Zemlinsky: String Quartets Vol 1 / Escher String Quartet

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
August 27, 2013
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ZEMLINSKY
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Escher String Quartet
    • PERFORMER
      ESCHER STRING QUARTET
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 27, 2013
    • UPC
      747313281374
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8572813
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegretto: Gemachlich, innig bewegt

      Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky

      Ensemble: Escher String Quartet

    2. II. Thema mit Variationen. Geheimnisvoll bewegt, nich zu schnell - Variationen I-VII

      Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky

      Ensemble: Escher String Quartet

    3. III. Romanze: Sehr massige Achtel, Andante sostenuto

      Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky

      Ensemble: Escher String Quartet

    4. IV. Burleske: Sehr lebhaft, Allegro moderato

      Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky

      Ensemble: Escher String Quartet

    5. I. Praludium: Poco adagio

      Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky

      Ensemble: Escher String Quartet

    6. II. Burleske: Vivace

      Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky

      Ensemble: Escher String Quartet

    7. III. Adagietto: Adagio

      Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky

      Ensemble: Escher String Quartet

    8. IV. Intermezzo: Allegretto

      Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky

      Ensemble: Escher String Quartet

    9. V. Barcarole (Thema mit Variationen): Poco adagio

      Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky

      Ensemble: Escher String Quartet

    10. VI. Finale: Doppelfuge: Allegro molto energico

      Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky

      Ensemble: Escher String Quartet

    11. No. 1. Introduction: Andante con moto - Vivace

      Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky

      Ensemble: Escher String Quartet

    12. No. 2. Adagio, misterioso - Tempo di minuett

      Composer: Alexander Zemlinsky

      Ensemble: Escher String Quartet


Alexander Zemlinsky’s four numbered string quartets span some four decades, moving from the conservatism of his Brahms-inspired youth to the experimental works of his mature years. Written just after the Lyric Symphony (Naxos 8.572048), the Third Quartet is constructed in a cool, austere language far removed from the emotional, expressionistic atmosphere of the Second Quartet. The Fourth Quartet, written in memory of Alban Berg, is a fitting conclusion to an important body of work bridging the Romantic world of the nineteenth century to the modern age of the twentieth. Quartets Nos 1 and 2 will follow on Naxos 8.573088.