Thuille: Violin Sonatas 1 & 2, Cello Sonata in D Minor & Piano Trio in E-Flat Major

Featuring

Peter Hörr
Frank-Immo Zichner
Mark Gothoni
Ulrich Eichenauer
Ludwig Thuille

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Composer Biography

Thuille studied with Joseph Rheinberger, a pupil of Anton Bruckner, at the Royal School of Music in Munich, and later succeeded Rheinberger as a professor there.

Performer Biography

Mark Gothoni, the violinist on this album, plays a 1957 violin made by Premysl Otakar Špidlen.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Thuille's music balanced Viennese classicism with elements from the New German School and Richard Strauss, aiming to find a balance between tradition and novelty.

Composer Biography

Ludwig Thuille co-authored a harmony treatise, 'Harmonielehre', which saw many new editions until the 1930s and brought him lasting success.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Despite a deep friendship with Richard Strauss, Thuille was skeptical of Strauss's modernist tendencies, particularly programmatic orchestral music, preferring classical forms.

Compositional Technique

Thuille's later chamber works, like the Cello Sonata Op. 22 and Violin Sonata Op. 30, show a stronger influence of New German idioms, with sharper harmonies and fluid forms.

Composer Biography

Ludwig Thuille, born in Bolzano, South Tyrol, was orphaned at a young age and became a choirboy in a Benedictine monastery, where he received early musical training.