Johann Gottlieb Graun





German composer and violinist, born 27 October 1703, died 28 October 1771.
He studied with Johann Georg Pisendel in Dresden and Giuseppe Tartini in Padua. Appointed Konzertmeister in Merseburg in 1726, he taught the violin to J.S. Bach's son Wilhelm Friedemann Bach. He joined the court of the Prussian crown prince (the future Friedrich der Grosse) in 1732 and was made Konzertmeister of the Berlin Opera in 1740.

Elder brother of Carl Heinrich Graun.

ALBUMS


Georg Philipp Telemann, Georg Friedrich Händel, Johann Gottlieb Graun, James Oswald, Ensemble Hesperi
A Gift for Your Garden
2024, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, BIS
J.G. Graun*, Ensemble Diderot
"Melancholicus & Sanguineus"
2023, 3xFile, MP3, EP, 320, Audax Records
Johann Gottlieb Graun, Federico Guglielmo, Accademia D'Archi Arrigoni, Christian Sebastianutto
Concerti Per Violino, Archi E Continuo
2022, CD, Album, Amadeus
Benda*, Graun*, Sirmen*, Saint-Georges*, Zefira Valova, Il Pomo d'Oro
Violin Concertos
2022, CD, Album, Aparté
Bach*, Graun*, Schaffrath*, Scheibe*, Telemann*, Philippe Grisvard, Johannes Pramsohler
A Cembalo Certato E Violino Solo
2022, 3xCD, Album, Audax Records
J.G. Graun*, Augusta McKay Lodge, Georgina McKay Lodge, Eva Lymenstull, David Schulenberg
Chamber Music From The Court Of Frederick The Great
2021, CD, Album, Brilliant Classics, ,
Classical
Johann Gottlieb Graun, Amanda Forsythe, Opera Prima (5), Cristiano Contadin
Torna Vincitor
2020, CD, Album, cpo, ,
Classical
J. G. Graun*, C. P. E. Bach*, J. G. Janitsch*, F. Giardini*, W. Flackton* - Francesca Venturi Ferriolo, Johannes Berger (2), Hwa-Jeong Lee
More Than A Dull Ripieno! (Baroque Sonatas For Viola)
2020, CD, Album, Da Vinci Classics
Janitsch*, Krause*, Graun*, Notturna (2), Christopher Palameta*
Forgotten Chamber Works With Oboe From The Court Of Prussia
2018, CD, Album, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
Graun*, Horneck*, Reichenauer*, Telemann* – Dresdner Kapellsolisten
Dresdner Fagottkonzerte Aus Schranck II / Konzert Für 2 Hörner
2016, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Ars Produktion, ,
Baroque
Fantasticus XL* Concerti By JG Graun*, J-M Leclair* ,& WF Bach*
Conversed Monologue
2016
CPE Bach*, Graun*, Hesse*, Lucile Boulanger, Arnaud De Pasquale
Trios For Fortepiano & Viola Da Gamba
2015, CD, Album, Alpha Classics
Johann Gottlieb Graun, Carl Heinrich Graun, Xenia Löffler, Batzdorfer Hofkapelle
Oboe Concertos
2013, CD, Album, Accent
Johann Gottlieb Graun, Carl Heinrich Graun - Les Amis De Philippe
Trios For Violin Or Viola & Clavier
2013, CD, Album, cpo
Telemann*, Pfeiffer*, Graun*, Hille Perl, Freiburger Barockorchester
Concerti
2012, CD, Album, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
Johann Gottlieb Graun, Les Récréations
Trios
2012, CD, Album, Raumklang
Friedrich der Grosse • Graun* • Nichelmann* • Quantz* • C.P.E. Bach* - Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin
Music For The Berlin Court (À La Cour De Frédéric Le Grand)
2012
