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This is the 250th anniversary of Beethoven. Geogres Onslow is sometimes called The "French Beethoven" I don't see much in common with the two of them.
This is the anniversary of the premier of Schubert's eighth Symphony . My favorites Schubert works are his Fifth and Ninth Symphonies. Shubert had been influnced by Beethoven and the two knew each other in Vienna. Onslow (1784-1853) was born in Clermont-Ferrand France to a French mother and a British aristocrat father who fled England du to a scandal. While in his early 20's he took up an interest in composing and music. He had studied in Vienna under Beethoven.. He rote four surviving symphonies. However, he did write mainly chamber music. He wrote mainly Chamber music. He wrote many String quartets and quintets. On Arkiv Music there is only one each CD of any of his works except one or two. There were only 31 recordings available of his works. I have a recording of his Second and Fourth Symphonies. It is with the Hannover Radio Orchestra conducted by Johannes Goritzki on the CPO label. They have the same for his First and Third Symphonies. Onslow was popular during his lifetime. After his death his popularity faded. He is somtime considere inferior to other composers. His music should be listened to. CPO is a German based label that does a lot of recodings of obscure compossers. They have made a lot of excellent CDs.
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