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String Quartet No. 1 - I. Presto con fuoco | |
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String Quartet No. 1 - II. Allegretto con moto e con malinconia grotesca | |
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String Quartet No. 1 - III. Allegro giocoso alla slovacca | |
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String Quartet No. 1 - IV. Andante molto sostenuto | |
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5 Pieces - No. 1. Alla Valse Viennese | |
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5 Pieces - No. 2. Alla Serenata | |
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5 Pieces - No. 3. Alla Czeca | |
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5 Pieces - No. 4. Alla Tango Milonga | |
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5 Pieces - No. 5. Alla Tarantella | |
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String Quartet No. 2 - I. Allegro agitato | |
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String Quartet No. 2 - II. Tema con variazioni: Moderato | |
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String Quartet No. 2 - III. Allegro gajo | |
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String Quartet No. 2 - IV. Finale: Andante quasi introduzione - Allegro molto |
Album Summary
ComposerNotes & Reviews:
Largely forgotten in the decades after his death, the wide-ranging output of the Czech composer Erwin Schulhoff has come to much greater prominence over the last quarter-century. The music featured here dates from the mid-1920s, a productive period in which he forged a distinctive and highly personal musical style. Both the First String Quartet and the Five Pieces achieved a notable success at their premieres, and all three works are among the most successful and enduring of Schulhoff's compositions.
Notes & Reviews:Recording information: St Anne's Church, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (03/11/2008-03/13/2008).
Reviews
Newer music but not bad at all
The String Quartet No. 1 is somewhat evocative of both Bartok and Hindemith and is by turns hectic, reserved, intense, spirited, and filled with sections of harried interplay between the members of the quartet. String Quartet No. 2 is also a combination of moods and feelings – again spirited and intense and frenetic in places, but somewhat darker in places too. As for the five pieces, Piece No. 1 (Alla Valse Viennese) comes across as a bit of an unsettling waltz, the melody suggesting something of an unbalanced mental state. Piece No. 2 (Alla Serenata) is rather a slightly atonal serenade, not soothing but strangely enough not unpleasant either. Piece No. 3 (Alla Czeca) is very energetic in the same way that some of Bartok’s string quartets are in sections, but there is definite lyricism present here. Piece No. 4 (Alla Tango Milonga) definitely has tango elements and pleasant interplay between the cello and first and second violins. Piece No. 5 (Alla Tarantella) is somewhat of a whirlwind of busyness and repetition.
Normally I shy away from newer classical music, but I was exposed to this CD and found it not unpleasant. This is not to say that I’ll be reaching for it as frequently as I reach for my recordings of Beethoven String Quartets, but when I’m in the mood for something like the Bartok String Quartets and am not quite in the mood for Bartok, this recording will certainly fit the bill. An interesting find that will certainly take many listens to really understand and internalize.
Submitted on 09/13/10 by KlingonOpera
Submitted on 09/13/10 by KlingonOpera
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Works Details
Schulhoff, Erwin : Quartet for Strings no 1 - Notes: St Anne's Church, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (03/11/2008-03/13/2008)
- Running Time: 17 min. 15 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Chamber Music
- Written: 1924
Schulhoff, Erwin : Pieces (5) for string quartet - Notes: St Anne's Church, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (03/11/2008-03/13/2008)
- Running Time: 13 min. 21 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Chamber Music
- Written: 1923
Schulhoff, Erwin : Quartet for Strings no 2 - Notes: St Anne's Church, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (03/11/2008-03/13/2008)
- Running Time: 18 min. 58 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Chamber Music
- Written: 1925
