![King Crimson - Larks’ Tongues in Aspic (40th Anniversary Edition) (1973/2023) [High Fidelity Pure Audio Blu-Ray Disc]](https://imghd.xyz/images/2024/05/12/138741_front.md.jpg)
Els Biesemans – Die musikalische Welt des Hans Georg Nägeli (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:17:04 minutes | 1,29 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Solo Musica
The first part of the Douze Toccates by Hans Georg Nageli was published in Zurich in 1808; there was no second part. On the title page, the composer conceals himself behind an ‘editeur’ of the same name. Prominent status, on the other hand, is given to the Repertoire des Clavecinistes, a series that ran from 1803 to 1805 in which Nageli published a total of 15 volumes with works by Clementi, Steibelt, Dussek, Beethoven and others. The choice of ‘auteurs’, whose works he included in the Repertoire and to whom he dedicated the Toccates, reveals Nageli’s view of the latest developments in music for the keyboard. Clementi and Beethoven in particular stand out for him as representatives of an era in which ‘contrapuntal writing is interwoven with artful display by the pianist’, as he writes in the ‘Announcement’ of the Repertoire in the musical press. It is his aim that the Toccates should be understood as an observation on this turning-point in music history. There are therefore good reasons to combine Nageli’s Toccates with works by Clementi and Beethoven on this album. Nageli’s pieces enter into a historical context that is an integral part of the Toccates as aesthetic objects, not mere surroundings to them. We hear Nageli’s pieces in Nageli’s musical world and Nageli’s musical world in the pieces. The musical portfolio of Els Biesemans has many aspects to it. After studying piano, organ and chamber music at the Lemmens-Institut in Leuven, Els Biesemans specialised in the varied keyboard styles of the 18th and 19th centuries at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. With a repertoire ranging from medieval music to the modern era, Els Biesemans is the recipient of numerous international awards.
Read more
Els Biesemans, Meret Lüthi – Sterkel: Sonatas for Fortepiano and Violin (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:14:17 minutes | 1,31 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Ramée
At a time when Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven dominated musical life in Vienna, Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel (1750-1817) was active at the court of Mainz as a highly respected and acclaimed pianist and composer. In 1768, he received the minor orders and a post as organist and in 1774 he was ordained priest. His first compositions were written at this time: sonatas for piano, violin and cello, arias, and symphonies. At that time he met the Bohemian horn virtuoso Giovanni Punto (born Johann Wenzel Stich) who took some of his early works to Paris. His eight symphonies enjoyed triumphant success at the famous concert series of the “Concert Spirituel” in Paris, were performed some fifty-two times, and Sterkel rose to the rank of the most frequently played composer in Paris from 1777 to 1779. After numerous trips to Italy, Sterkel returned to Mainz in 1782 and devoted himself to composition without interruption from that time onwards. In addition, he confirmed his reputation as a pianist through his intense activity as a soloist and a chamber musician. The works recorded here come from this period of Sterkel’s creative career.
Read more