Elsner: Chamber Music Beni Araki, Martin Seemann, Trio Margaux & Hoffmeister Quartet

• Józef Elsner (1769 - 1854):
• 1 Polonaise in D Major for Violin & Piano 02:25
• Violin Sonata in F Major, Op. 10 No. 1:
• 2 Violin Sonata in F Major, Op. 10 No. 1: I. Allegro 06:17
• 3 Violin Sonata in F Major, Op. 10 No. 1: II. Andante 02:42
• 4 Violin Sonata in F Major, Op. 10 No. 1: III. Rondo. Allegretto 03:37
• Polonaise in D Major for Violin & Piano (1820):
• 5 Polonaise in D Major for Violin & Piano (1820) 03:50
• Violin Sonata in D Major, Op. 10 No. 2:
• 6 Violin Sonata in D Major, Op. 10 No. 2: I. Allegro 05:43
• 7 Violin Sonata in D Major, Op. 10 No. 2: II. Scherzando poco Allegretto 02:53
• 8 Violin Sonata in D Major, Op. 10 No. 2: III. Rondo. Allegretto moderato 04:03
• Polonaise in E-Flat Major for Violin & Piano:
• 9 Polonaise in E-Flat Major for Violin & Piano 05:01
• Grande Sonata in B Major for Violin, Cello & Piano:
• 10 Grande Sonata in B Major for Violin, Cello & Piano: I. Allegro 09:04
• 11 Grande Sonata in B Major for Violin, Cello & Piano: II. Larghetto 05:02
• 12 Grande Sonata in B Major for Violin, Cello & Piano: III. Rondo. Allegro 04:44
• Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major for violin, viola, cello and piano, Op. 15 (c.1805):
• 13 Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major for violin, viola, cello and piano, Op. 15 (c.1805): Moderato 12:19
• 14 Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major for violin, viola, cello and piano, Op. 15 (c.1805): Romance 06:06
• 15 Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major for violin, viola, cello and piano, Op. 15 (c.1805): Rondo. Allegro assai 05:16
• String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 8 No. 3:
• 16 String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 8 No. 3: I. Allegro 10:07
• 17 String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 8 No. 3: II. Andantino 03:51
• 18 String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 8 No. 3: III. Rondo. Allegro 05:55
• Mass in G Major, Op. 75:
• 19 Mass in G Major, Op. 75: I. Kyrie 01:19
• 20 Mass in G Major, Op. 75: II. Gloria 02:12
• 21 Mass in G Major, Op. 75: III. Graduale 01:39
• 22 Mass in G Major, Op. 75: IV. Credo 02:45
• 23 Mass in G Major, Op. 75: V. Offertorium 02:16
• 24 Mass in G Major, Op. 75: VI. Sanctus 02:21
• 25 Mass in G Major, Op. 75: VII. Benedictus 03:12
• 26 Mass in G Major, Op. 75: VIII. Agnus Dei 02:30
• Total Runtime 01:57:09

Info for Elsner: Chamber Music

To celebrate the composer’s 250th birthday, this edition presents all available chamber music compositions by Josef Elsner in new recordings of historically informed interpretations. Joseph Elsner was born in the town of Grottkau (Grotków) in Silesia. He initially attended the Dominican monastery school in Breslau (Wroclaw) where he was trained as choirboy and violinist and afterwards the Jesuit School as well as the Leopoldinum where at first he studied theology and later medicine. Aged twenty he moved to Vienna and chose a musical career. Elsner finally ran the Main School for Music (Szkola Glówna Muzyki) at Warsaw University where his students included Frédéric Chopin, Feliks Ignacy Dobrzynski et al. Towards the end of his life Elsner compiled a comprehensively commented catalogue of his musical pieces the German original of which has unfortunately been lost. What remains is a Polish translation, nowadays considered the main source for Elsner’s life and work.

Joseph Elsner was a German composer who spent most of his life in Poland. His style, based on Viennese classical music, is enriched by personal elements such as Polish dances. The Trio Margaux, the Hoffmeister Quartett and their guests have compiled a collection of the composer’s few surviving works so that they are now available in historically informed performances. Spreading a lot of pleasure this music truly flatters the ears.

Beni Araki, fortepiano
Martin Seemann, cello
Trio Margaux
Hoffmeister Quartet

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