Christophe Coin, Ensemble Baroque De Limoges, Johann Gottlieb Graun, Georg Philipp Telemann, Luigi Boccherini, Johann Sebastian Bach
Le Violoncelle Baroque
2011, 4xCD, Album, RE + Box, Sli, Naïve
Johann Gottlieb Graun, Carl Heinrich Graun - Cappella Academica Frankfurt
Concerti
2011, CD, ,
Baroque
Graun*, moderntimes_1800, Ilia Korol
Concertos For Strings
2009, 2xCD, Challenge Classics
Johann Gottlieb Graun, Carl Heinrich Graun - Les Amis De Philippe
Trios For 2 Violins & Basso
2009, CD, Album, cpo
Heinichen*, Graupner*, Fasch*, Graun*, Cappella Coloniensis, Hans-Martin Linde
Overtüren • Overtures
2009, CD, Phoenix Edition
Johann Gottlieb Graun - Korol* ∙ Sepec* ∙ Ghielmi* ∙ Wiener Akademie ∙ Martin Haselböck
Concertos
2005, CD, Album, cpo
Heinz Holliger, Camerata Bern, Johann Gottlieb Graun, Johann Ludwig Krebs, Georg Philipp Telemann
Oboe Concertos, Graun, Krebs, Telemann
2004, CD, Album, RM, Archiv Produktion, ,
Baroque
Concert Royal Köln, Johann Gottlieb Graun and Carl Heinrich Graun
Bläserkammermusik Der Brüder Graun (Wind Chamber Music Of The Graun Brothers)
2002, SACD, Multichannel, Musicaphon
Johann Gottlieb Graun, Carl Heinrich Graun, Waldemar Döling, Gernot Schmalfuß, Andrea Lieberknecht, Andreas Krecher, Martin Schäfer (7), Helman Jung, Sofia Soloists Chamber Orchestra, Emil Tabakov
Concertos And Chamber Music
2002, CD, Album, MDG Scene
Janitsch*, Schaffrath*, Graun* , Performed By Il Gardellino , Conductor Marcel Ponseele
Concert Life in 18th Century Berlin
2000, CD, Accent
Johann Gottlieb Graun - Les Amis De Philippe
Trio Sonatas
1999, CD, Album, cpo
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach, Friedrich Der Große*, Johann Joachim Quantz, Johann Gottlieb Graun
Musik Am Hofe Friedrichs Des Großen
1999, CD, ,
Baroque
J.F. Fasch*, J.C. Graupner*, J.G. Graun*, Susanne Kelling, Fabrizio Cipriani, Collegium Pro Musica, Stefano Bagliano
Concertos / Arias / Sonatas
1998, CD, Dynamic (4)
Johann Gottlieb Graun, Christophe Coin, Vittorio Ghielmi, Gilles Colliard, Ensemble Baroque De Limoges
Konzertante Musik Mit Viola Da Gamba
1998
Vivaldi*, Pisendel*, Graun*, Telemann*, Roland Straumer, Virtuosi Saxoniae, Ludwig Güttler
Violinkonzerte Des Barock
1997, CD, Album, RE, Berlin Classics
Quantz*, C. P. E. Bach*, J. S. Bach*, Graun*
Vol. II - Musiche Alla Corte di Federico II di Prussia
1994, CD, Comp, Hobby & Work Italiana Editrice
Berliner Barock-Compagney, C. Ph. E. Bach*, Schaffrath*, Czarth*, Graun*
Evening Concerts At The Rheinsberg Castle
1993, CD, Capriccio (2)
Benda* • C.Ph.E. Bach* • Graun* - Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Hartmut Haenchen
Konzert Am Preussischen Hof
1993
Heinichen* • Fasch* • Hasse* • Graun* • Friedrich II.*
Deutsche Frühklassik
1992
J.G. Pisendel* • J.S. Bach* • J.G. Graun* • W.A. Mozart*
Violine Des Barock Und Der Klassik
1990
Telemann*, Pfeiffer*, J.G. Graun*, Siegfried Pank - Akademie Für Alte Musik*
Viola Da Gamba Concertata
1989, Vinyl,
Baroque
Philippe Pierlot (2), Ricercar Consort, C.P.E. Bach* / C. Schaffrath* / J.G. Graun*
Gamben Sonaten
1988, CD, Ricercar, ,
Baroque/Classical
