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Quintets & Quartet

Kuijken String Quartet

Quintets & Quartet

Format: SACD
Label: Challenge Classics
UPC: 0608917214529
Catnr: SACC 72145
Release date: 05 September 2005
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Label
Challenge Classics
UPC
0608917214529
Catalogue number
SACC 72145
Release date
05 September 2005
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About the album

The Kuijken String Quartet has already exists almost twenty years. It is composed of Sigiswald Kuijken and François Fernandez (violins), Marleen Thiers (viola) and Wieland Kuijken (cello), who above all are dedicated to interpreting the string quartets of Haydn and Mozart. The members of the quartet, who are also recognized soloists internationally, make up an ensemble, which can play these recordings in a way that practically no other can. Tours through Europe, Australia, Japan and USA testify to the international success of the Kujken String Quartet.
Het Kuijken Strijkkwartet speelt Mozart
Het Kuijken Strijkkwartet werd in 1986 opgericht; het bestaat uit Sigiswald Kuijken en François Fernandez (violen), Marleen Thiers (altviool) en Wieland Kuijken (cello). Het ensemble concentreert zich op de strijkkwartetten van Haydn en Mozart. De spelers zijn sinds decennia internationaal bekend om hun belangrijke bijdrage tot de meer authentieke en historisch gefundeerde speelwijze van de strijkinstrumenten; ze zijn ook solistisch en in andere combinaties werkzaam. Sinds 1986 trad het Kuijken Strijkkwartet op in bijna alle landen van Europa, en in Australië, de V.S.A. en Japan.

Op dit album speelt het ensemble twee kwintetten, een met klarinet en een met hoorn als extra instrument. Het kwartet op dit album bestaat uit voor hobo, viool, altviool en cello. Gastoptredens zijn van klarinettist Lorenzo Coppola, hoboïst Patrick Beaugiraud en hoornist Pierre-Yves Madeuf.

Artist(s)

Sigiswald Kuijken

Sigiswald Kuijken was born in 1944 close to Brussels. He studied violin at the conservatories of Bruges and Brussels, completing his studies at the latter institution with Maurice Raskin in 1964. He came into contact with early music at a very young age, together with his brother Wieland. Studying on his own, he gained a thorough knowledge of specific 17th- and 18th-century performance techniques and conventions of interpretation on violin and viola da gamba. This led to the introduction, in 1969, of a more authentic way of playing the violin, whereby the instrument was no longer held under the chin, but lay freely on the shoulder;  this was to have a crucial influence on the approach to the violin repertoire...
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Sigiswald Kuijken was born in 1944 close to Brussels. He studied violin at the conservatories of Bruges and Brussels, completing his studies at the latter institution with Maurice Raskin in 1964. He came into contact with early music at a very young age, together with his brother Wieland. Studying on his own, he gained a thorough knowledge of specific 17th- and 18th-century performance techniques and conventions of interpretation on violin and viola da gamba. This led to the introduction, in 1969, of a more authentic way of playing the violin, whereby the instrument was no longer held under the chin, but lay freely on the shoulder; this was to have a crucial influence on the approach to the violin repertoire and was consequently adopted by many players starting in the early 1970s.
From 1964 to 1972, Sigiswald Kuijken was a member of the Brussels-based Alarius Ensemble (with Wieland Kuijken, Robert Kohnen and Janine Rubinlicht), which performed throughout Europe and in the United States. He subsequently undertook individual chamber music projects with a number of Baroque music specialists, chief among which were his brothers Wieland and Barthold and Robert Kohnen, as well as Gustav Leonhardt, Frans Brüggen, Anner Bylsma and René Jacobs.
In 1972, with the encouragement of Deutsche Harmonia Mundi and Gustav Leonhardt, he founded the Baroque orchestra La Petite Bande, which since then has given innumerable concerts throughout Europe, Australia, South America, China and Japan, and has made many recordings for a number of labels (including Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, Seon, Virgin, Accent, Denon, Hyperion and Challenge.
In 1986 he founded the Kuijken String Quartet (with François Fernandez, Marleen Thiers and Wieland Kuijken), which specialises in the quartets and quintets of the Classical period. Recordings of quartets and quintets by Mozart and Haydn have appeared on Denon and Challenge.
Since 1998 Sigiswald Kuijken occasionally brings together two generations Kuijken (his daughters Veronica and Sara and his brother Wieland) to perform string quartets of later periods (Debussy, Schumann, Beethoven, Schubert) often combined with Lieder by Marie Kuijken, soprano and also daughter of Sigiswald, and Veronica Kuijken, piano. Recordings of the two generations have been made for Arcana and Challenge Records.
In 2004 Sigiswald Kuijken reintroduced in practical performance the violoncello da spalla (shoulder cello) very probably the instrument Bach had in mind when writing his six suites for violoncello solo.
From 1971 to 1996, Sigiswald Kuijken taught Baroque violin at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in The Hague and from 1993 to 2009 at the Koninklijk Muziekconservatorium in Brussels.
For many years he was a guest teacher at institutions such as the Royal College of Music in London, Salamanca University, the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, the Conservatoire of Geneva and the Musikhochschule of Leipzig. Since 1998, Sigiswald Kuijken occasionally conducts “modern” symphonic orchestras in romantic programs ( Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Mendelssohn).

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Wieland Kuijken

Wieland Kuijken (1938) obtained a Higher Certificate in cello at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels in 1959. Taught himself to play viola da gamba and 17th and 18th century performance practice. Performed avantgarde music until the late seventies. He often worked together with his two brothers Barthold and Sigiswald and harpsichordist Robert Kohnen. He is much sought after as a teacher and as a cellist known for his interpretation of Bach's solo suites. He also occasionally works as a conductor.
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Wieland Kuijken (1938) obtained a Higher Certificate in cello at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels in 1959. Taught himself to play viola da gamba and 17th and 18th century performance practice. Performed avantgarde music until the late seventies. He often worked together with his two brothers Barthold and Sigiswald and harpsichordist Robert Kohnen. He is much sought after as a teacher and as a cellist known for his interpretation of Bach's solo suites. He also occasionally works as a conductor.

