J.g. Graun: Chamber Music From Frederick the Great

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Release Date: 28th May 2021
Catalogue No: 96289
Label: Brilliant Classics
Length: 79 minutes

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Janitsch: Trio Sonata in G minor

Work length10:46

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Augusta McKay Lodge (violin), Georgina McKay Lodge (viola), Eva Lymenstull (cello), David Schulenberg (harpsichord)

I. Adagio

Track length2:45

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II. Allegretto

Track length4:25

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III. Allegro assai

Track length3:36

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Graun, J G: Sonata in C Minor, GWV Av:XV:20

Work length17:12

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Georgina McKay Lodge (viola), David Schulenberg (harpsichord)

I. Adagio e mesto

Track length4:41

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II. Allegro non troppo

Track length7:36

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III. Allegro scherzando

Track length4:55

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Graun, J G: Sonata in B flat major, GWV Av:XV:46

Work length16:07

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Augusta McKay Lodge (violin), David Schulenberg (harpsichord)

I. Grazioso

Track length3:45

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II. Allegro

Track length6:44

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III. Allegro

Track length5:38

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Graun, C H: Sonata in C Major, BWV B:XII:53

Work length10:48

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Eva Lymenstull (cello), David Schulenberg (harpsichord)

I. Largo

Track length3:18

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II. Poco allegro

Track length3:58

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III. Allegretto

Track length3:32

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Benda, Franz: Sonata in C Minor, L3.137

Work length11:09

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Georgina McKay Lodge (viola), David Schulenberg (harpsichord)

I. Adagio

Track length3:14

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II. Allegretto

Track length4:12

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III. Allegro moderato

Track length3:43

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Graun, J G: Trio Sonata in A major, GWV Av:XV:42

Work length13:37

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Augusta McKay Lodge (violin), Georgina McKay Lodge (viola), Eva Lymenstull (cello), David Schulenberg (harpsichord)

I. Adagio con tenerezza

Track length5:03

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II. Allegretto cantabile

Track length4:40

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III. Allegro

Track length3:54

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Virtuoso chamber music from the 18th century by four composers: Johann Gottlieb Graun, Johann Gottlieb Janitsch, Carl Heinrich Graun and Franz Benda. They all worked for the Prussian king Frederick The Great, who was himself a flautist and composer of professional ability. Although this music probably was not performed for the king himself, it is preserved in manuscripts associated with one of the musical “academies” that sprang up during and after his reign (1740–86) in the Prussian capital city of Berlin. There the roots of the modern concert tradition could be seen in semi-public gatherings that took place in the homes not only of certain professional musicians but of the city’s elite.

This new recording presents a selection of Sonatas for viola and/or violin and Basso Continuo, written on the boundary between the Baroque and Classical styles. They include some of the earliest chamber music to treat the viola as an equal partner of its sister instrument the violin, demanding considerable virtuosity from the players of both, while expressing a wide range of emotions, both passionate and tender.

Played by violinist Augusta McKay Lodge (“the real thing, a true virtuoso” and “an exceptional violinist” Seen and Heard International), enjoying a flourishing career as an international prize-winning baroque and modern violinist based in New York and Paris, and violist Georgina McKay Lodge, who appeared on viola with European ensembles Les Arts Florissants, Holland Baroque, Camerata Øresund, Orquestra Barroca Casa da Música and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

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