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Draeseke: String Quartets, Vol. 1 / Constanze Quartet

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Details

Composer
DRAESEKE, FELIX
Artist
CONSTANZE QUARTET
Format
CD
Label
CPO
Released
Feb 07, 2020
Catalog #
555281-2
UPC
761203528127

About

Our first collaborative venture with the Constanze Quartet from Salzburg also marks the production of the first complete recording of the string quartets of Felix Draeseke – a German composer, a representative of the new German school, and a contemporary of Franz Liszt, Richard Wagner, and Johannes Brahms. Draeseke’s string quartets are unique in style. In them we often encounter influence from Wagner, even if not in the form of an imitation of Wagnerian compositional style but as a creative continuation of the legacy of Classical composers such as they were transmitted to Draeseke through Wagner. The idea of a “melodic thread” holding the music together while serving as a unifying element is in evidence everywhere in these works. Both quartets impressively demonstrate the words of the Draeseke expert Christoph Schlüren: “Draeseke is primarily lyrical in nature but at the same time has his appealing harshness and explores the dark, introverted expressive worlds with a unique imagination. The far-reaching melos is tailored for contrapuntal suitability, and for German circumstances the rhythm is particularly zestful and highly varied. Stylistically, relations quite obviously exist not only between Draeseke and Beethoven but also between Draeseke and Mendelssohn inasmuch as Draeseke’s highly colorful harmonic language, in part pervaded by surprising modulations, is an individual continuation and development of the New German “progressive” stance proceeding from Wagner and Liszt. Draeseke’s outstanding stature as a string quartet composer rests above all on his entirely original architectonic mastery in a genre in which Beethoven and Schubert created unsurpassable music, but where Draeseke, together with Brahms, Tchaikovsky, and the late Dvorák, proceeding from the experiences of Schumann and Mendelssohn, produced decidedly new music.”

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro risoluto 07:38
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro risoluto
    Duration
    07:38
    Composer
    Felix Draeseke
    Ensemble
    Constanze Quartet
  2. 2 II. Largo 08:29
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Largo
    Duration
    08:29
    Composer
    Felix Draeseke
    Ensemble
    Constanze Quartet
  3. 3 III. Menuetto - Intermezzo 06:02
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Menuetto - Intermezzo
    Duration
    06:02
    Composer
    Felix Draeseke
    Ensemble
    Constanze Quartet
  4. 4 IV. Presto con fuoco 06:06
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Presto con fuoco
    Duration
    06:06
    Composer
    Felix Draeseke
    Ensemble
    Constanze Quartet
  5. 5 I. Allegro moderato 08:02
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    08:02
    Composer
    Felix Draeseke
    Ensemble
    Constanze Quartet
  6. 6 II. Scherzo: Allegro vivace 04:58
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Allegro vivace
    Duration
    04:58
    Composer
    Felix Draeseke
    Ensemble
    Constanze Quartet
  7. 7 III. Adagio molto espressivo 08:12
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Adagio molto espressivo
    Duration
    08:12
    Composer
    Felix Draeseke
    Ensemble
    Constanze Quartet
  8. 8 IV. Allegro molto vivace 08:44
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Allegro molto vivace
    Duration
    08:44
    Composer
    Felix Draeseke
    Ensemble
    Constanze Quartet