(Lecture by drs. Julius E.F. Röntgen for the Norwegian Embassy on the occasion of the Norwegian week in the World Trade Center Rotterdam, October 20, 2000.)

fig. 1 My grandfather on the island of Schiermonnikoog.

In the next fifteen minutes I will tell you something about the musical life of my grandfather Julius Engelbert Röntgen.

First of all I will tell you that my father, Edvard Frants Röntgen, the fourth son of my grandfather, born in 1902 in Amsterdam, was named after Edvard Grieg. Julius shortly afterwards wrote a letter to Grieg, in which he announced this birth. Grieg reacted immediately and a littlebit surprised: "How could you choose such an unmusical sequence of names": and he added: "Das holpert und stockt ja ganz entsetzlich… Edvard Frants, Edvard Frants!" I thought I'd give you the original German sentence Grieg is supposed to have used, here. Julius answered as follows: "I'll make a correction with the next son…". And indeed, two years later Julius could announce the birth of his fifth son to Grieg, called Frants Edvard after Griegs Norwegian friend Frants Beyer. This anecdote illustrates already something on the character of Julius Röntgen.

Julius was born in Leipzig in 1855, the son of a Dutch - German father Engelbert Röntgen, who was primarius of the Leipzig "Gewandhaus-Orchestra". Engelbert Röntgen was born in Deventer in 1829. His mother was Dutch and his father was a German, from the small city of Lennep east of Düsseldorf. Engelbert went to Leipzig to study the violin at the Academy of Music founded in 1843 by Felix Mendelssohn. He married Pauline Klengel, who was a pianist, a member of a well-educated Leipzig family with several musicians, whose mother was French. Her father was Moritz Klengel, municipal director of music and Thomas-Cantor like Johann Sebastian Bach. Julius Röntgen was an extraordinarily gifted child and never attended a school. Both he and his two sisters were given schooling at home by their parents and by their grandfather in music, while other subjects were taught them by private teachers. His father tried to make not a "Wunderkind" of Julius. He was very pleased when Julius made his first mistakes.

Young Julius started composing when still a child. You can probably imagine: his home was only a streetcorner away from the well-known Church of St. Thomas, where Johann Sebastian Bach was Thomas-Cantor and director of music. His first piano lessons he received from Carl Reinecke, composer and director of the Gewandhausorchestra. In his early compositions Reinecke's influence is clearly noticeable, as well as the influence of Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt and Johannes Brahms. In these fruitful surroundings Röntgen grew up, getting the full benefit of a musical heritage. No wonder that his first compositions were very traditional.

In March 1870, at the age of fourteen Julius visited Franz Liszt in Weimar. He played some of his own compositions: an a-flat preludium and a c-flat preludium and fuge. When he was playing the fuge on to an organ-point Liszt took over and made an improvisation on Röntgen's fuge... . After this young Julius got an invitation from Liszt to come to the usual soiree at Liszt's house.

Later on Röntgen went to Munich, where he studied piano with Franz Lachner, a friend of Franz Schubert's. As an eighteen year old boy Röntgen started his professional career as a piano virtuoso. His letters to his parents about a concert tour with the famous, 29 year older singer Julius Stockhausen in the southern part of Germany are very amusing.

He became engaged to Amanda Maier, a student of music from Sweden, whose father was German. She studied violin with Julius' father. Julius and Amanda got married in 1880.

In 1877 Julius had to make a choice: Vienna or Amsterdam? After long deliberations Röntgen chose the Amsterdam School of Music. A good friend of Engelbert Röntgen's, Professor Loman, professor of theology at the Amsterdam University and in cultural things a very important man, promised his parents to look after the young 22-year-old pianoteacher.

Shortly after his arrival in Amsterdam, Julius wrote a long letter to his parents with his first impressions of Dutch musical life. A short quotation from this letter, written in December 1877: "The school of music is mostly visited by children and dilettantes.The school is not supported by the municipal government and has to take as many students as possible, talented or not. In the final examinations young musicians play pianosonatas by Mozart and Diabelli. There are no performances of Chamber music at all and the level of the symphonic concerts at "Felix Meritis" is not high." End of quotation. - Röntgen saw a good start position for his musical work in this bad situation. Six years after his removal from Leipzig to Amsterdam, he founded the Amsterdam Conservatory of Music together with the Dutch composers Frans Coenen and Daniel de Lange. He left this institution in 1924 after 12 years of service as director. During this time he had a very fruitful life as a pianist, conductor of orchestras especially of choirs. He conducted the choir "Excelsior" for several years. This choir was the Amsterdam-member of the Dutch "Maatschappij tot Bevordering der Toonkunst". Brahms visited Amsterdam several times in the period from 1878 till 1885 and Röntgen in 1884 played under his direction the Second Piano-Concerto of Brahms. This performance was one of the highlights in this first period of Röntgen's Dutch life. Despite this success Brahms was not so highly impressed by the level of Dutch musical life in that time. After a bad performance of one of his masterpieces he said: "In the future I'll only come to Holland for delicious food and drink."

