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Henri-Joseph Rigel
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Henri-Joseph Rigel (9 February 1741— 2 May 1799) was a German-born composer of the Classical era who spent most of his working life in France He was the son of Georg Caspar Riegel, an intendant (from about 1725 to his death in 1754) for Prince Löwenstein. After Georg’s death his widow Maria Anna petitioned the prince for the support of her under-aged children, and it is probable that he furthered the musical education of her sons. In 1767 the name Riegel appeared for the first time in the Breitkopf Catalogue, with incipits for seven symphonies and one violin concerto. According to La Borde (Essai sur la musique, 1780), Rigel studied with Jommelli in Stuttgart, was sent by F.X. Richter to France ‘pour faire l’éducation d’une jeune personne’, and then settled in Paris in 1768. From this statement, it could be inferred that he studied in Mannheim with Richter. However, La Borde’s date for Rigel’s arrival in the French capital is inexact. The French press places him in Paris early in 1767 with the announcement of his op.1, Six sonates pour clavecin, obtainable ‘chez l’auteur, rue S. Marc, maison de M. Dupin de Francueil’ (Annonces, 9 April 1767). The dedicatee, Mlle Dupin de Francueil (later George Sand’s aunt), is possibly the ‘jeune personne’ referred to by La Borde. Rigel was probably first employed, about 1764–5, outside Paris on her father’s estates. In 1768 he established his own residence in Paris, and that is also the probable date of his marriage; it was in these quarte
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Symphonie No. 4 en Ut Mineur, Op. 12, No. 4: III. Allegro spiritoso
1692Symphony No. 7 in D Major: 3. Presto
1013Symphony No. 14 in F Major, Op. 21/6: 3. Allegro
904Symphony No. 8 in G Minor: 1. Allegro
815Symphony No. 7 in D Major: 2. Andante Grazioso con Espressione
606Symphony No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 12/4: 1. Allegro Assai
597Symphony No. 8 in G Minor: 2. Pastorale: Andante Quasi Adagio
548Symphony No. 10 in D Minor, Op. 21/2: 1. Allegro Maestoso
539Symphonie No. 4 en Ut Mineur, Op. 12, No. 4: I. Allegro assai
4310III. Presto
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Symphonies
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Haydn: La Reine
Rigel, H.-J.: Symphonies - Nos. 4, 7, 8, 10, 14
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Rigel: Symphonies Nos. 4, 7, 8, 10 & 14
Rigel: 6 Quatuors Dialogues, Op. 10
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Rigel : Le souffle de la Révolution
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Symphonies - Concerto Koln
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Best Of Klassik 2009
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La Sortie d'Egypte - Jephté - La Destruction de Jericho, Schneebeli
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Rigel • Symphonies
Symphonies (Concerto Köln)
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An Artfully Placed Semicolon