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A Lifelong Journey
Sebastian George

Altera Pars

A Lifelong Journey

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Format: CD
Label: Perfect Noise
UPC: 0719279933994
Catnr: PN 2206
Release date: 03 March 2023
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Perfect Noise
UPC
0719279933994
Catalogue number
PN 2206
Release date
03 March 2023
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About the album

A musical journey to foreign worlds: rediscovered music by Sebastian George, a German composer who rose to become a style-defining figure in Moscow and St. Petersburg at the end of the 18th century. Sebastian George – A lifelong journey In the second half of the 18th century musical life in Moscow was flourishing. Attracted by high wages foreign musicians undertook long and complex journeys to Russia aiming to assimilate, perhaps even to settle there permanently.

These musical travellers found that working in a foreign country presented copious new perspectives giving them inspiring outlets for composition.
Originally from Mainz, Sebastian George was one such kapellmeister / composer who first travelled to Moscow in about 1766. In the early 1770s, as kapellmeister he started to form connections with Moscow University and the courts of the Sheremetevs and Razumovskys and, on settling in Russia, soon established himself as an entrepreneur, running a music shop in St. Petersburg from 1776–79 that sold scores, various musical instruments and, perhaps less predictably... wine!
Eine musikalische Reise in unbekannte Welten:
wiederentdeckte Werke des Mainzer Komponisten Sebastian George,
der im Moskau und St. Petersburg des ausgehenden 18. Jahrhunderts
zur stilbildenden Größe avancierte.
Sebastian George – Eine lebenslange Reise
Die zweite Hälfte des 18. Jahrhunderts war eine Zeit der rasanten Entwicklung
des Musiklebens in Moskau. Angezogen von guten Gehältern unternahmen
ausländische Musiker lange und schwierige Reisen, um Jahre in Russland
zu verbringen oder ganz dort zu bleiben. Die Arbeit in einem fernen Land
gab neue Perspektiven und kreative Impulse beim Komponieren. Einer dieser
Kapellmeister/Komponisten, der ca. 1766 in Moskau auftrat, war der um 1740 in
Mainz geborene Sebastian George. In den frühen 1770er Jahren verbanden ihn
seine Aufgaben als Kapellmeister mit der Moskauer Universität und den Privatkapellen
der Scheremetjews und Rasumowskis. Von 1776 bis 1779 unterhielt
er in St. Petersburg als Kaufmann ein Geschäft, das Noten, Musikinstrumente
und andere Waren, z.B. Wein, importierte. Nach seiner Rückkehr nach Moskau
begann George eine Zusammenarbeit mit dem berühmten Petrowski-Theater,
wo 1780 seine einzige Oper aufgeführt wurde. 1782-1783 organisierte er mehrere
große Vokal- und Instrumentalkonzerte. 1783 verließ die Familie George
Russland; der genaue Weg ihrer Reise ist nicht bekannt, aber 1790 war die
Tochter des Komponisten in Karlsruhe und erlernte dort das Spiel auf der Glasharmonika
bei Kapellmeister Schmittbaur. Als George Anfang der 90er Jahre
nach Moskau zurückkehrte, veröffentlichten er und seine musikalisch begabten
Kinder ihre eigenen Kompositionen und lehrten die Kunst des Klavierspiels.
Leider geriet seine Arbeit im 19. Jahrhundert völlig in Vergessenheit; in
den ersten Studien zur russischen Musik des 18. Jahrhunderts wurde George
nur am Rande erwähnt. Da seine Musik den Forschern unbekannt war, zählte
man ihn zu jenen Fremden, die man abschätzig als „eine ganze Generation
ausländischer Komponisten, die nach Russland kamen, um Arbeit zu suchen“
bezeichnete. Diese Einschätzung konnte sich erst ändern, als die Leiterin der
Musikabteilung der Wernadski-Nationalbibliothek der Ukraine in Kiew, Larissa
Ivtschenko, eine wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichung des Katalogs der Sammlung
des Grafen A. Rasumowski durchführte. Die Entdeckung von Manuskripten
von Georges Orchester- und Kammermusikwerken gab den Impuls für ihre
Aufführung, und die Qualität der George Musik übertraf alle Erwartungen.

