Röntgen: The Late String Trios
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JULIUS RONTGEN
Röntgen: The Late String Trios
Offenburg String Trio
[ Naxos / CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 1 October 2015
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For many decades one of the leading figures in Dutch musical life, Julius Röntgen came from a distinguished musical family and counted Brahms, Grieg, Grainger and Nielsen among his friends. In his later years he composed an important series of works in many genres, among them a sequence of String Trios written for Röntgen to play with his talented sons. The last four, composed between 1925 and 1930, are works of considerable warmth, verve and inventiveness, not least No. 15 in C sharp minor whose fourth movement, Finale automobilistico, was inspired by a Fiat 509A Torpedo car and a family incident-filled holiday in Germany, France, Switzerland and northern Italy.
"Composed during the 1920s, these late fruits of Rontgen's prolific chamber output are resourceful and nostalgic in style. These performances would benefit from a wider dynamic range." (BBC Music)
"Their finely honed style is unashamedly Brahmsian; they make no great claims to profundity, though they sometimes lapse into rather academic counterpoint. They are pieces, I suspect, that are more fun to play than to listen to; certainly the Offenburg Trio present them with great care and sensitivity." (The Guardian)
Tracks:
String Trio No. 13 in A major
String Trio No. 14 in C minor
String Trio No. 15 in C sharp minor
String Trio No. 16 in C sharp minor