Scheidt*, Bach*, Kühnel*, Graun*
Viola Da Gamba (Musik Deutscher Meister)
1985, LP, Ex Libris
Johann Gottlieb Graun · Johann Christian Bach, Burkhard Glaetzner, Kammerorchester Berlin, Max Pommer
Oboenkonzerte
1985
Baroque Performance Institute, Oberlin, Johann Gottlieb Graun, Johann Joachim Quantz, František Benda
Music Of The Berlin Court
1981, LP, Gasparo
Fasch*, Graun*, Graupner*, Daniel Smith (7), The Ravina Chamber Ensemble
18th - Century Bassoon Concerti
1981, LP, Album, Spectrum Records (5)
Johann Wilhelm Hertel, Johann Friedrich Fasch, Tomaso Albinoni, Johann Gottlieb Graun
Lindauer Frühling, Barocke Doppelkonzerte
1979, LP, Schwann Musica Mundi
Johann Wilhelm Hertel, Johann Friedrich Fasch, Tomaso Albinoni, Johann Gottlieb Graun
Barocke Doppelkonzerte
1979, LP, Schwann Musica Mundi, ,
Baroque
Graun* - Graupner*, Holzbauer*, Wilfried Engel, Capella Clementina, Helmut Müller-Brühl
Concerti Per Viola
1979
Johann Gottlieb Graun, Johann Ludwig Krebs, Camerata Bern, Heinz Holliger
Konzerte Für Oboe
1979
A. Vivaldi*, J.G. Graun*, Sammartini*
Flöten-Konzerte Aus Dem Barock
1968, LP, Fidula Fon
Johann Christian Bach / Johann Gottlieb Graun, George Zukerman
Concerto For Bassoon In E Flat Major / Concerto For Bassoon In B Flat Major
1968
Johann Gottlieb Graun / Christoph Graupner / Johann Christoph Pez / Alfred Hertel / Hermann Stiedl / Hans Maria Kneihs, Elisabeth Toncourt, Hilde Langfort, Austrian Tonkuenstler Orchestra*, Zlatko Topolski
German Baroque Wind Concerti
1966, Vinyl, ,
Baroque
Jean-Pierre Rampal, Frederick The Great* / Quantz* / Graun* / Hasse*, Orchestre Musica Antiqua*, Jacques Roussel
Musical Soirée At The Court Of Sans-Souci Flute Concertos By
1965
Friedrich Der Grosse / Johann Joachim Quantz / Johann Gottlieb Graun / Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Sinfonia D-dur / Konzert G-dur / Triosonate / Sonata Wq 145
1962, ,
Classical
J. Chr. Bach* / J. G. Graun* / Stamitz* / J. N. Hummel*, George Zukerman, Jörg Faerber, Württembergisches Kammerorchester
Fagottkonzerte
2xLP + Box, Comp, FSM Vox
August Wenzinger, Johann Gottlieb Graun
Musique De Chambre Pour Viole De Gambe 5 Lieder Pour Soprano
CD, Accord
Louis De Caix D'Hervelois, Johann Gottlieb Graun, Kammertrio Köln
Sonate Für Flöte Und Basso Continue D-Dur
7", Columbia
Hertel*, Fasch*, Barsanti*, Albinoni*, Graun*, Geminiani*, Capella Clementina, Kölner Kammerorchester, Helmut Müller-Brühl
Concerti Barocchi
CD, Comp, Copy Prot., RE, Koch Treasure
Graun* • Krebs* • Telemann*, Heinz Holliger, Camerata Bern
Oboe Concertos
CD, RM, Archiv Produktion
Virtuosi Saxoniae, Ludwig Güttler, Vivaldi*, Telemann*, Heinichen*, Fasch*, Graun*
Concerti Per L'orchestra Di Dresda
CD, Berlin Classics
Alessio Allegrini, I Solisti Della Scala Milano, Cherubini*, Graun*, Haydn*, Kohl*, Mozart*, Rossini*
La Grande Fanfare
CD, Tudor,

APPEARANCES +


Caterva Musica*
L‘Arte Del Virtuoso Vol. 1
2022, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, MDG
Ensemble Diderot - Johannes Pramsohler
The Berlin Album
2020, CD, Album, Audax Records, ,
Baroque
