Release Date: 14 April 2014
Label: Challenge Classics
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 608917263329
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Description
The album 'Dutch Masters and their Inspiration' features music by four major contemporary Dutch composers, Robert Zuidam, Theo Verbey, Klaas de Vries, and Einar Torfi Einarsson, alongside arrangements of compositions by Ravel, Liszt and Scriabin, composers from the past who have had a major influence on their work. The music is played by The Stolz Quartet, a group that is renowned for specialising in the commissioning and performance of new pieces for oboe quartet.
The Stolz Quartet consists of four highly talented young Dutch instrumentalists, the oboist Marieke Schut, the viola player Liesbeth Steffens, the cellist Doris Hochsheid, and the violinist Jellantsje de Vries.
As well as playing with the Stolz Quartet, Marieke Schut is also oboist with the ASKO | Schönberg, and has worked with major composers of our time, including Ligeti and Stockhausen. She has also been heavily involved in the setting up of the Ligeti Academy, a training centre for contemporary music conservatory students. She has performed with many great conductors including Claudio Abbado and Leonard Bernstein, as well as with her two teachers, the oboists Heinz Holliger and Heinz Friesen.
Personnel: Marieke Schut (oboe), Jellantsje de Vries (violin), Liesbeth Steffens (viola), Doris Hochscheid (cello), plus guest: Gerrie de Vries (voice)
Tracklisting
Narratio Quartet
Piano Duo Scholtes & Janssens
Matteo Cicchitti, Musica Elegentia
Cappella Pratensis, Stratton Bull, Sollazzo Ensemble
La Sfera Armoniosa, Oscar Verhaar, Mike Fentross
Simona Marchesi, Bartolomeo Dandolo Marchesi
Ben Kim, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Jan Willem de Vriend
Narratio Quartet
Beau Soir Trio
Martin Rummel, Stefan Stroissnig
Hanspeter Oggier; Marina Vasilyeva
Antje Weithaas, Denes Varjon
Piano Duo Scholtes & Janssens
Matteo Cicchitti, Musica Elegentia
Ensemble Agamemnon, Francois Cardey
