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

• Józef Elsner (1769 - 1854):
• 1Polonaise in D Major for Violin & Piano02:25
• Violin Sonata in F Major, Op. 10 No. 1:
• 2Violin Sonata in F Major, Op. 10 No. 1: I. Allegro06:17
• 3Violin Sonata in F Major, Op. 10 No. 1: II. Andante02:42
• 4Violin Sonata in F Major, Op. 10 No. 1: III. Rondo. Allegretto03:37
• Polonaise in D Major for Violin & Piano (1820):
• 5Polonaise in D Major for Violin & Piano (1820)03:50
• Violin Sonata in D Major, Op. 10 No. 2:
• 6Violin Sonata in D Major, Op. 10 No. 2: I. Allegro05:43
• 7Violin Sonata in D Major, Op. 10 No. 2: II. Scherzando poco Allegretto02:53
• 8Violin Sonata in D Major, Op. 10 No. 2: III. Rondo. Allegretto moderato04:03
• Polonaise in E-Flat Major for Violin & Piano:
• 9Polonaise in E-Flat Major for Violin & Piano05:01
• Grande Sonata in B Major for Violin, Cello & Piano:
• 10Grande Sonata in B Major for Violin, Cello & Piano: I. Allegro09:04
• 11Grande Sonata in B Major for Violin, Cello & Piano: II. Larghetto05:02
• 12Grande Sonata in B Major for Violin, Cello & Piano: III. Rondo. Allegro04:44
• Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major for violin, viola, cello and piano, Op. 15 (c.1805):
• 13Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major for violin, viola, cello and piano, Op. 15 (c.1805): Moderato12:19
• 14Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major for violin, viola, cello and piano, Op. 15 (c.1805): Romance06:06
• 15Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major for violin, viola, cello and piano, Op. 15 (c.1805): Rondo. Allegro assai05:16
• String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 8 No. 3:
• 16String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 8 No. 3: I. Allegro10:07
• 17String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 8 No. 3: II. Andantino03:51
• 18String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 8 No. 3: III. Rondo. Allegro05:55
• Mass in G Major, Op. 75:
• 19Mass in G Major, Op. 75: I. Kyrie01:19
• 20Mass in G Major, Op. 75: II. Gloria02:12
• 21Mass in G Major, Op. 75: III. Graduale01:39
• 22Mass in G Major, Op. 75: IV. Credo02:45
• 23Mass in G Major, Op. 75: V. Offertorium02:16
• 24Mass in G Major, Op. 75: VI. Sanctus02:21
• 25Mass in G Major, Op. 75: VII. Benedictus03:12
• 26Mass in G Major, Op. 75: VIII. Agnus Dei02:30
• Total Runtime01:57:09

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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