William Primrose
Critics' Choices For Viola
2020, 3xCD, Comp + Box, Comp, Biddulph Recordings, ,
Neo-Classical/Baroque/Modern/Classical/Romantic
Florilegium*
Music For A King (Chamber Work From The Court Of Frederick The Great)
2019, 2xCD, Album, Channel Classics
Thibault Noally, Les Accents
Bach & Co
2019, CD, Album, Aparté
Carl Heinrich Graun - Hannah Morrison, Main-Barockorchester*
Apollo Et Dafne (Italian Cantatas)
2019, CD, Comp, Accent
Various
Early Piano
2019, CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Alpha Classics
London Baroque
The Trio Sonata through Two Centuries
2018, 8xCD, Comp, BIS, ,
Renaissance/Baroque
Guillermo Brachetta with Menno Van Delft
Concerto: Works For One & Two Harpsichords
2017, CD, Album, Resonus Classics
Ludwig Güttler • Virtuosi Saxoniae
Die Ludwig Güttler Edition: Die Highlights Des Dresdner Barock
2015, 25xCD, Comp, RE + Box, Berlin Classics, Edel:Kultur, ,
Baroque
Johannes Pramsohler - Philippe Grisvard
Bach & Entourage
2015, CD, Album, Audax Records
Omar Zoboli, Ensemble Il Falcone
Un Oboe Nel "Teatro Degli Affetti"
2014, CD, Album, Gallo (4)
London Baroque
The Trio Sonata In 18th-Century Germany
2013, CD, Album, BIS, BIS, ,
Baroque
Musica Reservata
Musik Aus Sanssouci
2013, CD, Album, ALM Records
Bolette Roed, Arte Dei Suonatori
Recorder Concertos - Music From The Court Of King Frederik IV
2013, SACD, Dacapo Records
Il Suonar Parlante Orchestra, Vittorio Ghielmi
Barbarian Beauty (Concertos For Viola Da Gamba)
2011, CD, Passacaille
Telemann* . Vivaldi* . Mozart* . C. P. E. Bach* . Friedrich II. "Der Grosse"* - Berliner Barock-Compagney . Linos Ensemble . Concerto Köln
Die Schönsten Flöten Konzerte
2010, 2xCD, Comp, Club, Profil Edition Günter Hänssler, ,
Baroque/Classical
La Ricordanza
Fiery And Sublime; The Sources Of Quant's Inspiration
2010, CD, Album, MDG, ,
Baroque
Various
Rondo-CD #34
2009, CD, Comp, Promo, Rondo (17),
Jack Mitchener
Dulcet Tones
2009, CD, Album, Raven Records (29)
Michael Tunnell, Jack Ashworth
À La Chasse
2009, CD, Centaur Records
moderntimes_1800, Ilia Korol, Julia Moretti
Sinfonias From The Enlightment
2008, 2xCD, Challenge Classics,
Various
Rondo-CD #16
2006, CD, Comp, Promo, Rondo (17), ,
Classical/Renaissance/Romantic/Modern
Ludwig Güttler, Virtuosi Saxoniae
Dresden - Barock
2005, CD, Comp, Berlin Classics, ,
Baroque
Friedrich II*, J. G. Graun*, C. Ph. E. Bach*, J. J. Quantz*
Schlosskonzert In Sanssouci = Festive Concert In Sanssouci Castle
2004, 2xCD, Album, Comp, Sli, Capriccio (2)
Musica Viva
Glazba Na Dvoru Friedricha Velikog / Music On The Court Of Frederick II The Great
2003, CD, Album, Aquarius Records (2)
Various
Musikalischer Adventskalender
2003, CD, Comp, Südwestrundfunk
C.P.E. Bach*, Friedrich II.*, Quantz*, Agricola*, Eichner*, Kirnberger*, Bononcini*, Nichelmann*, Schaffrath*, Graun*, Benda*, Hasse*, Telemann*
Musik Am Preußischen Hof
2001, 5xCD + Box, Comp, Berlin Classics, ,
Baroque/Classical
Christoph Huntgeburth, Hille Perl, Ensemble Sans Souci Berlin
Musik Für Sans-Souci - Konzerte Der Königlichen Hofkapelle Friedrichs Ii.
