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ECHOES OF VIENNA

Quatuor Hermes

Label
ECO
Catalogue number
ECO-182
Format
Digital

When Erich Wolfgang Korngold composed his second string quartet in 1933, which had its premiere the following year in the Austrian capital, Vienna was shaken by serious political unrest that forced many of its artists into exile. In the quartet he celebrated, before it faded, the vitality of a music school that had been founded more than a century and a half earlier by, among others, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) and that Anton Webern (1883-1945) had led into modern times. It is this tradition that the musicians of the Quatuor Hermès emphasize with a program characterized by twilight, in which each work bears witness to a fascinating narrative power and can be understood as an expression of farewell.

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Tracklist

  1. 01 String Quartet No. 15 in D Minor, K. 421: I. Allegro moderato 12:10
  2. 02 String Quartet No. 15 in D Minor, K. 421: II. Andante 06:42
  3. 03 String Quartet No. 15 in D Minor, K. 421: III. Menuetto e trio. Allegretto 04:10
  4. 04 String Quartet No. 15 in D Minor, K. 421: IV. Allegretto ma non troppo 09:38
  5. 05 Langsamer Satz in E-Flat Major 09:28
  6. 06 String Quartet No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 26: I. Allegro 06:54
  7. 07 String Quartet No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 26: II. Intermezzo. Allegro con moto 03:56
  8. 08 String Quartet No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 26: III. Larghetto. Lento 07:52
  9. 09 String Quartet No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 26: IV. Waltz (Finale). Tempo di Valse 05:50

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