He was an accomplished player, as shown by the quality of his six concertos, believed to be the first such pieces written by an English composer (considering Handel to be German.). In alternate weeks the concerts were organised in nearby Newcastle by Garth's good friend Charles Avison, in whose orchestra Garth played cello. He started life as a jobbing musician, and made his career by promoting concerts in Durham every two weeks. Also reminiscent of Brahms’s sonata in the same key, though with a more classical feel than the other two sonatas featured here, it is a less satisfying work, of uneven inspiration.John Garth ( 1721-1810) was born near Durham, in North East England. Groeneveld executes the delicately hovering spiccato notes in the Mendelssohnian scherzo with precision and grace.īrucken Fock’s E minor Sonata of 1884 was premiered by the duo in 2013. Full-throttle playing is required throughout the expansive first movement, with both musicians pushed to their limits, and the spacious recording gives depth and resonance to the sound. The Dutch duo are also strong advocates for Dohnányi’s 1899 Sonata. The Three Pieces, more Schumannesque in mood, are arresting and beautifully characterised. Groeneveld, a member of the Osiris Trio who studied under Natalia Gutman and has taught since 2001 at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, plays the turbulent opening movement with passionate conviction and a full-bodied sound, and endows the lovely Allegretto finale with elegance and charm. Zemlinsky’s A minor Sonata of 1894 receives an especially enriching performance from this poetic partnership. Brahms’s cello sonatas, particularly the First, are constantly called to mind in all three major works. Groeneveld and van de Laar here shed welcome new light on two fine sonatas from the 1890s and introduce a recently discovered sonata by a fellow Dutchman. Musicians: Larissa Groeneveld (cello), Frank van de Laar (piano)Ĭomposer: Brocken Fock, Dohnányi, Zemlinsky Description: Nineteenth-century cello sonatas revisited and rediscovered
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