Alexander Hülshoff & Martin Rummel - Johann Stiastny: Works for Two Violoncellos, Vol. 1 (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 110:40 minutes | 1,9 GB
Classical | Label: Paladino Music, Official Digital Download
Little is known about the cellist and composer Johann Stiastny, and what is known contradicts each other in the sources. It begins with his name: František Jan Št’astný, also known as Jean Stiasny or, indeed, Johann Stiastny, was probably born in Prague around 1764, as the son of oboist Jan Št’astný (and as younger brother of cellist Bernard Václav Št’astný). Fétis gives his birth year as 1774. He was a member of the Prague Theater Orchestra, a cellist in Mainz and Frankfurt, and a music director in Nuremberg. Given the English dedicatees of some of his works, it seems likely that he traveled – in addition to Paris – as far as London.