Sterkel: Sonatas for Fortepiano & Violin / Biesemans, Luthi

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Label
Ramee
Release Date
March 9, 2018
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      STERKEL, JOHANN FRANZ XAVER
    • PERFORMER
      Biesemans, Luthi
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 09, 2018
    • UPC
      4250128517010
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      RAM1701
    • LABEL
      Ramee
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro

      Composer: Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel

      Performer: Meret Lüthi, Els Biesemans

    2. II. Andante con variazioni

      Composer: Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel

      Performer: Meret Lüthi, Els Biesemans

    3. Fantasia in A Minor, Op. 45: III. Andante con un poco di moto ma con grazia ed espressione

      Composer: Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel

      Performer: Els Biesemans

    4. I. Allegro cantabile

      Composer: Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel

      Performer: Meret Lüthi, Els Biesemans

    5. II. Cantabile

      Composer: Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel

      Performer: Meret Lüthi, Els Biesemans

    6. III. Allegro un poco vivace

      Composer: Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel

      Performer: Meret Lüthi, Els Biesemans

    7. Romance in F Major, Op. 24, No. 3: I. Andantino

      Composer: Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel

      Performer: Els Biesemans

    8. I. Allegro

      Composer: Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel

      Performer: Meret Lüthi, Els Biesemans

    9. II. Rondo

      Composer: Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel

      Performer: Meret Lüthi, Els Biesemans


A once-celebrated contemporary of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven, and a precursor of Schubert in the domain of the lied, Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel (1750–1817) is today almost unknown to the general public. Given the great success of his symphonies at the Concert Spirituel, he was probably the composer most frequently performed in Paris between 1777 and 1779. This famous and highly influental pianist and composer spent most of his working life at the court of Mainz, where his reputation attracted rising young talents like Beethoven and Weber, and wrote more than 700 works, including 400 German and Italian songs. On this new release, Els Biesemans and Meret Lüthi present a world premiere recording of some of his sonatas for fortepiano and violin, utterly disarming in their charm, inventiveness and refinement.