String Trios Nos. 1 - 4 by Lendvai String Trio

Julius Röntgen

Lendvai String Trio

String Trios Nos. 1 - 4

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Format: CD
Label: Champs Hill
UPC: 5060212590701
Catnr: CHRCD 068
Release date: 25 March 2016
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Champs Hill

UPC
5060212590701

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CHRCD 068

Release date
25 March 2016

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This wonderful project of discovering, performing and recording the complete 3 string trios by Julius Röntgen has been a truly monumental and tremendous experience for us; to present this first disc is a dream come true. Our journey began in 2007 when we stumbled across Röntgen's first string trio (the only one published to date), and soon after discovered that there are fifteen more, carefully stored in handwritten manuscript form in the Netherlands Music Institute in the Hague. Intrigued, we began to investigate further, and to our astonishment realised that none of these wonderful works had been performed in public, let alone recorded. It has been a privilege to be the first ensemble to rediscover these string trios which have been archived in the library for over 80 years. Reading and playing from the old handwritten scores, instead of the usual computer-published sheet music we are used to, has added a very personal touch to the journey. Thanks to the Kersjes Prize and Champs Hill Records we have been able to record and bring to life this colourful and captivating music, which we hope you will 11 enjoy as much as we do.

Het eerste volume uit een serie van alle strijktrio’s van Röntgen
De vier strijktrio’s op dit eerste volume uit een serie met alle strijktrio’s van Julius Röntgen zijn kort, gevarieerd en over het algemeen zeer speels, met een zeker joie de vivre. De vorm van de losse delen heeft een herkenbare klassieke structuur, met hier en daar contrapuntische episodes. Een uniek kenmerk van deze werken zijn de talloze verwijzingen naar traditionele Nederlandse liederen en dansen.

Het Lendvai String Trio schreef over dit project: “Dit prachtige project van het ontdekken, uitvoeren en opnemen van de volledige strijktrio’s van Julius Röntgen is een echt gedenkwaardige en fantastische ervaring voor ons geweest; het presenteren van dit eerste volume is als een droom die uitkomt. Onze reis begon in 2007, toen we toevallig Röntgens eerste strijktrio aantroffen, en vlak daarna ontdekten dat er nog vijftien meer waren, zorgvuldig bewaard in een handgeschreven manuscript in het Nederlands Muziek Instituut in Den Haag. We werden geïntrigeerd, en begonnen het manuscript nader te onderzoeken. Tot onze verbazing realiseerden we ons dat geen van deze prachtige werken ooit in het openbaar werd uitgevoerd, laat staan opgenomen. Het is een voorrecht het eerste ensemble te mogen zijn dat deze strijktrio’s, die voor meer dan 80 jaar gearchiveerd werden in de bibliotheek, opnieuw ontdekt.”

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Lendvai String Trio

Since their Wigmore Hall debut in 2006, the Lendvai String Trio has had a busy schedule of concerts at major venues throughout Europe, including several re-invitations to Wigmore Hall, recitals at King’s Place, the Barbican and Purcell Room in London, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and Musikaliska in Stockholm. In 2011 the trio was awarded the prestigious Kersjes Ensemble Prize in Holland, as well as being selected for the Concertgebouw’s Young Artist Series in Amsterdam; other previous successes include winning awards from the Kirckman Concert Society, the Worshipful Company of Musicians, Musician’s Benevolent Fund, the Park Lane Group, and the Concert Promoters Network in the UK. In 2005 they were s elected for the Holland Music Sessions ‘New Masters on Tour’, resulting...

In 2011 the trio was awarded the prestigious Kersjes Ensemble Prize in Holland, as well as being selected for the Concertgebouw’s Young Artist Series in Amsterdam; other previous successes include winning awards from the Kirckman Concert Society, the Worshipful Company of Musicians, Musician’s Benevolent Fund, the Park Lane Group, and the Concert Promoters Network in the UK. In 2005 they were s elected for the Holland Music Sessions ‘New Masters on Tour’, resulting in a series of concerts across Romania, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and the Netherlands. The trio regularly perform at festivals in the UK, Germany, Italy, France, Switzerland, Austria and Sweden and their concerts have been broadcast by Dutch Radio 4, Swedish Radio P2 and BBC Radio 3. Their recent recording of the complete Beethoven String Trios received international acclaim and was BBC Music Magazine’s Chamber Choice in June 2013.

The trio enjoys regular collaborations with other artists and recent highlights have included concerts with oboists Alexei Ogrintchouk and Nicholas Daniel, and pianists Paolo Giacometti, Charles Owen, Alasdair Beatson and Martin Sturfält. As well as regularly commissioning new works, the Lendvai String Trio are also keen to uncover and revive ‘lost’ works for the genre. During a two year long project (2013-2015) the trio will perform and record all sixteen unpublished string trios by the romantic Dutch composer Julius Röntgen for Champs Hill Records.

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Julius Röntgen

Röntgen wrote sixteen String Trios, fifteen of which have never been published. For the most part, the Trios were also neither numbered nor named by the composer (an exception being the Walzer Suite), leaving the year of composition and key signature as the only means of their identification.
For someone who had starting composing in his teens, it is surprising that Röntgen came to the genre of String Trios only later in life, completing his first trio in 1915 at the age of 60 and the last trio in 1930, two years before his death. The reasons for this remain obscure, but it is clear that chamber music played an important part in Röntgen’s life. In 1912, he formed a professional piano trio with two of his sons from his first marriage (Engelbert, a cellist, and Julius Jr., a violinist). With this ensemble, he gave concerts for years. However, Röntgen had another favourite instrument, the viola, and with two sons from his second marriage (Edvard and Joachim), he played string trios, presumably only at home, where he himself played the viola parts.
At the end of 1919, Röntgen became an official citizen of the Netherlands. Shortly thereafter he celebrated his 65th birthday, but instead of decreasing his activities and responsibilities, he kept himself busier than ever. He retained his position as director of the Amsterdam Conservatory until 1924, accepted private students, and even started to concertize again. From 1920 to 1923, Röntgen composed a great deal of vocal music, chamber music (including several string quartets), some orchestral pieces, concertos, and a number of contrapuntal works for piano.

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