Zelenka - Sonatas | Linn CKD415

Zelenka - Sonatas

Label: Linn

Cat No: CKD415

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 17th September 2012

Contents

Artists

Monica Huggett (violin)
Ensemble Marsyas

Works

Zelenka, Jan Dismas

Sinfonia a 8 concertanti in A minor, ZWV189
Trio Sonatas (6) for 2 oboes, bassoon and basso continuo, ZWV181
» no.3 in B flat major
» no.5 in F major
» no.6 in C minor

Artists

Monica Huggett (violin)
Ensemble Marsyas

About

Ensemble Marsyas’ debut recording on Linn features three of the extraordinary trio sonatas by the Bohemian composer Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745) for violin, two oboes, bassoon and continuo on period instruments.

These sonatas represent the most spectacularly challenging music ever written for wind instruments in terms of their utopian demands on the technique of the players, their musical integrity and their breathtaking scale. This repertoire saw the ensemble awarded both first prize and the audience prize at the 2007 Brugge International Competition.

The Edinburgh based chamber group comprises the best of a new generation of musicians specialising in early music from across Europe. They are joined for this recording by Baroque violinist Monica Huggett who is a multiple Gramophone Award winner and Grammy nominee.

The members of Ensemble Marsyas have been awarded accolades by both critics and the recording industry alike - the most recent including a 2010 Gramophone Award for a recording featuring Peter Whelan.

Ensemble Marsyas:

- Peter Whelan: bassoon
- Josep Domènech Lafont: oboe
- Molly Marsh: oboe
- Thomas Dunford: theorbo
- Philippe Grisvard: harpsichord/organ
- Christine Sticher: violin

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