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Krug: String Sextet & Piano Quartet / Linos Ensemble
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Krug: String Sextet & Piano Quartet / Linos Ensemble

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Details

Composer
KRUG, ARNOLD
Artist
LINOS ENSEMBLE
Format
CD
Label
CPO
Released
May 04, 2018
Catalog #
555030-2
UPC
761203503025

About

Arnold Krug, a contemporary of Brahms, is almost entirely forgotten today- unjustifiably so, as is amply proved by the two pieces of chamber music on this recording. He was a familiar figure in popular concert guides until well into the 1930s. In Wilhelm Altmann’s ‘Handbuch fur Streichquartettspieler (1929), for example, we read the following words on the String Sextet by this ‘subtle Hamburg composer’: “Though Krug’s Sextet by no means stands out with particular idiosyncrasy, it can hold its own with flying colors. In point of melody and sound the most successful movement is the deeply felt Adagio tranquillo, interrupted by an urgent and dramatic interlude in which yet another Tranquillo, almost doleful and certainly imploring, has been interpolated.” Successful, fresh, exhilarating- and for more than 40 years! Thus the adjectives heaped on the Linos Ensemble, over and over again. This is more than just the result of the ensemble’s busy schedule. It is also due to the common efforts they make to renew their interpretations, and their unwavering pleasure in newly discovered scores.

Tracklist 7 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro 09:30
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    09:30
    Composer
    Arnold Krug
    Ensemble
    Linos Ensemble
  2. 2 II. Adagio tranquillo 10:11
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio tranquillo
    Duration
    10:11
    Composer
    Arnold Krug
    Ensemble
    Linos Ensemble
  3. 3 III. Finale: Allegro 08:22
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Finale: Allegro
    Duration
    08:22
    Composer
    Arnold Krug
    Ensemble
    Linos Ensemble
  4. 4 I. Allegro moderato 13:15
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    13:15
    Composer
    Arnold Krug
    Ensemble
    Linos Ensemble
  5. 5 II. Adagio 09:46
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    09:46
    Composer
    Arnold Krug
    Ensemble
    Linos Ensemble
  6. 6 III. Nächtlicher Ritt: Allegro molto feroce e vivace 06:02
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Nächtlicher Ritt: Allegro molto feroce e vivace
    Duration
    06:02
    Composer
    Arnold Krug
    Ensemble
    Linos Ensemble
  7. 7 IV. Carneval: Allegro carnevalesco e molto animato 09:35
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. Carneval: Allegro carnevalesco e molto animato
    Duration
    09:35
    Composer
    Arnold Krug
    Ensemble
    Linos Ensemble