String Trios Nos. 5 - 8 by Lendvai String Trio

Julius Röntgen

Lendvai String Trio

String Trios Nos. 5 - 8

Price: € 19.95
Format: CD
Label: Champs Hill
UPC: 5060212590893
Catnr: CHRCD 087
Release date: 25 March 2016
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Label
Champs Hill

UPC
5060212590893

Catalogue number
CHRCD 087

Release date
25 March 2016

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About the album

The Lendvai Trio releases their second disc in a series of the complete String Trios by Dutch composer Julius Röntgen (1855‐1932). A major award – The Kersjes Prize – and support from Champs Hill Records has enabled this project to be realized.
A unique feature of these works is its numerous references to traditional Dutch tunes and dances. Since their Wigmore Hall debut2006, the trio has busily concertized throughout Europe.
'(Their) enthusiasm for these works compels attention...' - Gramophone

Verfijnde composities van een meesterlijke componist
Componist Julius Röntgen werd opvallend hoger gewaardeerd in andere landen dan in Nederland en hij verdiende onderscheidingen in het buitenland die in Nederland aan hem voorbijgingen. Eén van die onderscheidingen was het eredoctoraat dat hem werd verleend door de Universiteit van Edinburgh in 1930, uitgereikt door Sir Donald Francis Tovey. Na Röntgens dood publiceerde The Times een lofrede geschreven door een erkende musicoloog, die met veel waardering over Röntgens werken schreef: ‘Röntgens composities, gepubliceerd en ongepubliceerd laten stuk voor stuk volmaakte vakmanschap zien binnen elk aspect van muzikale techniek (...) zelfs in het meest simpele zit schoonheid en vernuft (...) elke reeks werken bereikt het toppunt in iets dat de uniekheid heeft van een levend meesterwerk.’ Naast zijn internationale reputatie als erkende pianist en componist werd Röntgen ook veel gevraagd als leraar, waarbij hij aanbiedingen afwees in het buitenland om in Amsterdam te kunnen blijven. Componisten als Grieg en Brahms respecteerden hem zeer en wilden graag bevriend met hem zijn. Als pianist werkte Röntgen samen met een aantal grote musici van zijn tijd, zoals zanger Johannes Messchaert, cellist Pablo Casals en violist Carl Flesch.

Het Lendvai String Trio werd opgericht in 2004 en treedt overal in Europa op. De naam Lendvai komt van de Hongaarse componist Erwin Lendvai, door wie het drietal geïnspireerd raakte. De onuitputtelijke inspiratie voor melodie, muzikale charme en vakmanschap van Röntgen worden hier op de meest verfijnde manier gecombineerd door dit geweldige Trio.

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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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