The present work is the last of Hofmann's cello concertos to appear in the Breitkopf Catalogue (Supplement X 1775) and is in all probability, excepting lost works, the last he wrote. Like the earlier Concerto in C (Badley C1), with which it shares certain common technical and musical features, this work gives every appearance of having been written for a virtuoso of the first order. It is conceived on a larger scale than the other concertos and makes formidable demands on the soloist particularl...