Artist(s)

Pavel Serbin (cello)

Alexander Puliaev (piano)

Alexander Puliaev was born in Leningrad (St.Petersburg) He received a piano soloist diploma from Moscow Conservatory where he studied with Prof. W. A. Natanson. He continued his education in Western Europe, where he took lessons with Gustav Leonhardt, Jos van Immerseel and Ketil Haugsand. He graduated from the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam, where his teachers were Anneke Uittenbosch (harpsichord) and Stanley Hoogland (fortepiano). In 1 993 he was awarded a prize at the International Harpsichord competition in Warsaw. Alexander Puliaev lives in Germany, where he is teaching at the Musikhochschule Köln and from where he has continued his international career. He has performed in chamber ensembles with such artists as Hidemi Suzuki, Dorothee Oberlinger, Vittorio Ghielmi, Hille Perl, Anton Steck,...
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Alexander Puliaev was born in Leningrad (St.Petersburg) He received a piano soloist diploma from Moscow Conservatory where he studied with Prof. W. A. Natanson. He continued his education in Western Europe, where he took lessons with Gustav Leonhardt, Jos van Immerseel and Ketil Haugsand. He graduated from the Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam, where his teachers were Anneke Uittenbosch (harpsichord) and Stanley Hoogland (fortepiano). In 1 993 he was awarded a prize at the International Harpsichord competition in Warsaw. Alexander Puliaev lives in Germany, where he is teaching at the Musikhochschule Köln and from where he has continued his international career. He has performed in chamber ensembles with such artists as Hidemi Suzuki, Dorothee Oberlinger, Vittorio Ghielmi, Hille Perl, Anton Steck, Sergio Azzolini, Dorothee Mields, Ketil Haugsand as well as with Concerto Köln, Ornamente 99, Kontraste Köln, Ensemble 1 700, Das Neue Orchester Köln, Van Wassenaer Orkest and Norwegian Baroque Orchestra.

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Ensemble Altera Pars

The members of the international ensemble ALTERA PARS (which translates as “The Other Side”) come from Germany, Poland, Hungary and Russia and are active in musicology in addition to being leading players in European period instrument orchestras. Our ensemble is highly adaptable and versatile; with various grouping from duos up to a chamber orchestra. As the name suggests, alongside the 'usual' repertoire of an early music ensemble, Altera Pars is dedicated to other forgotten corners of music history, committing ourselves to reviving lost works and playing rarely performed chamber music. In recent years our musicians have been working intensively on a forgotten jewel in music history; the music of German composers in Russia. The first CD of this series Les Barbares...
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The members of the international ensemble ALTERA PARS (which translates as “The Other Side”) come from Germany, Poland, Hungary and Russia and are active in musicology in addition to being leading players in European period instrument orchestras. Our ensemble is highly adaptable and versatile; with various grouping from duos up to a chamber orchestra. As the name suggests, alongside the 'usual' repertoire of an early music ensemble, Altera Pars is dedicated to other forgotten corners of music history, committing ourselves to reviving lost works and playing rarely performed chamber music.
In recent years our musicians have been working intensively on a forgotten jewel in music history; the music of German composers in Russia. The first CD of this series Les Barbares Galantes was widely acclaimed by the public, on radio and by the international press.
Since its foundation (2018), the ensemble has been warmly received at renowned festivals such as Telemann Festspiele (Magdeburg), Earlmusic Festival Tallinn feat Reval (Estonia), Zamus Early Music Festival (Cologne), Rotterdam Festival (The Netherlands), and also for various concert series’ in Oberschützen (Austria), Leer and Hamburg. Additionally, Altera Pars organized a five-part concert series in the renowned hall of Oldenburg Palace where we presented some innovative programs of re-discovered early music not heard in our time. The ensemble has based itself in Cologne since 2020.

