Antonio Casimir Cartellieri

Born on 27 September 1772 in present-day Gdańsk, Poland, Antonio Casimir Cartellieri composed symphonies, overtures, concertos, operas, choral works, instrumentals for chamber, and    liturgical works including masses and motets. He is particularly applauded for his works for clarinet. Though not well known these days, he moved confidently at home in heady atmospheres during his times. Vienna, where he spent the latter portion of his career, was, first of all, the heartbeat of the golden period of classical music and birthplace of the romantic.

Albeit born in Poland he wasn't Polish, for his father was an Italian tenor and his mother a Latvian vocalist. He was age thirteen when they divorced and his mother took him to Berlin. In 1791 he became court composer to Count Oborsky in Poland, with whom he traveled back to Berlin to produce the opera, 'Die Geisterbeschwörung', in 1793. Cartellieri then followed Oborsky to Vienna where he studied with Johann Albrechtsberger. Between the two titles below composed in circa 1792, it isn't known which arrived first, so their order shouldn't be interpreted as chronological.  'Flute Concerto' in G major was later published in 1797.

'Divertimento for Winds No.1'   F major   Antonio Cartellieri

Comp 1792

Octet for oboes / clarinets / horns / bassoons

Consortium Classicum

'Flute Concerto'   G major   Antonio Cartellieri

Comp c 1792   Pub 1797

Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra / Pavel Prantl

Flute: Kornelia Brandkamp

Scores: IMSLP   Internet Archive   ScorSer

On 29–30 March 1795 Cartellieri premièred 'Symphony No.1' with Part 1 of his oratorio, 'Gioas Re di Giuda' ('Joash King of Judah') followed by 'Symphony No.2' with Part 2 of 'Gioas Re di Giuda'. Both dates were at the Burgtheater in Vienna where he'd met Beethoven who was making his public debut on the 29th as a composer and pianist with a performance of his first piano concerto sandwiched between Cartellieri's symphony and oratorio. Instead of Beethoven on the 30th the bassoonist, one obscure Matouscheck, performed Cartellieri’s 'Bassoon Concerto No.1'. IMSLP has Cartellieri's first two symphonies published earlier in 1793 in Darmstadt in a book titled 'Deux Simphonies a grande Orchestre'. 'Gioas Re di Giuda' was probably finished later in 1795, the original text for which had been written by Metastasio back in 1735 [libretto].

'Symphony No.1'   C minor   Antonio Cartellieri

Pub in Darmstadt 1793   Premiere 29 March 1795 at the Burgtheater in Vienna

Evergreen Symphony Orchestra / Gernot Schmalfuss

'Symphony No.2'   E-flat major   Antonio Cartellieri

Pub in Darmstadt 1793   Premiere 30 March 1795 at the Burgtheater in Vienna

Evergreen Symphony Orchestra / Gernot Schmalfuss

'Overture' to 'Gioas Re di Giuda'   Oratorio by Antonio Cartellieri

'Joash King of Judah'

Premiere of Part 1 on 29 March 1795 at the Burgtheater in Vienna

Detmolder Kammerorchester / Gernot Schmalfuß

'Ah l'aria d'intorno lampeggia' of 'Gioas Re di Giuda'   Aria by Antonio Cartellieri

'Ah the surrounding air flashes'   'Joash King of Judah'

Premiere of Part 2 on 30 March 1795 at the Burgtheater in Vienna

Detmolder Kammerorchester / Gernot Schmalfuß

Prince Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowicz [Wikipedia] hired Cartellieri as Kapellmeister in 1796, the opera, 'Anton', appearing that year. Cartellieri remained as a voice tutor and violinist at the court of Lobkowicz, chumming with Beethoven who was also a Lobkowitz favorite, the remainder of his career. The opera, 'Il Secreto', appeared in 1804 with libretto by Luigi Prividali. Come Cartellieri's oratorio, 'Celebre Nativita del Redentore', in 1806. Once again, the order of the stack below is not intended to be chronological. It isn't known when 'Clarinet Concerto No.3' was authored, but Cartellieri spans from classical to romantic and this is a romantic work, thus later, though whether it precedes or follows the oratorio I've not been able to determine.

'La celebre Natività del Redentore'   Christmas oratorio by Antonio Cartellieri

'The famous Birth of our Redeemer'

Premiere 1806 at the Prague National Theatre in Vienna

Chorus Musicus-Köln / Das Neue Orchester / Christoph Spering

'Clarinet Concerto No.3'   E-flat major   Antonio Cartellieri

Latter work of unknown date

Scored for 2 flutes / 2 oboes / 2 clarinets / 2 bassoons / 2 horns / 2 trumpets

trombone / timpani / strings

Prague Chamber Orchestra / Karel Stadtherr

Clarinet: Dieter Klöcker

IMSLP

Cartellieri died young on 2 September 1807 in Liebshausen, Bohemia. Though he and Beethoven were about the same age with less than two years between them, Beethoven would live twenty years longer. Like Mozart sixteen years before in 1791, the cause of Cartillierri's early death at only age 34 remains a mystery.