. 216; Concerto No. 4 in D K. 218; and Concerto No. 5 in A K. 219 the volume includes two additional pieces the Adagio in E K. 261 and the Rondo in BFlat K. 261a. The first edition of this volume was published in a limited edition in 1986 and has been virtually unobtainable for many years. Two informative introductory essays by violinist Gabriel Banat who located the manuscripts missing sinceWorld War II supplement the collection: the first one traces Mozarts relationship with the violin and the other examines the history and importance of these manuscripts thought to have been forever lost. This outstanding edition offers teachers violinists conductors musicologists and Mozart enthusiasts an extraordinary chance to possess a score reproduced from the masters own hand.

Instrumentation: Fl. Picc. / 2 / 2 (D A) / 2 • 4 (F) / 2 (F) / 1 / 0 • Pk. / Schlw. (gr. Tr. m. Bck. Glsp.) • Solo-Vl. • Streicher