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Draeseke: String Quartets, Vol. 2 / Frisardi, Constanze Quartet
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Draeseke: String Quartets, Vol. 2 / Frisardi, Constanze Quartet

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Details

Composer
DRAESEKE, FELIX
Artist
Frisardi
Format
CD
Label
CPO
Released
Oct 15, 2021
Catalog #
555350-2
UPC
761203535026

About

Vol. 2 once again demonstrates the unique stylistic quality of Felix Draeseke’s works for strings. When the composer turned to the quartet genre, he ventured onto compositional terrain largely regarded as the domain of composers of traditional orientation. Wagner’s influence is also found in Draeseke’s quartets, though not in the form of an imitation of Wagnerian composing but as a creative rendering of the Classical composers as they had been conveyed to Draeseke by Wagner. The idea of the “melodic thread” running through the music and unifying it is everywhere in evidence in these works. The composer’s third quartet, his op. 66, was regularly performed in Central Germany during his lifetime – for instance, in Leipzig in 1911, when the Gewandhaus Quartet included it on the program for the celebration of the hundredth anniversary of Franz Liszt’s birth. Draeseke’s op. 66 quartet differs from all of his other works in sonata form in that it is designed in five movements, a structure reminding us both of Beethoven’s Quartet in A minor op. 132 and Haydn’s early quartet divertimenti. Both spheres, the sublime tone of the “Heiliger Dankgesang” and the carefree mood of the cassations and serenades, seem to occur in continuous mutual interpenetration in this work. The “most feared contrapuntist” reveals his strictest mien, while at the same time showing that he is a subtle humorist who in particular delights in play with metrical emphases.

Tracklist 9 tracks

  1. 1 I. Andantino elegiaco 08:52
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Andantino elegiaco
    Duration
    08:52
    Composer
    Felix Draeseke
    Ensemble
    Constanze Quartet
  2. 2 II. Allegro spumante 04:16
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allegro spumante
    Duration
    04:16
    Composer
    Felix Draeseke
    Ensemble
    Constanze Quartet
  3. 3 III. Adagio non tanto, molto espressivo 07:16
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Adagio non tanto, molto espressivo
    Duration
    07:16
    Composer
    Felix Draeseke
    Ensemble
    Constanze Quartet
  4. 4 IV. Intermezzo: Allegrettp grazioso 03:26
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Intermezzo: Allegrettp grazioso
    Duration
    03:26
    Composer
    Felix Draeseke
    Ensemble
    Constanze Quartet
  5. 5 V. Finale: Allegro risoluto 06:00
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Finale: Allegro risoluto
    Duration
    06:00
    Composer
    Felix Draeseke
    Ensemble
    Constanze Quartet
  6. 6 Scene, Op. 69 10:05
    Track
    6
    Title
    Scene, Op. 69
    Duration
    10:05
    Composer
    Felix Draeseke
    Performer
    Irina Frisardi
  7. 7 I. Grave 07:49
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Grave
    Duration
    07:49
    Composer
    Felix Draeseke
    Performer
    Emeline Pierre Larsen, Esther Gutiérrez Redondo
  8. 8 II. Menuett: Mässig - Menuettempo 03:48
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Menuett: Mässig - Menuettempo
    Duration
    03:48
    Composer
    Felix Draeseke
    Performer
    Emeline Pierre Larsen, Esther Gutiérrez Redondo
  9. 9 III. Finale: Rasch und feurig 07:06
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Finale: Rasch und feurig
    Duration
    07:06
    Composer
    Felix Draeseke
    Performer
    Emeline Pierre Larsen, Esther Gutiérrez Redondo