Ensemble La Cantonnade - Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht: Trio Sonatas (2022) [Official Digital Download]

The fact that few works on Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht are still to be found these days is due less to an injustice on the part of the history of music or to the overshadowing genius of his contemporaries Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Joseph Haydn than to the vagaries of history and the cultural context then in upheaval.

Of humble extraction, the Kleinknecht family saw three of its sons pursue brilliant musical careers and achieve fame in one of the most famous courts in Europe. The publication of Jakob Friedrich's works as far away as London and Copenhagen as well as Paris testifies to the esteem in which his compositions were held by his contemporaries. The latter admittedly paid tribute to the "zeal and artistry" behind his work rather than to the spirit of a "great genius"; yet his mastery of instrumental forms and the stylistic variety of his compositions remarkably illustrate the artistic transition and intellectual flourishing of his century.

This selection of Trio Sonatas on period instruments is a rediscovery of a composer who is little known today and contributes to shedding light on the musical heritage of southern Germany in the pre-classical period.

Tracklist:
01. Trio Sonata in G major: I. Allegro ma non troppo
02. Trio Sonata in G major: II. Andantino
03. Trio Sonata in G major: III. Allegrezza
04. Trio Sonata in G Major, Op. 2 No. 1: I. Amoroso e andante
05. Trio Sonata in G Major, Op. 2 No. 1: II. Allegro non tanto
06. Trio Sonata in G Major, Op. 2 No. 1: III. Allegro assai
07. Trio Sonata in G Minor, Op. 2 No. 2: I. Allegro commodo
08. Trio Sonata in G Minor, Op. 2 No. 2: II. Andantino
09. Trio Sonata in G Minor, Op. 2 No. 2: III. Allegro assai
10. Trio Sonata in D Major, Op. 2 No. 3: I. Arioso, mà non troppo adagio
11. Trio Sonata in D Major, Op. 2 No. 3: II. Molto aallegro
12. Trio Sonata in D Major, Op. 2 No. 3: III. Presto
13. Trio Sonata in C major: I. Amorevole e andante
14. Trio Sonata in C major: II. Allegro assai
15. Trio Sonata in C major: III. Menuet alternativement - Trio


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