J.G. Graun: Chamber Music

A quartet of four renowned period-instrument musicians with a new and unique collection of trio sonatas from the late Baroque: music fit for a (very discerning) king.
The four composers represented here all worked at the Potsdam court of Frederick the Great, who was himself a flautist and composer of professional ability. The G minor Trio Sonata by Johann Gottlieb Janitsch (1708-c. 1763) and the A major Trio Sonata by Johann Gottlieb Graun (1703-1771) were scored by their composers for two melody instruments and basso continuo (here, cello and harpsichord).
Composer: Carl Heinrich Graun, Franz Benda, Johann Gottlieb Janitsch, Johann Gottlieb Graun
Artists: Augusta McKay Lodge violin, Georgina McKay Lodge viola, Eva Lymenstull cello, David Schulenberg harpsichord

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All these compositions follow Berlin practice of the time in comprising three movements, of which the first is slow, the second quick, and the last also quick but somewhat lighter and dance-like. Both sonatas are extraordinary even within this exceptional repertory, incorporating lengthy virtuoso passages that resemble the solo episodes of a concerto. The C-minor viola sonata reaches rare heights of expressivity, particularly in its highly chromatic opening movement. The violin sonata in B-flat stands out for the fantasia-like solo passages in both quick movements.
A cello Sonata by the brother of Graun, Carl Heinrich (1703-1759), demonstrates that the younger Graun’s chamber music tends to be more lyrical, less outwardly virtuosic, than his brother's. The king’s favourite instrumentalist was the violinist Franz Benda (1709-1786), a pupil of J.G. Graun. He earned the rare privilege of leading Frederick’s famous private concerts, in which the king played flute alongside a handful of his best musicians.
Winner of the Juilliard School’s Historical Performance concerto competition, the violinist Augusta McKay Lodge is joined here by her sister Georgina and two accomplished colleagues who have also performed with the finest early-music groups on both sides of the Atlantic such as Les Arts Florissants, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Tafelmusik. Their stylish performances glow with sympathy, casting the listener back to Frederick’s candlelit salon in the company of the finest classical musicians of the day.

Composer: Johann Gottlieb Janitsch
00:00:00 Trio Sonata in G Minor: I. Adagio
00:02:45 Trio Sonata in G Minor: II. Allegretto
00:07:10 Trio Sonata in G Minor: III. Allegro assai
00:10:46 Sonata in C Minor, GWV Av:XV:20: I. Adagio e mesto
00:15:27 Sonata in C Minor, GWV Av:XV:20: II. Allegro non troppo
00:23:03 Sonata in C Minor, GWV Av:XV:20: III. Allegro scherzando
00:27:59 Sonata in B-Flat Major, GWV Av:XV:46: I. Grazioso
00:31:44 Sonata in B-Flat Major, GWV Av:XV:46: II. Allegro
00:38:28: Sonata in B-Flat Major, GWV Av:XV:46: III. Allegro
Composer: Carl Heinrich Graun
00:44:06 Sonata in C Major, BWV B:XII:53: I. Largo
00:47:24 Sonata in C Major, BWV B:XII:53: II. Poco allegro
00:51:22 Sonata in C Major, BWV B:XII:53: III. Allegretto
Composer: Franz Benda
00:54:54 Sonata in C Minor, L3.137: I. Adagio
00:58:08 Sonata in C Minor, L3.137: II. Allegro
01:02:20 Sonata in C Minor, L3.137: III. Allegro moderato
Composer: Johan Gottlieb Graun
01:06:03 Trio Sonata in A Major, GWV Av:XV:42: I. Adagio con tenerezza
01:11:06 Trio Sonata in A Major, GWV Av:XV:42: II. Allegretto cantabile
01:15:47 Trio Sonata in A Major, GWV Av:XV:42: III. Allegro

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