Minna Pensola, Antti Tikkanen, Tuomas Lehto & Niek De Groot - Rossini: Sonatas for Strings Nos. 1-3 - Hoffmeister: Double Bass Quartets Nos. 1 & 2 (2017) [Hi-Res]
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BAND/ARTIST: Minna Pensola, Antti Tikkanen, Tuomas Lehto, Niek De Groot
- Title: Rossini: Sonatas for Strings Nos. 1-3 - Hoffmeister: Double Bass Quartets Nos. 1 & 2
- Year Of Release: 2017
- Label: BIS
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless / flac 24bits - 96.0kHz +Booklet
- Total Time: 01:08:34
- Total Size: 313 / 1242 mb
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Tracklist
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01. Sonata for Strings No. 1 in G Major: I. Moderato
02. Sonata for Strings No. 1 in G Major: II. Andante
03. Sonata for Strings No. 1 in G Major: III. Allegro
04. Double Bass Quartet No. 1 in D Major: I. Allegro moderato
05. Double Bass Quartet No. 1 in D Major: II. Adagio
06. Double Bass Quartet No. 1 in D Major: III. Rondeau
07. Sonata for Strings No. 2 in A Major: I. Allegro
08. Sonata for Strings No. 2 in A Major: II. Andante
09. Sonata for Strings No. 2 in A Major: III. Allegro
10. Double Bass Quartet No. 2 in D Major: I. Allegro moderato
11. Double Bass Quartet No. 2 in D Major: II. Menuetto-Trio
12. Double Bass Quartet No. 2 in D Major: III. Andante
13. Double Bass Quartet No. 2 in D Major: IV. Rondo
14. Sonata for Strings No. 3 in C Major: I. Allegro
15. Sonata for Strings No. 3 in C Major: II. Andante
16. Sonata for Strings No. 3 in C Major: III. Moderato
The works gathered here hail from two different sets of string quartets: the four so-called Solo Quartets by Franz Anton Hoffmeister and Gioachino Rossini’s six String Sonatas (or Sonate a quattro). Both sets differ from the ‘normal’ configuration in that they allow a double bass to take part, albeit in different ways. Rossini, who composed his sonatas at the age of 12 (!), left out the viola and gave the double bass a more or less conventional bass role – albeit with occasional virtuosic outbursts. The sonatas were first published in an arrangement for traditional string quartet and are often heard performed by string orchestras.
In Vienna, where he was active as a composer and music publisher, Hoffmeister (1754-1812) chose a different solution than Rossini and gave his double bass player a leading role in the ensemble, letting it replace the first violin. It was no coincidence that this happened in Vienna – considering the amount of solo works for the double bass composed there, the standard of playing must have been exceptional. On the present recording, it is the Dutch player Niek de Groot who takes up Hoffmeister’s challenge in the company of a Finnish trio consisting of Minna Pensola, Antti Tikkanen and Tuomas Lehto. Niek de Groot has also edited the score of the first of the Hoffmeister quartets, which is here recorded for the first time.
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01. Sonata for Strings No. 1 in G Major: I. Moderato
02. Sonata for Strings No. 1 in G Major: II. Andante
03. Sonata for Strings No. 1 in G Major: III. Allegro
04. Double Bass Quartet No. 1 in D Major: I. Allegro moderato
05. Double Bass Quartet No. 1 in D Major: II. Adagio
06. Double Bass Quartet No. 1 in D Major: III. Rondeau
07. Sonata for Strings No. 2 in A Major: I. Allegro
08. Sonata for Strings No. 2 in A Major: II. Andante
09. Sonata for Strings No. 2 in A Major: III. Allegro
10. Double Bass Quartet No. 2 in D Major: I. Allegro moderato
11. Double Bass Quartet No. 2 in D Major: II. Menuetto-Trio
12. Double Bass Quartet No. 2 in D Major: III. Andante
13. Double Bass Quartet No. 2 in D Major: IV. Rondo
14. Sonata for Strings No. 3 in C Major: I. Allegro
15. Sonata for Strings No. 3 in C Major: II. Andante
16. Sonata for Strings No. 3 in C Major: III. Moderato
The works gathered here hail from two different sets of string quartets: the four so-called Solo Quartets by Franz Anton Hoffmeister and Gioachino Rossini’s six String Sonatas (or Sonate a quattro). Both sets differ from the ‘normal’ configuration in that they allow a double bass to take part, albeit in different ways. Rossini, who composed his sonatas at the age of 12 (!), left out the viola and gave the double bass a more or less conventional bass role – albeit with occasional virtuosic outbursts. The sonatas were first published in an arrangement for traditional string quartet and are often heard performed by string orchestras.
In Vienna, where he was active as a composer and music publisher, Hoffmeister (1754-1812) chose a different solution than Rossini and gave his double bass player a leading role in the ensemble, letting it replace the first violin. It was no coincidence that this happened in Vienna – considering the amount of solo works for the double bass composed there, the standard of playing must have been exceptional. On the present recording, it is the Dutch player Niek de Groot who takes up Hoffmeister’s challenge in the company of a Finnish trio consisting of Minna Pensola, Antti Tikkanen and Tuomas Lehto. Niek de Groot has also edited the score of the first of the Hoffmeister quartets, which is here recorded for the first time.
Year 2017 | Classical | FLAC / APE | HD & Vinyl
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