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Contrasts: Dresden Solo

7/23/2021, 23 Tracks, 1:08:54

Featuring

  • Annette Unger
  • Hans Börner
  • Johann Georg Pisendel
  • Rainer Lischka
  • Stefan Frenkel
  • Manfred Weiss

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Instruments

Annette Unger performs on a violin made by Cornelius Schneider-Marfels in Erlangen in 2008.

Source: Booklet

Album & Artwork

The album title, "Contrasts Dresden Solo," is taken from a work by Hans Börner, one of the featured composers, and refers to the accentuation of difference and dualism in art.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Annette Unger is an "Echo Klassik" prize winner as a member of the Dresdner Kapellsolisten.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Composer Rainer Lischka believes that entertainment and lightness are desirable artistic qualities, even in serious music, to convey joy of living, amiability, playfulness, and humor.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Hans Börner's Aphoristic Studies, Op. 34, were commissioned for the 'Jugend musiziert' competition in the recorder category, suggested by his wife Ruth Börner.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

Except for the Pisendel sonata, all works on this album are world premiere recordings.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Annette Unger, the violinist on this album, was appointed one of the youngest violin professors at the Carl Maria von Weber College of Music in Dresden in 1992.

Source: Booklet

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