At the same time a committee of distinguished men was formed to study the opportunity to build a new concert hall on the southern border of the city. Röntgen advised this committee to go to Leipzig to study the concert-hall "Gewandhaus", which was known for its beautiful acoustics. After four years of building, the "Concertgebouw" had a Grand Opening on April 11, 1888, with the "Einzug der G äste" from Richard Wagners "Tannhäuser", conducted by Henry Viotta. The foundation of the "Concertgebouw-Orchestra" was the end of a long tradition of smaller symphony orchestras which used the small concert-hall "Felix Meritis" in the centre of the city. On April 13, 1888 there was the last "Felix Meritis"-concert with Robert Schumann's Fourth Symphony, directed by Julius Röntgen. But 8 days later, on April 21 the "Toonkunst-Choir" gave a concert in the "Concertgebouw" under the direction of my grandfather. It was the second performance in the new Concerthall!

On June 8, 1888 there was an announcement in the newspaper "Algemeen Handelsblad" for the new position of conductor and director of music at the just-formed "Concertgebouw-Orkest". Although Julius has applied for this job, he didn't get this position. The Chairman of the Board of the Foundation "Concertgebouw-Orkest" was thinking of a totally different person, the German Hans von Bülow, who has given several concerts in the old

"Parkzaal", the former concert-hall, in the same part of town the "Concertgebouw". There

were some doubts as to my grandfather's artistical competence as a conductor. Hans von Bülow had no time available. Due to lack of time the Board of the Foundation appointed the former violinist Willem Kes, at that time conducting in Dordrecht, as the first conductor of the Concertgebouw-Orkest. He had to be the allround conductor they were looking for, not only conducting the old classical repertoire, but also the modern works of that time too.

Julius was not the man to loose his spirits after this first major disappointment in his career. He concentrated on his positive possibilities: chamber music and his work for the Conservatory. The number of compositions was much smaller at that time than about twenty years later. As an accompaniying musician of the great violonist Carl Flesch, the famous singer Johannes Messchaert and the cellist Pablo Casals he achieved his greatest successes. With Johannes Messchaert he visited at least once a yearVienna and visited there of course Johannes Brahms.

In the summertime, when concert life in Amsterdam came to a temporary halt, Röntgen often went to Denmark with his family, where he stayed at the Fuglsang-Castle, built for the Neergaard family on the island of Lolland in the midfifties of the 19th century. There he met Carl Nielsen, the composer Hartmann and his daughter Bodil de Neergaard and they played their chamber music almost every day. The beautiful countryside of this Baltic-Island was a great source of inspiration for new works. Julius met Bodil for the first time, when he made a visit to Edvard Grieg's little summerhouse near Lofthus in the Hardanger-fjord-area. This friendship between Bodil de Neergaard and my grandfather was the beginning of a long lasting relationship of the Röntgen-family with Denmark. Almost all his sons were fluent in Danish language for they had to have dinner in the kitchen downstairs as long as they were under age. Once there was a small article in a Danish newspaper, when Röntgen arrived again in Denmark for a new visit: "Today arrived Professor Röntgen in Fuglsang but not the famous one".

With his two first sons from his first marriage with Amanda Maier Röntgen formed a pianotrio for some years. In his second marriage with Abrahamina des Amorie van der Hoeven, a talented pianoteacher as well, he had four more sons, three of whom became professional musicians. When the sixth son, Joachim, was born, he wrote in a letter to Grieg: "With this sixth son I have completed my sextet." In his big house on the Van Eeghenstraat in Amsterdam there were three grand pianos and several other instruments.

