Quintett Momento Musicale - George Onslow: String quintets, Opp. 34 & 35 (2004)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 288 Mb | Total time: 64:41 | Scans included
Classical | Label: MDG | # MDG 603 1253-2 | Recorded: 2002
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 288 Mb | Total time: 64:41 | Scans included
Classical | Label: MDG | # MDG 603 1253-2 | Recorded: 2002
Throughout the 19th century, the chamber music of Georges Onslow (1784-1853) was afforded the same respect as that of Mozart, Haydn, and Beethoven. According to one source, “his work was admired by both Beethoven and Schubert, the latter modeling his own 2 cello quintet (D.956) on those of Onslow and not, as is so often claimed, on those of Boccherini.” While Onslow was known as “the French Beethoven,” his string quartets/quintets fit neatly within the quatuor brilliants genre that arose from Louis Spohr. This type of string writing gives the first violin freer rein as a soloist; a concerto for violin and string quartet, in other words.