Jean Baur: Chamber Music Elinor Frey

• Jean Baur (1719 - 1773): Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 1 No. 4:
• 1 Baur: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 1 No. 4: I. Adagio 00:44
• 2 Baur: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 1 No. 4: II. Allegro 04:29
• 3 Baur: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 1 No. 4: III. Adagio 02:38
• 4 Baur: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 1 No. 4: IV. Allegro 03:01
• Cello Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 2 No. 2 "La Dupleïx":
• 5 Baur: Cello Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 2 No. 2 "La Dupleïx": I. Allegro 04:04
• 6 Baur: Cello Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 2 No. 2 "La Dupleïx": II. Adagio amoroso 03:02
• 7 Baur: Cello Sonata in B-Flat Major, Op. 2 No. 2 "La Dupleïx": III. Allegro 03:31
• Sonata for Harp with Accompaniment of Keyboard in B-Flat Major, Op. 8 No. 3:
• 8 Baur: Sonata for Harp with Accompaniment of Keyboard in B-Flat Major, Op. 8 No. 3: I. Allegro 07:04
• 9 Baur: Sonata for Harp with Accompaniment of Keyboard in B-Flat Major, Op. 8 No. 3: II. Andante 01:54
• 10 Baur: Sonata for Harp with Accompaniment of Keyboard in B-Flat Major, Op. 8 No. 3: III. Allegro 02:47
• Cello Sonata in D Minor, Op. 1 No. 3:
• 11 Baur: Cello Sonata in D Minor, Op. 1 No. 3: Ia. Adagio 00:51
• 12 Baur: Cello Sonata in D Minor, Op. 1 No. 3: Ib. Allegro 04:14
• 13 Baur: Cello Sonata in D Minor, Op. 1 No. 3: II. Adagio 03:06
• 14 Baur: Cello Sonata in D Minor, Op. 1 No. 3: III. Tempo di Gavotta (Rondeau). Allegro 03:10
• Sonata for Two Violins No. 1 in F Major:
• 15 Baur: Sonata for Two Violins No. 1 in F Major: I. Adagio - Allegro moderato - Adagio - Allegro (Version for Two Violoncellos Piccolo) 07:23
• 16 Baur: Sonata for Two Violins No. 1 in F Major: II. Adagio (Version for Two Violoncellos Piccolo) 02:50
• 17 Baur: Sonata for Two Violins No. 1 in F Major: III. Tempo moderato - Variations Nos.1-9 (Version for Two Violoncellos Piccolo) 05:55
• Harp Sonata No. 6 in C Major:
• 18 Baur: Harp Sonata No. 6 in C Major: I. Allegro 04:21
• 19 Baur: Harp Sonata No. 6 in C Major: II. Tempo di Minuetto 03:32
• 20 Baur: Harp Sonata No. 6 in C Major: III. Allegro 03:32
• Total Runtime 01:12:08

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Um die Mitte des 18. Jahrhunderts setzte sich die neu entwickelte Einfachpedalharfe besonders in Paris rasend schnell durch. Jean Baur war einer der Virtuosen auf diesem Instrument, doch scheint er auch mit dem Violoncello bestens vertraut gewesen zu sein. Dies ist die erste Aufnahme, die ganz diesem faszinierenden und nahezu unbekannten Komponisten gewidmet ist. Zu hören sind dabei sowohl seine Musik für Violoncello als auch galante Salonmusik mit Harfe. Baurs Musik besticht durch ihren heiteren und fantasievollen Charakter und ausdrucksstarke Melodien.

Elinor Frey, Cello Accademia de' Dissonanti

Elinor Frey
Fascinated by the cello’s origins and the creative process of new music, Elinor Frey plays both period and modern instruments. Her recent release on the Belgian label Passacaille, Berlin Sonatas with Lorenzo Ghielmi on fortepiano, was nominated for a Juno award for Best Classical CD, Solo & Chamber Music and won the 2015 Québec Opus Prize for Early Music CD of the year. Her first Baroque CD, La voce del violoncello, was praised for its “careful scholarship and brilliant layering of moods and tempos” (Toronto Star) and for the “honest, reflective beauty of her music making” (Strings). Her performance of this program was the winner of the public prize at the 2013 Utrecht Early Music Festival Fringe. In May 2017, she released Fiorè, the world premiere recording of the sonatas of Angelo Maria Fiorè and various unknown Italian arias the, performed alongside Lorenzo Ghielmi and Suzie LeBlanc.

Frey’s debut album, Dialoghi, is titled for the solo piece written for her by Steven Stucky, and her CD of new works for Baroque cello, titled Guided By Voices, will be released on the Analekta label in March 2019. These works are by Scott Godin, Linda Catlin Smith, Ken Ueno, Isaiah Ceccarelli, Maxime McKinley, and Lisa Streich. She also recently performed Lutoslawski’s cello concerto and a new concerto by Colin Labadie with the Laurier Symphony, as well as a concerto by Keiko Devaux with Ensemble Arkea and conductor Dina Gilbert.

Frey’s honours include a US-Italy Fulbright Fellowship where she studied baroque cello with Paolo Beschi, the SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship, American Musicological Society, and Canada Council for the Arts grants facilitating her work on Italian cello music. In recent seasons she has performed with Il Gardellino, Constantinople, Clavecin en concert, Ensemble Caprice, SMAM, Les Idées heureuses, Arion, Les Boréades, and Theatre of Early Music, as well as with her quartet, Pallade Musica, grand prize winners of the 2012 Early Music America Baroque Performance Competition and second prize winners in the 2014 International Van Wassenaer Competition in Utrecht. Frey holds degrees from McGill, Mannes, and Juilliard.

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