Julius started his day with a short ride on his bicycle through the Vondelpark, ate his breakfast and spent his morning working on compositions, reading and writing his correspondence. In the afternoon he walked to the Conservatory at the Keizersgracht and after his day's work he went back home by tram. In the evening he played his music with colleagues and was talking with friends. Sometimes he was so preoccupied by new compositions, that he left the room without saying goodbye to his visitors, going upstairs to make some new musicpieces.

Just after the "Great War" Röntgen became a Dutch citizen (1919). The reason: his first son from his second marriage Johannes was conscripted by the German Army. In the meantime, the second son of his first marriage, the cellist Engelbert, who had emigrated to the US, became a soldier in the Medical Forces of the American Army. As a result of this war, Röntgen could not go to his home-country for some years.

The number of compositions increased as time went by. In the last 8 years of his life he made almost 100 new compositions, mostly consisting of chambermusicpieces and "Lieder".

After his retirement in 1924, he went to live in a small village in the Province of Utrecht, Bilthoven. His son Frants, the only son, who did not become a musician - he played the flute very well as an amateur - built for him a big villa "Gaudeamus" in the modern architecture-style of the so called "Amsterdam-School". The big "floating" music chamber was a round one and had almost no contact with the ground. Many well known musicians from abroad visited him and were his guests. E.g. Edvard Grieg, Pablo Casals, the Spanish cellist, and the young Australian pianist and composer Percy Grainger. In his last years Röntgen gave lessons in musical analysis. Subjects of these analysis were compositions of Hindemith, Strawinsky, Schoenberg and Pijper. After the Second World War this house became the home of the "Gaudeamus-Foundation", a foundation of Dutch modern music. After a big restauration in the nineties this house is still a cultural meeting-point with an accent on Dutch music and art.

Although the character of Röntgen's music was first defined by the traditional Leipzig-School of composers and folkloristic things, most of his compositions have a very particular 'Röntgen-sound'. I mention for instance the sonata for oboe and piano of 1918, edited in 1986 by Han de Vries. He won a French prize with a piano trio in c-flat composed in 1904, which came out this year on CD on the label NM-Classics.

He experimented in his last year even with atonal music: he wrote a bitonal symphony, which was never published. But what he admired most was the fluid music of the French composer Debussy. Once he said a littlebit naively: "Now I'm very proud of a new composition of mine, just in the style of Debussy." He also made some experiments with new media like film. So he went to the Amsterdam Tuschinsky film-theatre, where he played the piano simultaneously with a silent film on Dutch folklore, which he made in cooperation with the Dutch folklorist Dick van der Ven. Like many other famous pianists of his time he made piano-rolls for the pianola.

Two years before his death in September 1932 he received a honorary doctorate at Edinburgh University. The British musicologist Donald F. Tovey invited him on this occasion to come to Scotland. Especially for this occasion Röntgen composed two short piano-concertos, which have been recently published on CD on the occasion of the fiftieth jubilee of the Society for Dutch music "Donemus".

Shortly after Röntgen's death Professor Tovey wrote a necrology in the English newspaper "The Times". To conclude I will quote a short passage from this necrology:

Your Excellency, Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you for your attention.

With thanks to my colleagues, Mrs. drs. Diet van Velzel and Mrs. drs. Irene Zonnevijlle, teachers of English language and literature at the Albeda College of Rotterdam for their proofreading and correcting of this lecture.

©Julius Röntgen, Tinte, 2000.

1.Six Early Netherlands Dances, opus 46. Concertgebouw Orchestra, conducted by Willem Mengelberg. Philips recording of 10 November 1940. CD Aspects of Music from the Netherlands, CD 7.

2. 400 Years of Dutch Music. - Vol. 9: String Quartets. Among other composers: Julius Röntgen. String Quartet in A minor (1874/75). Raphael Quartet. Ronald Hoogeveen, violin; Ramy Koch, violin; Zoltan Benyacs, viola; Henk Lambooij, cello. Olympia OCD508.

3. Fantasy for piano and violin, opus 24. Joan Berkhemer, violin and Rob Mann, piano. Aspects of Chamber Music from the Netherlands. BFO, Radio Nederland Wereldomroep, CD A 1.

4. Sonata for piano and violocello in A-flat, opus 41 (1900). Godfried Hoogeveen, violoncello and Edith Grosz, piano. Aspects of Chamber Music from the Netherlands. BFO, Centre of Netherlands Music, CD A 2.