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Kuijken String Quartet

In 1986 the Kuijken String Quartet was founded by early music specialist Sigiswald Kuijken, with François Fernandez, Marleen Thiers and his brother Wieland Kuijken. The ensemble specializes in the quartets and quintets of the Classical period, and is renowned for its important contribution to authentic playing of stringed instruments, especially in works of Haydn and Mozart. The quartet has made numerous acclaimed recordings and toured Europe and North America. Since 1998 Sigiswald Kuijken occasionally brings together two generations Kuijken (his daughters Veronica and Sara and his brother Wieland) to perform string quartets of later periods, such as those by Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann and Debussy. This quartet is also known as the Kuijken String Quartet.
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In 1986 the Kuijken String Quartet was founded by early music specialist Sigiswald Kuijken, with François Fernandez, Marleen Thiers and his brother Wieland Kuijken. The ensemble specializes in the quartets and quintets of the Classical period, and is renowned for its important contribution to authentic playing of stringed instruments, especially in works of Haydn and Mozart. The quartet has made numerous acclaimed recordings and toured Europe and North America.
Since 1998 Sigiswald Kuijken occasionally brings together two generations Kuijken (his daughters Veronica and Sara and his brother Wieland) to perform string quartets of later periods, such as those by Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann and Debussy. This quartet is also known as the Kuijken String Quartet.

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Marleen Thiers

Marleen Thiers (1945) studied with Arthur Grumiaux and Maurice Raskin at the Conservatory of Brussels. Just like her husband, Sigiswald Kuijken, she immediately showed a special penchant for period instruments and performance practice. She plays first viola in La Petite Bande and is a cofounder and viola player with the Two Generations Kuijken.
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Marleen Thiers (1945) studied with Arthur Grumiaux and Maurice Raskin at the Conservatory of Brussels. Just like her husband, Sigiswald Kuijken, she immediately showed a special penchant for period instruments and performance practice. She plays first viola in La Petite Bande and is a cofounder and viola player with the Two Generations Kuijken.

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Composer(s)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, whose actual name is Joannes Chrysotomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a composer, pianist, violinist and conductor from the classical period, born in Salzburg. Mozart was a child prodigy. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty. Along with Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven, Mozart is considered to be one of the most influential composers of all of music's history. Within the classical tradition, he was able to develop new musical concepts which left an everlasting impression on all the composers that came after him. Together with Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven he is part of the First Viennese School.  At 17, Mozart was engaged as...
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, whose actual name is Joannes Chrysotomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a composer, pianist, violinist and conductor from the classical period, born in Salzburg. Mozart was a child prodigy. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty. Along with Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven, Mozart is considered to be one of the most influential composers of all of music's history. Within the classical tradition, he was able to develop new musical concepts which left an everlasting impression on all the composers that came after him. Together with Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven he is part of the First Viennese School. At 17, Mozart was engaged as a musician at the Salzburg court, but grew restless and traveled in search of a better position. From 1763 he traveled with his family through all of Europe for three years and from 1769 he traveled to Italy and France with his father Leopold after which he took residence in Paris. On July 3rd, 1778, his mother passed away and after a short stay in Munich with the Weber family, his father urged him to return to Salzburg, where he was once again hired by the Bishop. While visiting Vienna in 1781, he was dismissed from his Salzburg position. He chose to stay in the capital, where he achieved fame but little financial security. During his final years in Vienna, he composed many of his best-known symphonies, concertos, and operas, and portions of the Requiem, which was largely unfinished at the time of his death.


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01.
'Quintet For Clarinet, 2 Violins, Viola and Violoncello in A Major KV 581': Allegro
09:18
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Kuijken String Quartet, Lorenzo Coppola
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'Quintet For Clarinet, 2 Violins, Viola and Violoncello in A Major KV 581': Larghetto
06:41
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Kuijken String Quartet, Lorenzo Coppola
03.
'Quintet For Clarinet, 2 Violins, Viola and Violoncello in A Major KV 581': Menuetto
06:43
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Kuijken String Quartet, Lorenzo Coppola
04.
'Quintet For Clarinet, 2 Violins, Viola and Violoncello in A Major KV 581': Allegretto con Variazioni
09:12
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Kuijken String Quartet, Lorenzo Coppola
05.
'Quintet For Horn, Violin, 2 Violas and Violoncello in E-Flat Major KV 407': Allegro
06:18
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Kuijken String Quartet, Pierre-Yves Madeuf
06.
'Quintet For Horn, Violin, 2 Violas and Violoncello in E-Flat Major KV 407': Andante
05:33
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Kuijken String Quartet, Pierre-Yves Madeuf
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'Quintet For Horn, Violin, 2 Violas and Violoncello in E-Flat Major KV 407': Rondo: allegro
04:09
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Kuijken String Quartet, Pierre-Yves Madeuf
08.
'Quartet For Oboe, Violin, Viola and Violoncello in F Major KV 370': Allegro
06:49
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Kuijken String Quartet, Patrick Beaugiraud
09.
'Quartet For Oboe, Violin, Viola and Violoncello in F Major KV 370': Adagio
03:34
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Kuijken String Quartet, Patrick Beaugiraud
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'Quartet For Oboe, Violin, Viola and Violoncello in F Major KV 370': Rondo: Allegro
04:38
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) Kuijken String Quartet, Patrick Beaugiraud

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