Georgina McKay Lodge, Eva Lymenstull, David Schulenberg & Augusta McKay Lodge – J.G. Graun: Chamber Music (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Georgina McKay Lodge, Eva Lymenstull, David Schulenberg & Augusta McKay Lodge – J.G. Graun: Chamber Music (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:19:45 minutes | 1,73 GB | Genre: Classical
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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.

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