Rontgen - Orchestral, Choral & Chamber Music
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Label: Brilliant Classics
Cat No: 96104
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Release Date: 17th January 2020
Contents
Works
Cello Sonata no.5 in B minor, op.56Gleichwie die grunen Blatter auf einem schonen Baum
Kommt her zu mir, alle die ihr mein begeeret
Piano Trio no.6 in C minor, op.50
Serenade no.1 in A major for wind septet, op.14
Symphony no.8 in C sharp minor
Thema mit Variationen, op.17
Violin Sonata no.2 in F sharp minor, op.20
Wieder den Frieden. Klage-, Anklage- und Trostgesang
Artists
Alexander Kerr (violin)Gregor Horsch (cello)
Sepp Grotenhuis (piano)
Wyneke Jordans (piano)
Leo van Doeselaar (piano)
Viotta Ensemble
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductors
Jac van SteenUwe Gronostay
Works
Cello Sonata no.5 in B minor, op.56Gleichwie die grunen Blatter auf einem schonen Baum
Kommt her zu mir, alle die ihr mein begeeret
Piano Trio no.6 in C minor, op.50
Serenade no.1 in A major for wind septet, op.14
Symphony no.8 in C sharp minor
Thema mit Variationen, op.17
Violin Sonata no.2 in F sharp minor, op.20
Wieder den Frieden. Klage-, Anklage- und Trostgesang
Artists
Alexander Kerr (violin)Gregor Horsch (cello)
Sepp Grotenhuis (piano)
Wyneke Jordans (piano)
Leo van Doeselaar (piano)
Viotta Ensemble
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductors
Jac van SteenUwe Gronostay
About
In February 1896, Clara Schumann described Julius Röntgen in a letter to Johannes Brahms: ‘He has remained a child, so innocent, pure, open, enthusiastic… But we certainly can and must take him seriously.’ Brahms certainly agreed, and stole from the younger composer a theme from the Serenade which opens this compilation, for use in his own Second Symphony; when Röntgen pointed this out, he was the recipient of a rare apology from Brahms.
Born in 1855, Röntgen grew up in Leipzig, the son of the leader of the Gewandhaus orchestra. As a boy he met Liszt, having already composed music for the likes of Joseph Joachim. His move to Amsterdam in 1877 launched a multifaceted career as a pianist, conductor and teacher who continued to compose prolifically in all the classical genres. He became friends with Grieg, who dedicated a volume of Lyric Pieces to him, and much of his own output convincingly welds Austro-German forms with a fresh, Scandinavian-accented simplicity of expression.
This portrait of Röntgen ranges across his diverse output, from the Serenade of 1876 to one of the symphonies he wrote late in life, a single-movement form composed in 1930 with a soprano vocalise. A youthful and joyous Violin Sonata of 1879 was composed for the violinist Amanda Maier, who would soon become his first wife; its high spirits are shared by the Theme and Variations for two pianos from the previous year. The Cello Sonata, op.56, is dedicated to the memory of a friend and adapts the final chorus of Bach’s St Matthew Passion. His Sixth Piano Trio, op.50, opens in high Brahmsian style with a passionate main melody and a tender slow movement. A trio of motets dates from the 1920s and features some of his most daring harmonies, before the Symphony strikes a vein of pastoral contemplation akin to the Sinfonia Espansiva of Nielsen, who had also become a friend.
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