Naxos
Zemlinsky: String Quartets Vol 2 / Escher Quartet
$19.99
Details
- Composer
- ZEMLINSKY, ALEXANDER
- Artist
- ESCHER QUARTET
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Naxos
- Released
- Jun 10, 2014
- Catalog #
- 8573088
- UPC
- 747313308873
About
By 1896, at the age of twenty-five, Alexander Zemlinsky was one of the rising stars in the Viennese musical firmament. His first opera had been written, he had won a number of awards, and he had earned the support of Johannes Brahms. In July of the same year he began writing his First String Quartet, a work of sweeping lyricism, rich dance patterns, and self-confidence, couched within the bounds of a relatively conventional palette. Seventeen years later he began his Second String Quartet. Kaleidoscopic in effect, mood, and technical demands, and redolent of the music of the new century led by his brother-in-law Arnold Schoenberg it was to place Zemlinsky securely in the European avant-garde.
"The first instalment of the Escher Quartet's survey of Zemlinsky appeared last year. This second disc is as impressive, and includes a superb performance of the Second Quartet, one of Zemlinsky's greatest and most radical achievements. The Eschers sustain the huge span of music magnificently, while making sure that every tiny detail of Zemlinksy's meticulous string writing is heard."
-- Andrew Clements, The Guardian [6/12//14]
"The first instalment of the Escher Quartet's survey of Zemlinsky appeared last year. This second disc is as impressive, and includes a superb performance of the Second Quartet, one of Zemlinsky's greatest and most radical achievements. The Eschers sustain the huge span of music magnificently, while making sure that every tiny detail of Zemlinksy's meticulous string writing is heard."
-- Andrew Clements, The Guardian [6/12//14]
Tracklist 9 tracks
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1 I. Allegro con fuoco 12:06
- Track
- 1
- Title
- I. Allegro con fuoco
- Duration
- 12:06
- Composer
- Alexander Zemlinsky
- Ensemble
- Escher String Quartet
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2 II. Allegretto - quarter note: etwas schneller als fruher (quarter note - 6/8 prestissimo) - Tempo di allegretto 04:25
- Track
- 2
- Title
- II. Allegretto - quarter note: etwas schneller als fruher (quarter note - 6/8 prestissimo) - Tempo di allegretto
- Duration
- 04:25
- Composer
- Alexander Zemlinsky
- Ensemble
- Escher String Quartet
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3 III. Breit und kräftig 08:01
- Track
- 3
- Title
- III. Breit und kräftig
- Duration
- 08:01
- Composer
- Alexander Zemlinsky
- Ensemble
- Escher String Quartet
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4 IV. Vivace e con fuoco 07:23
- Track
- 4
- Title
- IV. Vivace e con fuoco
- Duration
- 07:23
- Composer
- Alexander Zemlinsky
- Ensemble
- Escher String Quartet
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5 I. Sehr masssig (quasi andante) - Heftig und leidenschaftlich - Andante mosso - Etwas rascher - 12:09
- Track
- 5
- Title
- I. Sehr masssig (quasi andante) - Heftig und leidenschaftlich - Andante mosso - Etwas rascher -
- Duration
- 12:09
- Composer
- Alexander Zemlinsky
- Ensemble
- Escher String Quartet
-
6 II. Adagio - 08:22
- Track
- 6
- Title
- II. Adagio -
- Duration
- 08:22
- Composer
- Alexander Zemlinsky
- Ensemble
- Escher String Quartet
-
7 III. Schnell (die Achtel) - 06:05
- Track
- 7
- Title
- III. Schnell (die Achtel) -
- Duration
- 06:05
- Composer
- Alexander Zemlinsky
- Ensemble
- Escher String Quartet
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8 IV. Andante 10:10
- Track
- 8
- Title
- IV. Andante
- Duration
- 10:10
- Composer
- Alexander Zemlinsky
- Ensemble
- Escher String Quartet
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9 V. Langsam 06:13
- Track
- 9
- Title
- V. Langsam
- Duration
- 06:13
- Composer
- Alexander Zemlinsky
- Ensemble
- Escher String Quartet