1997, CD, Album, KammerTon (2)
Horacio Franco - Camerata Aguascalientes
Il Gardellino
1997
Various
Festival Van Vlaanderen 1996 - Programma Cd - Gent En Historische Steden
1996, CD, Sony Classical,
Various
The Chaconne Collection Vol.2
1994, CD, Album, Chaconne, Chandos
Collegium Musicum 90, Simon Standage
Music From The Court Of Frederick The Great
1993
Various
Barocke Solokonzerte (Konzerte 2)
1991, 3xCD, Comp, Capriccio Classic Productions, ,
Baroque
Das Telemann-Ensemble, Bonn*
Ensemblemusik des Spätbarock
1991, CD, Album, FSM (2)
Frédéric de Roos, Patrick Beuckels, Ricercar Consort, G.P. Telemann*, C.P.E. Bach*, J.J. Quantz*, J.F. Fasch*, Graun*, J.C. Schickhardt*
Flauti Diversi
1989
Frank Theuns, Ewald Demeyere
Flute Music At The Berlin Court
1987, CD, Accent
Münchner Rokoko Solisten
Friedrich Der Große (Berliner Schule)
1987, 2xLP, Iton,
Ernst-Ulrich Von Kameke, Unisono Bläserensemble, Christiane Dohmen, Hans Oskar Koch, Jorg D. Blank, Ernst Prappacher, Wilhelm Krumbach
Das Glockenspiel Der Garnisonskirche Zu Potsdam
1987, Vinyl, ,
Classical/Choral
Barry Tuckwell, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Iona Brown
Baroque Horn Concertos
1987
Herman Jeurissen, Ben Van Oosten
La Hieronyma (Musik Des Barock Für Horn Und Orgel)
1982, LP, S/Edition, MDG, ,
Baroque
Roswitha Trimborn, Konrad Hünteler, Rainer Kussmaul, Capella Clementina • Ensemble Mit Originalinstrumenten Helmut Müller-Brühl
Das Cembalo
1979, Vinyl, ,
Baroque
Wilfried Engel, Rainer Kussmaul, Dorothea Jappe, Philipp Bosbach, Capella Clementina Ensemble Mit Originalinstrumenten*, Helmut Müller-Brühl
Die Viola
1979
Central Jersey Region II Intermediate Orchestra And Central Jersey Region II Intermediate Band
Concert, Hightstown High School Auditorium, Hightstown, New Jersey 1973
1973, 2xLP, Album, HMR Productions
Various
Hudba Na Zámku V Roudnici
1973, 2xLP, Album, Club + Box, Supraphon, Supraphon, Gramofonový Klub, Gramofonový Klub, ,
Baroque/Opera
Jean-Pierre Rampal
König Der Querflöte
1972, 2xLP, Comp, Gat, Philips
August Wenzinger, Hannelore Müller, Robert Conant
The Baroque Trio Plays For Geigy
1969, LP, Geigy
Quatuor Instrumental Maxence Larrieu
Concert Au Chateau de Sans-Souci A Potsdam
1968, ,
Baroque
Jean Pierre Rampal*, Orchestre Antiqua Musica, Jacques Roussel
Flöten In Sans-Souci
1966
Various
Music From The Court of Frederick II
1964
The Symphony Orchestra*, The Cadet Orchestra*
1962 Gunnison Music Camp, Volume 9
1962, LP, Century Records (4)
Various
Ten Centuries Of Music
10xLP, Mono + Box, Comp, Archive Production
Zespół Wokalno-Instrumentalny Proavitus Państwowej Szkoły Muzycznej I I II St. W Zduńskiej Woli
Muzyka Dawna W Wykonaniu Proavitus
CD, Album, Not On Label
Berliner Symphoniker, Friedrich Schröder
Musik Der Hohenzollern
10", Orbis (2), Orbis (2)
Musicke & Mirth
Feuer Und Bravour
CD, Ramée
Das Telemann-Ensemble*
Weihnachten = Merry Christmas = Joyeux Noël
CD, FSM (2)
Elisabeth Weinzierl, Edmund Wächter, Eva Schieferstein
Musik In Sanssouci - Sonaten Für Zwei Flöten Und Cembalo
Ensemble Klangschmelze
Klangschmelze
2014, CD, ambitus Musikproduktion
Virtuosi Saxoniae - Ludwig Güttler
Dresden Barock. Musicalische Stadtansichten
2005, 4xCD, Comp, EarBooks
Barthold Kuijken, Wieland Kuijken, Bob van Asperen
From the Court of Frederick the Great
1996, CD, Album, Sony Classical, Sony Classical, ,
Classical
Various
Price Waterhouse : Konzertsommer 1996
1996, 3xCD, Comp, DDD (35)
Barry Tuckwell, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Iona Brown
Baroque Horn Concertos
1987, ,
Baroque
Various
Music At The Court Of Frederick The Great
LP, Musical Heritage Society,