George Onslow Quatuor Ruggieri

• George Onslow (1784-1853): Quatuor à cordes op. 8 no 1 en ut mineur - String Quartet in C minor
• 1 I. largo - allegro agitato 07:51
• 2 II. adagio 05:55
• 3 III. minuetto allegretto 02:30
• 4 IV. finale presto 03:45
• Quatuor à cordes op. 10 no 3
• 5 I. largo - allegro con brio 05:51
• 6 II. andantino sostenuto 07:14
• 7 III. minuetto allegro (air de danse des montagnes d'auvergne) 03:15
• 8 IV. allegro vivace 05:37
• Quatuor à cordes op. 8 no 3 en la majeur - String Quartet in A major
• 9 I. allegro 08:06
• 10 II. andante non troppo lento 03:55
• 11 III. minuetto allegro 03:30
• 12 IV. finale vivace 04:43
• Total Runtime 01:02:12

Info for George Onslow

Referred to as the „French Beethoven“, George Onslow (1784-1853) lived through the First Empire and the Restoration, imposing himself by clearing the way, to a degree, for chamber music, which was little practiced in France at the time.

A contemporary of Berlioz and Paganini, Onslow would lend credibility to this genre that did not find an audience in Paris until 1814, when his good friend the violinist Pierre Baillot led a series of chamber concerts.

Amongst the hundreds of works he wrote, his string quartets in particular stand out for their spirit of invention, sometimes visionary and always surprising. Beginning with his youthful quartets (Opp. 8, 9 and 10), Onslow innovated in both content and form, experimenting with a French style that lay within the heritage of the Mozartian and Beethovenian quartet. To this was often added a virtuosic - typically Parisian - dimension that contributed a spectacular aspect to the quality of the ideas.

Quatuor Ruggieri:
Gilone Gaubert-Jacques, violin
Charlotte Grattard, violin
Delphine Grimbert, viola
Emmanuel Jacques, cello

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