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01.
Sonata (Quartet) B major for fortepiano, 2 violins and violoncello, SG V:13: Allegro
04:13
(Sebastian George) Polina Gorshkova, Svetlana Ramazanova, Evgeny Sviridov, Alexander Puliaev, Pavel Serbin, Dorothee Kunst, Ensemble Altera Pars
02.
Sonata (Quartet) B major for fortepiano, 2 violins and violoncello, SG V:13: Andante
04:33
(Sebastian George) Polina Gorshkova, Svetlana Ramazanova, Evgeny Sviridov, Alexander Puliaev, Pavel Serbin, Dorothee Kunst, Ensemble Altera Pars
03.
Sonata (Quartet) B major for fortepiano, 2 violins and violoncello, SG V:13: Presto
04:09
(Sebastian George) Polina Gorshkova, Svetlana Ramazanova, Evgeny Sviridov, Alexander Puliaev, Pavel Serbin, Dorothee Kunst, Ensemble Altera Pars
04.
Quartet F major for two flutes, viola and cello, SG VII:1: Adagio
04:47
(Sebastian George) Polina Gorshkova, Svetlana Ramazanova, Evgeny Sviridov, Alexander Puliaev, Pavel Serbin, Dorothee Kunst, Ensemble Altera Pars
05.
Quartet F major for two flutes, viola and cello, SG VII:1: Presto
02:53
(Sebastian George) Polina Gorshkova, Svetlana Ramazanova, Evgeny Sviridov, Alexander Puliaev, Pavel Serbin, Dorothee Kunst, Ensemble Altera Pars
06.
Quartet F major for two flutes, viola and cello, SG VII:1: minuetto
02:29
(Sebastian George) Polina Gorshkova, Svetlana Ramazanova, Evgeny Sviridov, Alexander Puliaev, Pavel Serbin, Dorothee Kunst, Ensemble Altera Pars
07.
Quartet D minor for two violins, viola and cello, SG VI:9: Vivace
04:11
(Sebastian George) Polina Gorshkova, Svetlana Ramazanova, Evgeny Sviridov, Alexander Puliaev, Pavel Serbin, Dorothee Kunst, Ensemble Altera Pars
08.
Quartet D minor for two violins, viola and cello, SG VI:9: Adagio
04:17
(Sebastian George) Polina Gorshkova, Svetlana Ramazanova, Evgeny Sviridov, Alexander Puliaev, Pavel Serbin, Dorothee Kunst, Ensemble Altera Pars
09.
Quartet D minor for two violins, viola and cello, SG VI:9: Allegro
04:04
(Sebastian George) Polina Gorshkova, Svetlana Ramazanova, Evgeny Sviridov, Alexander Puliaev, Pavel Serbin, Dorothee Kunst, Ensemble Altera Pars
10.
Sonata D major for fortepiano and flute, SG V:4: Allegro
04:19
(Sebastian George) Polina Gorshkova, Svetlana Ramazanova, Evgeny Sviridov, Alexander Puliaev, Pavel Serbin, Dorothee Kunst, Ensemble Altera Pars
11.
Sonata D major for fortepiano and flute, SG V:4: Minuetto
04:04
(Sebastian George) Polina Gorshkova, Svetlana Ramazanova, Evgeny Sviridov, Alexander Puliaev, Pavel Serbin, Dorothee Kunst, Ensemble Altera Pars
12.
Quartet B major for cello obligato, flute, violin and bass, SG VII:2: Adagio
04:45
(Sebastian George) Polina Gorshkova, Svetlana Ramazanova, Evgeny Sviridov, Alexander Puliaev, Pavel Serbin, Dorothee Kunst, Ensemble Altera Pars
13.
Quartet B major for cello obligato, flute, violin and bass, SG VII:2: Allegro Moderato
04:05
(Sebastian George) Polina Gorshkova, Svetlana Ramazanova, Evgeny Sviridov, Alexander Puliaev, Pavel Serbin, Dorothee Kunst, Ensemble Altera Pars
14.
Quartet B major for cello obligato, flute, violin and bass, SG VII:2: Minuetto
04:20
(Sebastian George) Polina Gorshkova, Svetlana Ramazanova, Evgeny Sviridov, Alexander Puliaev, Pavel Serbin, Dorothee Kunst, Ensemble Altera Pars
15.
Quintet B major two flutes, two violins and cello, SG VIII:4: Largo
05:20
(Sebastian George) Polina Gorshkova, Svetlana Ramazanova, Evgeny Sviridov, Alexander Puliaev, Pavel Serbin, Dorothee Kunst, Ensemble Altera Pars
16.
Quintet B major two flutes, two violins and cello, SG VIII:4: Allegro
02:35
(Sebastian George) Polina Gorshkova, Svetlana Ramazanova, Evgeny Sviridov, Alexander Puliaev, Pavel Serbin, Dorothee Kunst, Ensemble Altera Pars
17.
Quintet B major two flutes, two violins and cello, SG VIII:4: Minuetto
02:55
(Sebastian George) Polina Gorshkova, Svetlana Ramazanova, Evgeny Sviridov, Alexander Puliaev, Pavel Serbin, Dorothee Kunst, Ensemble Altera Pars
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