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George Onslow
12+ albums
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Andre George Louis Onslow (July 27, 1784 – October 3, 1853) was a French composer. George Onslow was born and lived his entire life in France, the son of an English father and French mother. He studied piano with Johann Baptist Cramer as a young boy whilst in London. His only composition teacher was Anton Reicha with whom he studied in Paris between 1807-1808. His 36 string quartets and 34 string quintets were, during his own lifetime and up to the end of the 19th century, held in the highest regard, particularly in Germany, Austria and England where he was regularly placed in the front rank of composers. His work was admired by both Beethoven and Schubert, the latter modeling his own 2 cello quintet (D.956) on those of Onslow and not, as is so often claimed, on those of Boccherini. Robert Schumann, perhaps the foremost music critic during the first part of the 19th century, regarded Onslow’s chamber music on a par with that of Mozart, Haydn and Beethoven. Mendelssohn was also of this opinion. Publishers such as Breitkopf & Härtel and Kistner were among many who competed to bring out his works. Such was Onslow’s reputation that he was elected to succeed Luigi Cherubini as Director of the prestigious Académie des beaux-arts, based on the excellence of his chamber music and this, in an “Opera Mad France”, which had little regard for chamber music. However, after the First World War, his music, along with that of so many other fine composers, fell into oblivion and up until 19
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String Quintet No. 29 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 (Version for String Quartet & Double Bass): III. Scherzo
5332Onslow: Wind Quintet, Op. 81: IV. Finale. Allegro spiritoso
2793String Quintet No. 20 in D Minor, Op. 45: III. Andante cantabile
1474Cello Sonata in F Major, Op. 16, No. 1: II. Andante
1025String Quintet No. 20 in D Minor, Op. 45: I. Allegro grandioso
536String Quintet No. 29 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 (Version for String Quartet & Double Bass): III. Sche
537String Quintet No. 20 in D Minor, Op. 45: II. Menuetto
498Cello Sonata in A Major, Op. 16, No. 3: II. Adagio -
479Symphony No. 1 in A Major, Op. 41: I. Introduzione. Largo - Allegro spiritoso
4510String Quintet No. 28 in G Minor, Op. 72 (Version for String Quartet & Double Bass): I. Adagio non troppo - Allegro moderato
45albums
Onslow: String Quintets, Vol. 3 – Nos. 28 & 29
Onslow: String Quintets, Vol. 1
Onslow: Piano Trios, Vols. 3 & 4
Onslow: Cello Sonatas
Onslow: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3
Onslow, G.: Piano Trios (Complete), Vol. 2
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Onslow: Sextet No. 1 - Septet in B-Flat Major - Nonet in A major, Op. 77 - Wind Quintet in F major, Op. 81
Onslow, G.: Piano Trios (Complete), Vol. 1
George Onslow
Onslow: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4
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Onslow, G.: Sonatas for Piano 4 Hands Nos. 1 and 2
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Onslow: String Quintets, Vol. 4 – Nos. 23 & 31