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String Quartets 2, 5 & 7

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Details

Composer
Egon Wellesz
Artist
Aron Quartett
Format
CD
Label
CPO
Released
Oct 03, 2025
Catalog #
555617-2
UPC
761203561728

About

While cpo is currently preparing a box set with all of Austrian composer Egon Wellesz' nine symphonies, the Aron Quartet has begun recording a cycle of his string quartets. This contemporary of Alban Berg and private pupil of Arnold Schoenberg had a remarkable life and career, both in that genre as well as in orchestral music. His career began at the end of the post-Romantic period, whose signs of harmonic dissolution could no longer be overheard, but whose Romanticism was expounded upon in all of it's autumnal charm. Later, we witness a constructive reorientation that reveals the strict architectural underpinnings of chamber music without compromise. The interplay, migrations and transformations of motifs, the shifting force fields between the individual voices, the dynamic urge to break new ground - all invite the listener to participate with intensity and fascination.

Tracklist 9 tracks

  1. 1 I. Sehr ruhig 06:02
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Sehr ruhig
    Duration
    06:02
    Composer
    Egon Wellesz
    Ensemble
    Aron Quartet
  2. 2 II. Kräftig bewegt 10:23
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Kräftig bewegt
    Duration
    10:23
    Composer
    Egon Wellesz
    Ensemble
    Aron Quartet
  3. 3 III. Lebhaft 06:02
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Lebhaft
    Duration
    06:02
    Composer
    Egon Wellesz
    Ensemble
    Aron Quartet
  4. 4 IV. Ruhevoll 12:13
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Ruhevoll
    Duration
    12:13
    Composer
    Egon Wellesz
    Ensemble
    Aron Quartet
  5. 5 I. Maestoso 06:06
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Maestoso
    Duration
    06:06
    Composer
    Egon Wellesz
    Ensemble
    Aron Quartet
  6. 6 II. Allegretto comodo 03:03
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Allegretto comodo
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Egon Wellesz
    Ensemble
    Aron Quartet
  7. 7 III. In memoriam - Lento 10:29
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. In memoriam - Lento
    Duration
    10:29
    Composer
    Egon Wellesz
    Ensemble
    Aron Quartet
  8. 8 I. Allegro moderato 05:34
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    05:34
    Composer
    Egon Wellesz
    Ensemble
    Aron Quartet
  9. 9 II. Adagio and Fugue 13:41
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Adagio and Fugue
    Duration
    13:41
    Composer
    Egon Wellesz
    Ensemble
    Aron Quartet