5. Theme and Variations. Opus 17 in B-flat major (1878). Piano à quatre mains by Wyneke Jordans and Leo van Doeselaar. Aspects of Chamber Music of the Netherlands. BFO, Centre of Netherlands Music, CD A 14.

6. Sonata No. 1 for Oboe and Piano (1918). Maarten Karres, oboe and Ariane Karres, piano. Erasmus Muziek Producties, CD WVH093.

7. Sonata in E Major, opus 40. Elisabeth Small, violin and Alan Mandel, piano. Premier Recordings, New York. CD PRCD 1037.

8. Three Motets. Wider den Frieden. Klage-, Anklage- und Trostgesang (1920); Gleichwie die grünen Blätter auf einem schönen Baum (1929); Kommt her zu mir, alle die ihr mein begeeret (1929). Netherlands Chamber Choir, conductor Uwe Gronostay. NM-Classics. CD 92039.

9. Serenade for Seven Wind Instruments, opus 14, in A major (1876). Viotta Ensemble. NM-Classics. CD 92035.

10. CD-Sampler Julius Röntgen 1855-1932. (Serenade, op. 14; Theme with Variations, op. 17; Motets;) new release: Symphony in C-sharp (1930): Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jac. van Steen. NM-Special. CD 92096. Price now: € 10,-- without shipping. Price incl. shipping within the E.U.: € 15,--.

11. Edvard Grieg. Complete String Quartets. With the String Quartet No. 2 in F major, finished by Julius Röntgen. Raphael Quartet: Ronald Hoogeveen violin, Ramy Koch violin, Zoltan Benyacz viola and Henk Lambooij, cello. Olympia Explorer Series, CD OCD 432.

12. De Pianola in Nederland. Ludwig van Beethoven. Andante con variazioni. Six Variations in F to a Theme of Beethoven himself, opus 34. This roll played by Julius Röntgen. Rol: Philips No. 131. Erasmus Muziek Producties. CD WVH172.

13. Sonata for violocello and piano in B-flat major, Opus 3. Claudius Herrmann, violoncello and Saiko Sasaki, piano. DIVOX CDX 29407. (Switzerland) Produced in 1997 in cooperation with Swiss Radio DRS-2. Appassionata AG, Basel

14. 1. Concerto D major for Pianoforte and Orchestra. Opus 18. (Allegro - Larghetto espressivo - Finale: Allegro con Brio). (1879) 2. Two Concertos for Pianoforte and Orchestra (Composed 1929-1930). Folke Nauta, Pianoforte with the "Orkest van het Oosten", conducted by Jurjen Hempel. Donemus, Amsterdam, 1997. (= Donemus, Jubilee Series Composers' Voice CV 64.)  Price excl. shipping: now € 10,--, price incl. shipping within the E.U.: € 15,--

15. From "Schemerliedjes" (Frederik van Eeden, text): Zing, mijn lieveke, zing; and Eens heb ik de dalende zon gevraagd. Frans Fiselier, baritone and Han Louis Meijer, piano. Ed. Vrienden van het lied. Produced by Sweetlove Records (Holland) SLR 9401255.

16. Prometheus. Tom Sol, baritone and Frans van Ruth, piano. Ed. Vrienden van het Lied. Produced in 1994 by Sweetlove Records (Holland) SLR 9401255.

17. Klavierwerke zu vier Händen. Works for Piano Duet. Kölner Klavier-Duo/Cologne Piano Duo: Elzbieta Kalvelage and Michael Krücker. Koch-Schwann 3-1841-2. Produced in coproduction with Bayerischer Rundfunk München,1998.

18. Chamber Music: Pianotrio in C minor, opus 50, nr. 4.; Sonata in F sharp minor, opus 20 for violin and piano; and Sonata nr. 5 opus 56 in B minor for violoncello and piano. Alexander Kerr, violin, Gregor Horsch, violoncello and Sepp Grotenhuis, piano. NM Classics CD 92089. Produced in 2000 in cooperation with Radio Netherlands World Service. You can order this CD: Price now: € 10,-- excl. shipping. Price incl. shipping within the European Union: € 15,--.

fig. 2. The front page of the CD with Chamber Music NM Classics CD 92089. ©NM Classics, Hilversum, 2000

20. Julius Röntgen (1855-1932). Dolce far niente di "Fuglsang" op. 60. Merette Westergaard, piano. From: CD Hartmann-Klaveret på Fuglsang. Helikon Records. Holtug Mosevej 12, DK 4660 St. Heddinge, Denmark (2002). See also website: http://www.helikonrecords.dk/

