Quatuor Ruggieri – George Onslow: String Quartets (2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/88,2kHz]

Quatuor Ruggieri – George Onslow: String Quartets (2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:02:18 minutes | 981 MB | Genre: Classical
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Referred to as the „French Beethoven“, George Onslow (1784-1853) lived through the First Empire and the Restoration, imposing himself by clearing the way, to a degree, for chamber music, which was little practiced in France at the time.

A contemporary of Berlioz and Paganini, Onslow would lend credibility to this genre that did not find an audience in Paris until 1814, when his good friend the violinist Pierre Baillot led a series of chamber concerts.
Amongst the hundreds of works he wrote, his string quartets in particular stand out for their spirit of invention, sometimes visionary and always surprising. Beginning with his youthful quartets (Opp. 8, 9 and 10), Onslow innovated in both content and form, experimenting with a French style that lay within the heritage of the Mozartian and Beethovenian quartet. To this was often added a virtuosic – typically Parisian – dimension that contributed a spectacular aspect to the quality of the ideas.

Tracklist:

1-01. Quatuor Ruggieri – Quatuor No. 1 en Ut Mineur, Op. 8: I. largo-allegro agitato (07:51)
1-02. Quatuor Ruggieri – Quatuor No. 1 en Ut Mineur, Op. 8: II. adagio (05:55)
1-03. Quatuor Ruggieri – Quatuor No. 1 en Ut Mineur, Op. 8: III. minuetto allegretto (02:30)
1-04. Quatuor Ruggieri – Quatuor No. 1 en Ut Mineur, Op. 8: IV. finale presto (03:45)
1-05. Quatuor Ruggieri – Quatuor No. 3 en Mi Bémol Majeur, Op. 10: I. largo-allegro con brio (05:51)
1-06. Quatuor Ruggieri – Quatuor No. 3 en Mi Bémol Majeur, Op. 10: II. andantino sostenuto (07:14)
1-07. Quatuor Ruggieri – Quatuor No. 3 en Mi Bémol Majeur, Op. 10: III. minuetto allegro (air de danse des montagnes d’auvergne) (03:15)
1-08. Quatuor Ruggieri – Quatuor No. 3 en Mi Bémol Majeur, Op. 10: IV. allegro vivace (05:37)
1-09. Quatuor Ruggieri – Quatuor No. 3 en La Majeur, Op. 8: I. allegro (08:06)
1-10. Quatuor Ruggieri – Quatuor No. 3 en La Majeur, Op. 8: II. andante non troppo lento (03:55)
1-11. Quatuor Ruggieri – Quatuor No. 3 en La Majeur, Op. 8: III. minuetto allegro (03:30)
1-12. Quatuor Ruggieri – Quatuor No. 3 en La Majeur, Op. 8: IV. finale vivace (04:43)

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