ON THIS DAY | Haydn's Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major Premiered in 1962

Although believed to be composed between 1761-65, the work was lost in the Prague National Museum archives until discovered in 1961 by musicologist Oldrich Pulkert

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The first performance was given by Czech virtuoso Miloš Sádlo with the Czechoslovak Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Sir Charles Mackerras.

 

MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH | HAYDN CELLO CONCERTO NO.1 IN C MAJOR | ORQUESTA SINFÓNICA DE RADIOTELEVISIÓN ESPAÑOLA