21. Julius Röntgen 1855-1932. Cellosonatas. ...a tribute to Pablo Casals. Jean Decroos, violoncello and Danièle Dechenne, piano. Ars Produktion (Schumacher) 2003. Contents: Sonate c-moll (1906), Sonate g-moll (1905), Sonate h-moll, op. 56 (1907). This CD is deliverable: Price € 10,-- excl. shipping. Price incl. shipping within the European Union: € 15,--. Please mail: jrontgen@wirehub.nl

fig. 3. The front page of the CD ...a tribute to Pablo Casals. ©Ars Produktion, Germany, 2003

22. Dutch Music for Viola and Piano. Francien Schatborn, viola and Jeannette Koekkoek, piano. Among others: Julius Röntgen. Sonata in C minor (1924). Et'cetera, 2003, KTC 1255.

23. "The Romantic Road" Mark Weiger, Oboe; Arthur Rowe, Piano. Among other composers: Julius Röntgen. Sonata No. 1 (1918). Crystal Records CD725, Camas, WA 98607, USA, 2001. E-Mail: info@crystalrecords.com; www.crystalrecords.com

24. Bassoon Sonatas. Among others: Julius Röntgen. Bassoon Sonata (1929). Dirk Meijer, bassoon and Jan van Liere, piano. Additional to this CD: Three Romances for piano, Jan van Liere, piano. Apex, 2003, 0927 48197/2

25. Matangi Quartet. "Scandinavia". Among other composers: Julius Röntgen. Quartettino in A minor. (1922) Challenge CC72173. See also website: http://www.challengerecords.com/ Produced in March 2005. First CD with music of Julius Röntgen in the 150th Jubilee of the composers birthday. (May 9, 1855)

26. Julius Röntgen (1855-1932). Chamber Music Part 1. With Párkányi Quartet: String Quartet in C-major (1925), String Quartet in G-minor 'Fancy'(1917). Julia Bronkhorst, mezzo-soprano, and Hans Eijsackers, piano: "Chinesische Lieder" for soprano and piano. Op. 66 (1916). [Julius Röntgen 150th anniversary edition] Cobra Records. 0013. Produced in April 2005. 

fig.4  The frontpage of the CD. Julius Röntgen (1855-1932). ©Cobra Records, 0013, Amsterdam. 2005.

27. Julius Röntgen. "Aus Jotunheim". Oboen- & Fagottsonaten. Maarten Karres, Oboe; Peter Gaasterland, Bassoon; Ariane Karres, Piano. Aus Jotunheim. Suite über Norwegische Volksweisen für Oboe und Klavier, Bearbeitung: Maarten Karres. Sonate für Fagott und Klavier (1929). Sonate Nr. 1 für Oboe und Klavier (1918). Sonate Nr. 2 für Oboe und Klavier (1928). Ars Produktion, 38440. Produced in April 2005. This CD is deliverable: Price € 15,-- excl. shipping. Incl. shipping within Europe € 20,--. Please mail: jrontgen@wirehub.nl

fig.5  The frontpage of the CD. Julius Röntgen. Suite aus Jotunheim. ©Ars Produktion, Germany, 2005.

28. Julius Röntgen (1855-1932). Chamber Music Part 2. With Párkányi Quartet and Jean Claude vanden Eijnden (piano): Piano Quintet in G-major (1932). Euterpe Wind Quintet: Serenade for Wind Quintet (1928). Charon (Poem of Robert C. Trevelyan) for baritone (Pierre Mak), piano (Hans Eijsackers) and windplayers (Euterpe Wind Quintet). Vision (Poem of Hans Sallenbach 1923) for baritone (Pierre Mak), piano (Hans Eijsackers) and windplayers (Euterpe Wind Quintet). Trio for flute (Barbara Deleu), oboe (Pauline Oostenrijk) and bassoon (Bram van Sambeek), Opus 86, (1917). [Julius Röntgen 150th anniversary edition]. Cobra Records 0016. Produced in September 2005.

fig. 6. The frontpage of the CD Julius Röntgen. Chamber Music Part 2. ©Cobra Records, 0016, Amsterdam. 2005.

