Julius Röntgen - Works for Violin & Piano Vol. 2 (Christoph Schickedanz; Ernst Breidenbach)

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Composer: Julius Röntgen

• Violin Sonata in F Major
• Schwedische Weisen und Tänze
• Variationen über ein norwegisches Volkslied, Op. 21
• Violin Sonata No. 3 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 20

Christoph Schickedanz, violin

Ernst Breidenbach, piano

Date: 2020

Label: CPO
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/detail/-/art/julius-roentgen-werke-fuer-violine-klavier-vol-2/hnum/9472760

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Julius Röntgen (9 May 1855 – 13 September 1932) was a German-Dutch composer of classical music. Born a gifted child in Leipzig, Röntgen's first piano teacher was Carl Reinecke. He move to Amsterdam in 1877, and became a naturalized Dutch citizen in 1919. Röntgen's works include 25 symphonies, concertos (7 piano concertos, 3 violin concertos, 3 cello concertos, other concertos), as well as numerous chamber, piano and vocal works. He also completed Grieg's unfinished String Quartet No. 2. Röntgen also harmonized and arranged traditional Dutch melodies used as hymn tunes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_R%C3%B6ntgen

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Christoph Schickedanz (born 1969 in Darmstadt) is a German violinist. Schickedanz studied with Jörg Hofmann in Freiburg, Franco Gulli in Bloomington, Indiana, USA and Uwe-Martin Haiberg in Berlin. He is presently member of the Gililov Piano Quartet Berlin (ex Berlin Philharmonic Piano Quartet) and the Johannes-Kreisler-Piano-Trio. In addition to the standard repertoire, Schickedanz has dedicated himself to the performance of neglected or forgotten composers. He has recorded many CDs for labels Audite, cpo, One World and Telos, and also made recordings for broadcasting stations all over Germany.
http://www.christoph-schickedanz.de

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The German pianist, Ernst Breidenbach, studied with Werner Hoppstock and Rainer Hoffmann at the Akademie für Tonkunst in Darmstad, as well as with Aloys Kontarsky and Günter Ludwig in Köln. After winning several prizes, he made his debut as soloist in Darmstadt in 1981. Breidenbach has made himself a name as performer of new music, and has appeared in many cities of Germany, France, Czech, Austria and the USA. Since 1992, he has recorded for such labels as Cadenza, CPO, ifo, NCA and Signum, which received outstanding reviews and are played by numerous German and European broadcasting stations.

https://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Breidenbach-Ernst.htm

https://www.ernstbreidenbach.de/

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