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Kuhlau: Violin Sonatas, Vol. 2 / Duo Astrand/Salo

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Composer
KUHLAU, FRIEDRICH
Artist
DUO ASTRAND/SALO
Format
CD
Label
Dacapo Classical
Released
May 03, 2019
Catalog #
8226083
UPC
636943608326

About

Duo Åstrand/Salo follow up their first installment of sonatas by Friedrich Kuhlau with a selection of some of the composer’s most impressive works for violin and piano. Friedrich Kuhlau fled to Denmark as a young man and with his strong cosmopolitan personality became a loner- and at the same time a key figure- in the Danish Golden Age. In 1813 Kuhlau was granted Danish citizenship and the honorary title of Royal Court Musician. Included on this release is what some consider the first Danish violin sonata in the Romantic style, a work that glances towards the composer’s idol Beethoven but contains plenty of individual spice and allure. It is followed by sonatas in all but name, the Trois Duos brillants from late in Kuhlau’s career. They are brilliant, as the title suggests – three varied, evocative snapshots of the great cosmopolitan of Denmark’s Golden Age.

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REVIEW:

Kuhlau’s music sounds thoroughly Germanic, and he makes no attempt to develop a Danish national style. He is definitely one of the best composers of his era, though; and it wouldn’t be until Schumann in the early 1850s that anyone would write better for violin and piano.

– American Record Guide

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 I Allegro con spirito 07:53
    Track
    1
    Title
    I Allegro con spirito
    Duration
    07:53
    Composer
    Friedrich Kuhlau
    Ensemble
    Duo Åstrand/Salo
  2. 2 II Larghetto 07:06
    Track
    2
    Title
    II Larghetto
    Duration
    07:06
    Composer
    Friedrich Kuhlau
    Ensemble
    Duo Åstrand/Salo
  3. 3 III Rondo: Allegro 08:15
    Track
    3
    Title
    III Rondo: Allegro
    Duration
    08:15
    Composer
    Friedrich Kuhlau
    Ensemble
    Duo Åstrand/Salo
  4. 4 I. Allegro non tanto 10:50
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro non tanto
    Duration
    10:50
    Composer
    Friedrich Kuhlau
    Ensemble
    Duo Åstrand/Salo
  5. 5 II. Adagio patetico con molta espressione 04:40
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Adagio patetico con molta espressione
    Duration
    04:40
    Composer
    Friedrich Kuhlau
    Ensemble
    Duo Åstrand/Salo
  6. 6 III. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo 04:04
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    04:04
    Composer
    Friedrich Kuhlau
    Ensemble
    Duo Åstrand/Salo
  7. 7 I. Allegro con affetto ma non troppo presto 07:44
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro con affetto ma non troppo presto
    Duration
    07:44
    Composer
    Friedrich Kuhlau
    Ensemble
    Duo Åstrand/Salo
  8. 8 II. Adagio cantabile 03:48
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Adagio cantabile
    Duration
    03:48
    Composer
    Friedrich Kuhlau
    Ensemble
    Duo Åstrand/Salo
  9. 9 III. Rondo: Allegro poco agitato 06:07
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Rondo: Allegro poco agitato
    Duration
    06:07
    Composer
    Friedrich Kuhlau
    Ensemble
    Duo Åstrand/Salo
  10. 10 I. Allegro vivace con energia 08:27
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Allegro vivace con energia
    Duration
    08:27
    Composer
    Friedrich Kuhlau
    Ensemble
    Duo Åstrand/Salo
  11. 11 II. Andante con moto 04:49
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Andante con moto
    Duration
    04:49
    Composer
    Friedrich Kuhlau
    Ensemble
    Duo Åstrand/Salo
  12. 12 III Allegro assai 05:38
    Track
    12
    Title
    III Allegro assai
    Duration
    05:38
    Composer
    Friedrich Kuhlau
    Ensemble
    Duo Åstrand/Salo