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Hoffmeister / Pensola / Groot- Quartets with Double Bass 2

SKU: 7318599923185
¥154.00
the album cover for Hoffmeister / Pensola / Groot - Quartets with Double Bass 2
the album cover for Hoffmeister / Pensola / Groot - Quartets with Double Bass 2

This second and last volume completes two different sets of string quartets: the four so-called Solo Quartets by Franz Anton Hoffmeister and Gioachino Rossini's six String Sonatas (or Sonate a quattro). Both sets differ from the 'normal' configuration in that they allow a double bass to take part, albeit in different roles. Rossini, who composed his sonatas at the age of 12 (!), left out the viola and gave the double bass a more or less conventional bass role - apart from the occasional virtuosic outburst. The sonatas were first published in an arrangement for traditional string quartet and are often heard performed by string orchestras. In Vienna, where he was active as a composer and music publisher, Hoffmeister (1754-1812) chose a different solution than Rossini and gave his double bass player a leading role in the ensemble, letting it replace the first violin. It was no coincidence that this happened in Vienna - considering the amount of solo works for the double bass composed there, the standard of playing must have been exceptional. On the present recording, it is the Dutch player Niek de Groot who takes up Hoffmeister's challenge in the company of a Finnish trio consisting of Minna Pensola, Antti Tikkanen and Tuomas Lehto. Featuring the same team, Volume 1 (BIS-2317) was as described by a reviewer in Gramophone as 'entertaining, effortlessly enjoyable and beautifully performed' upon it's release in 2017.

Tracklist:

  1. Sonata For Strings No. 4 In B-Flat Major: I. Allegro Vivace
  2. Sonata For Strings No. 4 In B-Flat Major: II. Andante
  3. Sonata For Strings No. 4 In B-Flat Major: III. Allegretto
  4. Double Bass Quartet No. 3 In D Major: I. Moderato
  5. Double Bass Quartet No. 3 In D Major: II. Adagio
  6. Double Bass Quartet No. 3 In D Major: III. Tempo Di Minuetto
  7. Sonata For Strings No. 5 In E-Flat Major: I. Allegro Vivace
  8. Sonata For Strings No. 5 In E-Flat Major: II. Andante
  9. Sonata For Strings No. 5 In E-Flat Major: III. Allegretto
  10. Double Bass Quartet No. 4 In D Major: I. Allegro Moderato
  11. Double Bass Quartet No. 4 In D Major: II. Menuett
  12. Double Bass Quartet No. 4 In D Major: III. Andante
  13. Double Bass Quartet No. 4 In D Major: IV. Rondo
  14. Sonata For Strings No. 6 In D Major: I. Allegro Spirituoso
  15. Sonata For Strings No. 6 In D Major: II. Andante Assai
  16. Sonata For Strings No. 6 In D Major: III. Allegro

UPC > 7318599923185

Format > New CD

Label > Bis

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Hoffmeister / Pensola / Groot- Quartets with Double Bass 2

SKU: 7318599923185
¥154.00

Release Date: 02.01.2019

 
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This second and last volume completes two different sets of string quartets: the four so-called Solo Quartets by Franz Anton Hoffmeister and Gioachino Rossini's six String Sonatas (or Sonate a quattro). Both sets differ from the 'normal' configuration in that they allow a double bass to take part, albeit in different roles. Rossini, who composed his sonatas at the age of 12 (!), left out the viola and gave the double bass a more or less conventional bass role - apart from the occasional virtuosic outburst. The sonatas were first published in an arrangement for traditional string quartet and are often heard performed by string orchestras. In Vienna, where he was active as a composer and music publisher, Hoffmeister (1754-1812) chose a different solution than Rossini and gave his double bass player a leading role in the ensemble, letting it replace the first violin. It was no coincidence that this happened in Vienna - considering the amount of solo works for the double bass composed there, the standard of playing must have been exceptional. On the present recording, it is the Dutch player Niek de Groot who takes up Hoffmeister's challenge in the company of a Finnish trio consisting of Minna Pensola, Antti Tikkanen and Tuomas Lehto. Featuring the same team, Volume 1 (BIS-2317) was as described by a reviewer in Gramophone as 'entertaining, effortlessly enjoyable and beautifully performed' upon it's release in 2017.

Tracklist:

  1. Sonata For Strings No. 4 In B-Flat Major: I. Allegro Vivace
  2. Sonata For Strings No. 4 In B-Flat Major: II. Andante
  3. Sonata For Strings No. 4 In B-Flat Major: III. Allegretto
  4. Double Bass Quartet No. 3 In D Major: I. Moderato
  5. Double Bass Quartet No. 3 In D Major: II. Adagio
  6. Double Bass Quartet No. 3 In D Major: III. Tempo Di Minuetto
  7. Sonata For Strings No. 5 In E-Flat Major: I. Allegro Vivace
  8. Sonata For Strings No. 5 In E-Flat Major: II. Andante
  9. Sonata For Strings No. 5 In E-Flat Major: III. Allegretto
  10. Double Bass Quartet No. 4 In D Major: I. Allegro Moderato
  11. Double Bass Quartet No. 4 In D Major: II. Menuett
  12. Double Bass Quartet No. 4 In D Major: III. Andante
  13. Double Bass Quartet No. 4 In D Major: IV. Rondo
  14. Sonata For Strings No. 6 In D Major: I. Allegro Spirituoso
  15. Sonata For Strings No. 6 In D Major: II. Andante Assai
  16. Sonata For Strings No. 6 In D Major: III. Allegro

UPC > 7318599923185

Format > New CD

Label > Bis

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Follow us on Instagram.