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Violin Concertos 1 & 2 on CD

In the last movement of Haydn's Farewell Symphony, one musician after the other disappears, until only 2 violinists are left on the stage as a duo and bring the work to it's close. Sperger regarded Haydn's idea as so original that he wrote a counterpart to it: The Arrival Symphony. Von Gemmingen was the scion of a Wurttemberg family of knights. During the years around 1800 he composed 4 violin concertos already pointing far ahead into the romantic era.