29. Julius Röntgen (1855-1932). Orchestral Music. Symphony in A-minor (1931), Bitonal Symphony (1930), Symphony in C-minor (1910). Noord Nederlands Orkest conducted by Hans Leenders. [Julius Röntgen 150th anniversary edition]. Cobra Records 0017. Produced in September 2005.

fig. 7. The frontpage of the CD Julius Röntgen. Orchestral Music. ©Cobra Records 0017, Amsterdam. 2005.

30. 1980 - 2005 Het Zilveren Regeringsjubileum van H.M. Koningin Beatrix. Vier eeuwen Wilhelmus. (The Silver Jubilee of the reign of Queen Beatrix. The History of Four Centuries of the Dutch National Anthem Wilhelmus.) Among other compositions: Julius Röntgen: Het afklappertje and Wilhelmus. Christian Lambour, piano. This CD is not for sale.

31. Julius Röntgen. Concert voor strijkkwartet en orkest. I Romantici, Sinfonia Utrecht, Capella Occento. Chris Pouw, conductor. On this double-CD also: Johannes Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem. Caroline Cartens, soprano; Martijn Sanders, baritone. Utrecht String Quartet. This CD is a private production of I Romantici. Utrecht 2005. www.iromantici.nl

32. Julius Röntgen. Three Sonatas for viola & piano. Lyrische Gänge for voice, viola & piano. Johannes Brahms. Two songs for voice, viola & piano. Francien Schatborn, viola; Jeannette Koekkoek, piano and Margriet van Reisen, mezzo-soprano. Two Cd's in one box. Produced in 2006 by Et'cetera KTC 1297.

    fig. 8. The frontpage of the CD Julius Röntgen & Johannes Brahms. ©Et'cetera 2006.

33. Julius Röntgen 1855-1932. Cellosonatas. The second CD with Jean Decroos (cello) and Danièle Dechenne (piano). Sonate No 10 c-minor, Sonate No 7 fis-minor and Sonata No 2 a-minor. Ars Produktion (Schumacher), 2006. This CD has been presented to the Dutch press on April 8, in "Galerie Kralingen", Gashouderstraat 9, Rotterdam. Deliverable for € 19,00 inclusive shipping within the Netherlands.

figures 9 and 10: The backpage and the frontpage of the CD Julius Röntgen. Cellosonatas. ©Ars Produktion, Germany, 2006.

34. Romantic Concertos by Röntgen (World Premiere Recording), Chausson and Hubay*. Ragin Wenk-Wolff, violin. Dvorak Symphony Orchestra, Stanislav Bogunia conductor, *) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Dennis Burkh, conductor. Julius Röntgen: Violin Concerto in A minor (1902), three movements; Ernest Chausson: Poème for violin and orchestra, Opus 25; Jenö Hubay: Violin Concerto No.3 in G minor. Opus 99. Centaur Records  CRC 2790. (USA 2006) For more details: http://www.raginww.com/ , http://www.centaurrecords.com/

fig. 11. CD of cpo (2006).

35. Julius Röntgen. Symphonie Nr. 3. Suite "Aus Jotunheim".   Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland Pfalz. David Porcelijn, conductor. This CD is published by the German label cpo as first of ten CD's concerning all the symphonic works written by the composer Julius Röntgen. cpo (2006) See the website: www.jpc.de

36. Julius Röntgen. Complete celloconcerten. (nrs. 1 - 3) Arturo Muzurabal (cello). Radio Kamer Filharmonie o.l.v. Paul Watkins. Nederlands radio Symfonie Orkest o.l.v. Henrik Schaefer. Et'cetera KTC 1329. A short review from the Dutch audio Magazine 'Luister', September 2007: Performance: 8. (="good") "A CD with which Et'cetera, the "Muziekcentrum van de Omroep" and the (Dutch Broadcasting Company) NPS  are perfectly appearing."

fig. 12. CD of cpo (2007)

37. Julius Röntgen. Aus Goethes Faust (1931) For Orchestra, Organ, Chorus and Soloists. Machteld Baumans, Marcel Beekman, Andrea Marsch, André Past, Mark Richardson, Dennis Wilgenhof. Chorus of the "Nederlandse Reisopera" Enschede. Gijs van Schoonhoven, Organ. The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra. David Porcelijn, conductor. cpo (2007). Second CD in the "Julius Röntgen Edition". See the website of cpo: www.jpc.de 

New! Just published.  

fig. 13. CD of Ars® Produktion (2008)

