Offenburg String Trio - Röntgen: The Late String Trio (2014)

Tracklist

01. String Trio No. 13 in A Major: I. Con moto
02. String Trio No. 13 in A Major: II. Andantino tranquillo
03. String Trio No. 13 in A Major: III. Allegro vivo e giocoso
04. String Trio No. 13 in A Major: IV. Allegro
05. String Trio No. 14 in C Minor: I. Allegro
06. String Trio No. 14 in C Minor: II. Andantino con tenerezza
07. String Trio No. 14 in C Minor: III. Allegro deciso
08. String Trio No. 14 in C Minor: IV. Poco allegro. Finale fugato
09. String Trio No. 15 in C Minor, "Auto Trio": I. Moderato
10. String Trio No. 15 in C Minor, "Auto Trio": II. Un poco vivace
11. String Trio No. 15 in C Minor, "Auto Trio": III. Andante
12. String Trio No. 15 in C Minor, "Auto Trio": IV. Finale automobilistico. Allegro energico
13. String Trio No. 16 in C-Sharp Minor: I. Andante tranquillo
14. String Trio No. 16 in C-Sharp Minor: II. Poco allegretto e grazioso
15. String Trio No. 16 in C-Sharp Minor: III. Lento ma non troppo
16. String Trio No. 16 in C-Sharp Minor: IV. Allegro passionato



For many decades one of the leading figures in Dutch musical life, Julius Röntgen came from a distinguished musical family and counted Brahms, Grieg, Grainger and Nielsen among his friends. In his later years he composed an important series of works in many genres, among them a sequence of String Trios written for Röntgen to play with his talented sons. The last four, composed between 1925 and 1930, are works of considerable warmth, verve and inventiveness, not least No. 15 in C sharp minor whose fourth movement, Finale automobilistico, was inspired by a Fiat 509A Torpedo car and a family incident-filled holiday in Germany, France, Switzerland and northern Italy.

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