Violin Sonatas op. 16 by moderntimes

Andre George Louis Onslow

moderntimes_1800

Violin Sonatas op. 16

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Format: CD
Label: Challenge Classics
UPC: 0608917219623
Catnr: CC 72196
Release date: 31 October 2008
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Label
Challenge Classics

UPC
0608917219623

Catalogue number
CC 72196

Release date
31 October 2008

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George Onslow(1784 -1853) was a French pianist-composer with a British father. He studied pianoforte in London with Dussek and Cramer and composition in Paris with Reicha. In the course of his life, Onslow primarily wrote chamber music, string quintets and quartets and piano quintets, duos and trios, furthermore a few symphonies. This brought him fame in Europe, above all in Germany, Austria and England. He also wrote three operas, but these were not really successful. The Duos op.16 were written in 1819 and published a year later in Vienna. The string instrument printed on the score is designated as "violin, viola or violon-cello". Ilia Korol opted for the violin because of the tessitura; this would have been less beautiful on a lower-pitched instrument, whereas the violin provides a brilliant contrast to the partially dense structure of the piano part, which is "just made to be played". Onslow left us a quite specific interpretation of Romantic chamber music, a personal style of great individuality and extraordinary quality.

De romantische Onslow
George Onslow was een Franse pianist en componist. Hij studeerde pianoforte in Londen en compositie in Parijs. Onslow schreef voornamelijk kamermuziek, maar heeft ook enkele symfonieën gecomponeerd. Vooral deze symfonieën gaven hem grote bekendheid in Europa, met name in Duitsland, Oostenrijk en Engeland. Hij heeft ook drie opera’s geschreven, maar deze werden minder goed ontvangen. Op dit album wordt deze relatief onbekende componist opnieuw onderzocht en worden de sonates van zijn Opus 16 gepresenteerd. Deze sonates zijn in 1819 geschreven en een jaar later gepubliceerd in Wenen. Het zijn duo’s voor fortepiano en viool, altviool of cello. Ilia Korol, die de sonates op dit album ten gehore brengt, koos voor de viool vanwege het grote bereik van dit instrument en het contrast met de fortepiano. Het stuk is een prachtig voorbeeld van romantische kamermuziek met een unieke persoonlijke stijl van hoge muzikale kwaliteit.

Ilia Korol studeerde viool in Moskou en verblijft sinds 1997 in Oostenrijk. In 2001 kreeg hij het Oostenrijkse burgerschap als erkenning voor zijn artistieke kwaliteiten. Hij heeft als concertmeester gespeeld bij het Musica Antiqua Köln, het Bach Ensemble en het Spaanse barokorkest RCOC. Daarnaast is hij deel van het Ars Antiqua Austria en het Clemencic Consort. Hij speelt hier samen met pianist Norbert Zeilberger, die orgel studeerde aan de Bruckner Konstervatorium Privatuniversität in Linz. Hij vervolgde zijn studie in Wenen en speelt sindsdien regelmatig met het Ars Antiqua Austria.

Diese CD ist ein bewegendes Plädoyer für die hohe emotionale Kraft und musikalische Klarheit des englisch-stämmigen Komponisten der größtenteils in Frankreich wirkte. Die dritte Einspielung bei CHALLENGE CLASSICS nach Brahms' Violinsonaten (CC72194) und ?Sinfonias from the Enlightenment? (CC72193).

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Moderntimes_1800

Moderntimes_1800 is a young Austrian chamber orchestra based in Tyrol comprising international specialists. It was founded in 2003 by Ilia Korol and Julia Moretti who set out to form an ensemble from a new generation of musicians, proficient both in historical performance and in the music of the 20th century. Availing itself of the instruments and the playing styles of the time in which a work was created, moderntimes_1800 is of the firm conviction that the musical language of an epoch can find most vivid expression by using the musical means of that particular period. Ilia Korol hails from Kiev, studied violin under Abraham Stern and Marina Iashvili at Moscow’s Music Academy and since 1997 has lived in Austria. In recognition of...

Moderntimes_1800 is a young Austrian chamber orchestra based in Tyrol comprising international specialists. It was founded in 2003 by Ilia Korol and Julia Moretti who set out to form an ensemble from a new generation of musicians, proficient both in historical performance and in the music of the 20th century.

Availing itself of the instruments and the playing styles of the time in which a work was created, moderntimes_1800 is of the firm conviction that the musical language of an epoch can find most vivid expression by using the musical means of that particular period.

Ilia Korol hails from Kiev, studied violin under Abraham Stern and Marina Iashvili at Moscow’s Music Academy and since 1997 has lived in Austria. In recognition of his artistic achievements he received Austrian citizenship in 2001.
He has performed as concertmaster of the Musica Antiqua Köln, the Bach Ensemble with Joshua Rifkin and the Spanish Baroque Orchestra RCOC and furthermore is member of the ensemble Ars Antiqua Austria and the Clemencic Consort. Ilia Korol has also featured on numerous CD recordings.
Natalia Grigorieva was born in Moscow in 1974 and studied piano at the Moscow Conservatory with Prof. Pavlova and Prof. Sobolev. Already after completing her studies Natalia Grigorieva was interested in historical performance practice and gave numerous concerts on 18th and 19th centuries original instruments or reconstructions of them.
Since 2000 Natalia Grigorieva has lived in Vienna and has taken Austrian citizenship. She trained as a designer and multi-media producer at the renowned SAE (School of Audio Engineering) in Vienna and has worked as a graphic artist and designer for numerous Austrian labels and artists.
Natalia Grigorieva has appeared as a soloist with the moderntimes_1800 orchestra in numerous concerts both in Austria and in other countries since 2003: for instance in the Wiener Festwochen, the Salzburg Festival, the RuhrTriennale 2005, the “Wege durch das Land” Festival, the Montreal Bach Festival and the Ottawa Chamber Music Festival.

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Norbert Zeilberger

Ilia Korol

Ilia Korol (Violin) is from Kiev. He studied the violin at the Moscow University of Music with Abraham Stern and Marina Iashvili and has lived in Austria since 1997. He became an Austrian citizen in 2001. He played with Musica Antiqua Köln and is the leader of the Bach Ensembles of Joshua Rifkin and of the Spanish baroque orchestra RCOC; he is moreover a member of the Ars Antiqua Austria and of the Clemencic Consort. Ilia Korol has made numerous CD recordings. Since 2008, Ilia Korol has been adjunct professor in the faculty of Early Music at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg.

Ilia Korol (Violin) is from Kiev. He studied the violin at the Moscow University of Music with Abraham Stern and Marina Iashvili and has lived in Austria since 1997. He became an Austrian citizen in 2001. He played with Musica Antiqua Köln and is the leader of the Bach Ensembles of Joshua Rifkin and of the Spanish baroque orchestra RCOC; he is moreover a member of the Ars Antiqua Austria and of the Clemencic Consort. Ilia Korol has made numerous CD recordings. Since 2008, Ilia Korol has been adjunct professor in the faculty of Early Music at the Mozarteum University in Salzburg.

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