Klara Flieder - George Templeton Strong (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

George Templeton Strong was born on April 26, 1856 in New York. His father, a respected lawyer and a passionate music lover, kept a diary, which is one of the fundamental sources for the study of American musical life in the nineteenth century. From an early age, George studied the oboe and tried his hand at composition, which he soon decided to devote himself entirely to. Faced with the resistance of his father, the young man broke with his family and left Europe in 1879 to complete his education. Following the example of young American musicians of his time – such as Chadwick and MacDowell – he went to Germany and worked in Leipzig with Salomon Jadassohn and Joachim Raff. Being a great admirer of Franz Liszt, he presented his symphonic poem Ondine to Liszt, which met with the approval of the master. From 1886 to 1889 Strong lived in Wiesbaden, and in 1891 he was appointed professor of composition in Boston. However, the following year he returned to Europe and settled in La Tour-de-Peilz. For almost ten years he almost completely abandoned the composition to devote himself to painting: being a remarkable landscape painter, he left behind numerous watercolors based on nature.

He became friends with various personalities of the Swiss intellectual and musical world, in particular with Ernest Ansermet, who from 1913 conducted his works in Montreux and then in Geneva, where Strong often appeared in the programs of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. In 1911, the composer settled permanently in Geneva, where he became a popular and respected figure of the artistic scene.

He continued to compose until the mid-1930s, and his music was promoted by performers such as Joseph Szigeti, Wilhelm Mengelberg, Arturo Toscanini and the famous Flonzaley Quartet. As a faithful representative of post-romantic aesthetics and embittered by the feeling of belonging to an aesthetic of the past, George Templeton Strong died on June 27, 1948 in Geneva.

TRACKLIST

1. Klara Flieder - Quatre nocturnes: I. Une nuit de printemps, en canot
2. Klara Flieder - Quatre nocturnes: II. Une nuit d’été, les adieux
3. Klara Flieder - Quatre nocturnes: III. Une nuit d’automne, les feuilles mortes
4. Klara Flieder - Quatre nocturnes: IV. Une nuit d’hiver, autour du foyer
5. Christophe Pantillon - Elégie, pour violoncelle et piano
6. Klara Flieder - Une vie d’artiste, pour violon et piano
7. Uta Korff-Strassl - Petite Rêverie et Scherzo pour trois violoncelles et contrebasse
8. Christophe Pantillon - Cinq pièces dans le style du passé: I. Sarabande
9. Christophe Pantillon - Cinq pièces dans le style du passé: II. Mélodie
10. Christophe Pantillon - Cinq pièces dans le style du passé: III. Danse
11. Christophe Pantillon - Cinq pièces dans le style du passé: IV. Adagio
12. Christophe Pantillon - Cinq pièces dans le style du passé: V. Impromptu



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