39. Julius Röntgen. Chamber Music. Right Through The Bone. 1. Quintet for piano and Strings in a minor, Opus 100 (1927); 2. Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano in e flat major (1921); 3. Sonata for Viola and Piano in c minor (1924);  4. Sextet in G major (1931). Arc Ensemble. (Artists of the Royal Conservatory [Toronto, Canada]) David Louie piano (1 and 2), Erika Raum violin (1 and 4), Marie Bérard violin (1 and 4), Steven Dann viola (1,2,3 and 4), Bryan Epperson cello (1 and 4), Dianne Werner piano (3), Joaquin Valdepeñas clarinet (2), Yosef Tamir viola (4), David Hetherington cello (4). SONY BMG Music Entertainment 8697-15837-2. Produced in Canada, 2007.

fig. 14.  CD of Ars® Produktion (2008)

40. Julius Röntgen. Piano Trios. Storioni Trio: Bart van de Roer, piano; Wouter Vossen, violin; Marc Vossen, Cello. Pianotrio Nr. 6 in e-minor, Opus 50; Pianotrio Nr. 10 in a-major "Gaudeamus"*) and Pianotrio Nr. 9 in f-minor "Post Tenebras Lux"*). *) World Premiere Recordings. Ars Produktion 38031, Germany. Multichannel Hybrid SACD. Presented May 2008.

41. Julius Röntgen. Symphony No 10; Symphonietta Humoristica; Suite "Oud Nederland". Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz. Conductor: David Porcelijn. cpo 777 308-2.Third CD in the "Julius Röntgen Edition". See the website of cpo: www.jpc.de   Presented June 2008.

fig. 15. CD of cpo (2008)

42. Julius Röntgen. Symphony No 18 in A; Ballade über eine norwegische Volksmelodie; Een liedje van de zee, opus 45; Zes Oud-Nederlandsche Dansen, opus 45. NDR Radiophilharmonie. Conductor: David Porcelijn. cpo 777 255-2 Fourth CD in the "Julius Röntgen Edition". See the website of cpo: www.jpc.de Presented December 2008.

43. Julius Röntgen. Symphonies No. 8 and No. 15; Variationen über eine norwegische Volksweise. NDR Radiophilharmonie, conductor David Porcelijn. See the website of cpo: www.jpc.de  Presented July 2009. Fifth CD in the “Julius Röntgen Edition”.

44. Dutch Sonatas for Violoncello and Piano. Vol. 2. Julius Röntgen: Sonate Opus 56 (1907) in B minor; Cinq Morceaux (1917/18, rev. 1922/23 World premiere on CD!); Sonate Opus 41 (1901) in A minor. Daniel van Goens (1858-1904): Scherzo Op. 12, no. 2 (1895); Invocation Op. 36 (1900); Menuet Op. 39 (1900). Doris Hochscheid, cello and Frans van Ruth, piano. Audio.Max, 7 60623 15746 7 (= Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm. Presented in the Nederlands Muziek Instituut, September 17, 2009.

This CD-listing is updated October 10, 2009.

1. Brieven van Julius Röntgen. Verzameld door A. Röntgen - des Amorie van der Hoeven. Amsterdam, H.J. Paris, 1934.

2. Hanna de Vries (Stavland). Julius Röntgen og Edvard Grieg. Et musikalsk vennskap. Bergen (Norway) Alma Mater Forlag AS, 1994.

3. Averkamp, A. - In memoriam Julius Röntgen (1855-1932) // Tijdschrift der Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis deel XIV (1935), p. 44 - 47.

4. Paap, W. - Herdenking van Julius Röntgen // Mens en Melodie jrg. 2 (1947), p. 293-298.

5. Dresden, S. - In memoriam Julius Röntgen 9 mei 1855 - 13 september 1932 // De Muziek jrg. 7 (1932), p. 1 - 4.

6. Benestad, Finn und Hanna de Vries Stavland. Edvard Grieg und Julius Röntgen. Briefwechsel 1883-1907. Utrecht, Koninklijke Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 1997.

7. Julius Röntgen (1855-1932) Sentendo nuova forza. Edited by Theo Muller and Jurriaan Röntgen. Tinte, Vereniging Familieleden Röntgen, 2004. You can order this booklet concerning the Röntgen - Year 2005 for € 8,--! (incl. shipping within the Netherlands: € 13,--).

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