Johann Nikolaus Lentz (1718-1782) - Concerto (II, C-Dur) per il cembalo concertato
Performers: HET Residentie Orkest; Ton Koopman (cembalo/conductor)
Engraving: Anoniem - Plattegrond van Rotterdam
Further info: 400 Years Of Dutch Music
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Dutch composer of German birth. Nothing is known about his early years.
The first mention of him is in Rotterdam in 1749, the year of his
marriage. He was a wine merchant, but was closely associated with
musical circles in Rotterdam. One of his daughters married the violinist
Cornelis Antoni Steger, a leading figure in the city's cultural life.
In 1753 he had published by A. Olofsen (Amsterdam) and I. Hutte
(Rotterdam), a harpsichord concerto and a sonata for violin with an
obbligato harpsichord; both works were published as one collection. Of
these only some parts for the keyboard instrument remain. Apart from
this there is a collection of two harpsichord concertos (in B flat and
C) which remain complete (published by Alexis Magito in Rotterdam). The
most striking feature of Lentz’s two complete extant concertos is the
solo violin which appears during the many harpsichord solos. It is not
directly a concerto grosso, nor a doublé concerto, but where the two
solo instruments appear together it is an example of the curious 18th
century genre ‘harpsichord sonata with violin'.
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