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Title:
George Onslow
(1784-1853)
Grand Septuor op. 79
Nonet op. 77
Artists:
Consortium Classicum
Stefan Irmer, piano
1 CD
Order No.:
MDG 301 1480-2
UPC-Code:
Chamber Turn
Our chamber music series featuring the compositions of
George Onslow now turns to his works for large
ensemble. On this CD the Consortium Classicum
presents two of the very last works of this master who
died in 1853: the Nonet op. 77 and the Grand Septuor
op. 79.
Noble Origins
George Onslow was of English and French noble
ancestry – which made life difficult and unsettled during
what were revolutionary times. Born in the Auvergne in
1784, he had to flee with his parents to Hamburg. He
later studied in London and Vienna and then returned to
Paris in the early nineteenth century as an avid pianist
and young chamber composer whose cosmopolitan,
virtuoso chamber concertos sold like hot cakes. He first
turned to compositions for wind instruments at the end of
his career when technical innovations aroused his
interest in this genre.
Royal Priviledge
We owe the nonet to a trip to England undertaken by the
composer in 1846, when Prince Albert, the husband of
Queen Victoria, presented him with a selection of his
works. Onslow responded by dedicating his op. 77 for
large ensemble to the prince, and it was received with
enthusiasm by the Parisian press and public on its
premiere. If the nonet assigns equal solo tasks to the
various instruments, then in the op. 79 septet Onslow
conforms to the taste of his times in granting the piano
priority over the other instruments – thus verging on the
piano concerto.
Extraordinary Tradition
The Consortium Classicum looks back on a tradition
extending over almost forty years. The recording editions
of this ensemble led by the clarinetist Dieter Klöcker, in
every respect an extraordinary chamber formation, are
countless. And the ensemble succeeds again and again
in performing its repertoire with its own unique sense of
sound, brilliant wit, inspiration, and subtle touch. On this
release the consummate pianist Stefan Irmer
complements the Consortium sound.
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