Georgina McKay Lodge, Eva Lymenstull, David Schulenberg & Augusta McKay Lodge – J.G. Graun: Chamber Music (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:19:45 minutes | 1,73 GB | Genre: Classical
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Virtuoso chamber music from the 18th century by four composers: Johann Gottlieb Graun, Johann Gottlieb Janitsch, Carl Heinrich Graun and Franz Benda. They all worked for the Prussian king Frederick The Great, who was himself a flautist and composer of professional ability. Although this music probably was not performed for the king himself, it is preserved in manuscripts associated with one of the musical “academies” that sprang up during and after his reign (1740–86) in the Prussian capital city of Berlin. There the roots of the modern concert tradition could be seen in semi-public gatherings that took place in the homes not only of certain professional musicians but of the city’s elite.
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Augusta McKay Lodge – Corelli’s Band – Violin Sonatas (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:05:17 minutes | 763 MB | Genre: Classical
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18th-century Italian violinists trained in the tradition of Arcangelo Corelli, spreading his elegant, expressive and virtuosic style on their travels throughout Europe. Giovanni Mossi’s sonatas retain Corelli’s dramatic contrasts and structure, while Giovanni Stefano Carbonelli also incorporates features found in music by Vivaldi. Both composers’ works combine formal elegance with wild abandon, lyrical charm and virtuosity alongside plenty of room for improvisation from acclaimed soloist Augusta McKay Lodge.
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Augusta McKay Lodge – Beyond Bach & Vivaldi – Rare Unaccompanied Works for the Baroque Violin (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:07:55 minutes | 1,13 GB | Genre: Classical
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Though Bach’s set of six Sonatas and Partitas represents the pinnacle of writing for the solo violin, the Baroque repertoire was rich in compositions for the unaccompanied violin, much of which remains little explored. On this recording Augusta McKay Lodge, hailed as ‘the real thing, a true virtuoso’ (Seen and Heard), explores masters of the genre such as Biber, Locatelli and Pisendel but delves deeper to include the impassioned works of Nicola Matteis, the Franco-Italian warmth of Thomas Baltzar and a series of other long-overshadowed works by their contemporaries.
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