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Bruno Philippe & Tanguy de Williencourt - harmonia nova #5

9/22/2017, 9 Tracks, 1:15:17

Featuring

  • Bruno Philippe
  • Tanguy de Williencourt
  • Ludwig van Beethoven
  • Franz Schubert

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Composition History

Carl Czerny, a pupil of Beethoven, created the cello and piano transcription of the 'Kreutzer' Sonata around 1822, possibly for cellist Josef Lincke.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This recording was made at La Courroie, a former 19th-century ramie mill near Avignon, which now serves as a venue for concerts, residences, and recordings.

Source: Booklet

Cultural Impact

Despite Rudolf Kreutzer, the dedicatee, never performing the 'Kreutzer' Sonata, his name lives on thanks to Leo Tolstoy's 1889 novella, which inspired numerous adaptations.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The 'Kreutzer' Sonata was originally composed for British violinist George Bridgetower, who premiered it with Beethoven himself, but was later dedicated to Rudolf Kreutzer after a disagreement.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Schubert's 'Arpeggione' Sonata's central Adagio may reflect the composer's turmoil, as his health was deteriorating due to syphilis and mercury treatment.

Source: Booklet

Instruments

Cellist Bruno Philippe plays a Carlo Tononi cello, which is on loan to him through the Beare's International Violin Society.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Schubert's 'Arpeggione' Sonata was written for the arpeggione, a bowed guitar invented by Johann Georg Stauffer, which had a brief period of popularity in the 1820s.

Source: Booklet

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