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SUK: Tale of a Winter’s Evening Op.9

(c/w The Ripening Op.34)

Orchester der Komischen Oper Berlin
Kirill Petrenko (conductor)

CPO 777 364-2 (CD)

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LISZT: Années de Pèlerinage (Books 1, 2 & 3)

Daniel Grimwood (piano)

Recorded on an original 1851 Erard piano

SFZ Music SFZM0208 (2 CDs)

Daniel Grimwood talks about his recent recording on sfzmusic

 

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Dermot Clinch talks to Andrew about new recordings of chamber music by Beethoven, Czerny and George Onslow. With extracts from the following discs:

Carl Czerny The Sonatas for Solo Piano, Volume 1

(Sonata No. 9 Op. 145; Sonata No. 8 Op. 144; Nocturne Op. 646; Sonata No. 5 Op. 76; Sonata No. 6 Op. 124)

Martin Jones (piano)

Nimbus NI5832/3 (2 CDs, Mid Price)

First volume in a series of four that will be issued over the next 12 months. A torchbearer at Beethoven’s funeral and the composer’s pupil, friend, and protégé, Carl Czerny is almost forgotten today except as the author of educational piano pieces and the author of a long-influential piano method. But like his peers among Beethoven’s circle of friends–notably Ferdinand Ries and Ignaz Moscheles–Czerny carried on the torch of the late classical style into the age of Romanticism, and made a distinctive contribution through his own creative work. He was a gigantically prolific composer, and much of his huge output has remained unknown since his death.

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George Onslow Violin sonatas op. 16

(Sonatas Nos 1-3 Op. 16)

Moderntimes_1800, Ilia Korol (violin), Norbert Zeilberger (Albrecht Czernin fortepiano, 2006)

Challenge Classics CC72196 (CD)

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Czerny/Onslow Piano Trios

(CZERNY: Piano Trio No. 4 Op. 289; ONSLOW: Piano Trio Op. 26)

GÖBEL TRIO BERLIN

Christophorus CHE0136-2 (CD)

Carl Czerny and George Onslow were famous piano virtuosi in their time, and Czerny was also a famed teacher (most notably of Chopin). Although their pianistic careers tended to stand in the way of their composing ambitions, both men nevertheless wrote dazzling works that were highly praised by their contemporaries. As might be expected, these are pieces of considerable technical difficulty. Whilst Czerny’s Piano Trio No 4 and Onslow’s Piano Trio in C minor are indebted to Viennese Classicism, they are also highly individual, expressive works of great musical intensity.

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Beethoven String Quintets Opp. 4 and 29

The Nash Ensemble

Hyperion CDA67693 (CD)

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George Onslow Piano Trios Volume 2

(Piano Trio Op. 83; Piano Trio Op. 3 No. 2)

Trio Cascades

CPO 777231-2 (CD)

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