The modern recording industry has helped many lesser-known composers achieve something that was difficult if not impossible during their lifetimes: a vast and receptive international audience. For some composers, their relative obscurity came with good reason, while others were unwilling victims of geography and the identity of their contemporaries. The latter was the case for Joseph de Bologne de Saint-George, a French composer living at a time when the Viennese had a dominant hand on musical Classicism. His predominant ...
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The modern recording industry has helped many lesser-known composers achieve something that was difficult if not impossible during their lifetimes: a vast and receptive international audience. For some composers, their relative obscurity came with good reason, while others were unwilling victims of geography and the identity of their contemporaries. The latter was the case for Joseph de Bologne de Saint-George, a French composer living at a time when the Viennese had a dominant hand on musical Classicism. His predominant contemporaries included the likes of Mozart and Haydn. Fortunately for listeners, his rather prolific output is being rediscovered. On the present album, we hear volume three of five of Saint-George's complete violin concertos. These works are every bit as charming and elegant as the concertos of either Haydn or Mozart. While the slow movements may lack of the quiet solemnity of the Mozart concertos, the outer movements typically make up for this with much more dazzling displays of...
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Very Good. Size: 5x0x5; Volume 3; single CD; a couple of dings to 30-page booklet (in English, German & French); a couple of minor bends to rear cover art; jewel case is in excellent condition; disc is mint/near mint; because we care that your order arrives in the condition stated, we have additionally sealed the case in bubblewrap for added protection during shipment.
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