Benjamin Loeb, the pianist on this album, is also an accomplished soloist, accompanist, conductor, arranger, educator, and administrator, and currently serves as the Executive Director of the Quad City Symphony Orchestra.
Compositional Technique
Instrumental operatic fantasies, like those on this album, were a common method of spreading operatic melodies, especially for instruments that could mimic the sustaining power of the human voice.
Performer Biography
Violinist Livia Sohn, who performs on this album, won First Prize in the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition at the age of twelve in 1989.
Historical Context
In the 19th century, operatic melodies became widely known through concerts, band arrangements, and choral society performances, as most people could not access opera houses and recordings did not exist.
Instruments
Livia Sohn, the violinist on this album, plays a J. B. Guadagnini violin crafted in 1770 and a Samuel Zygmuntowicz made in 2006.
Performer Biography
Geoff Nuttall, the violist on this album, co-founded the St. Lawrence String Quartet in 1989 and, as its first violinist, has performed over 2000 concerts internationally.
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