Up-coming recording

[Hofrat]

I received notification of the following up-coming recording on the Cedille label:

Violin Concertos by Beethoven & Clement*
Rachel Barton Pine, violin
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
José Serebrier, conductor
*World Premiere Recording of the 1805 Violin Concerto by Franz Clement (1780-1842), the violinist and composer for whom Beethoven wrote his Violin Concerto in 1806.

[Peter]

Franz Clement (1780-1842) was a child prodigy who made his debut aged 8. He had a lond association with Beethoven's music as he was leader of the orchestra at the Theater an der Wien and later music director. His most famous association with Beethoven is of course the Violin concerto which he premiered in 1806. He was renowned for his phenomenal memory which he ably demonstrated at the meeting in Lichnowksy's flat to persuade Beethoven to shorten the score of Fidelio - he accompanied Princess Lichnowsky in the entire opera from memory.