String Quartets Complete

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KORNGOLD
String Quartets Complete
Flesch Quartet

[ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Saturday 15 March 2008

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Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957): composer of Hollywood film music and best known for his opera Die tote Stadt. With his large symphonic 'German' scores he even set the tone for film music up to the present day. But this enormously talented Austrian musician has quite a lot more to offer.

His three string quartets for instance. They are part of just a handful of chamber music compositions. Even in these quartets he managed to generate a 'big sound'. For some parts he even drew on themes he had originally composed for the screen. These notably solid compositions have a romantic tendency and are full of life.

Unfortunately these lovable string quartets have not secured a place in the concert repertoire of today. One has to make do with these excellent recordings by the Flesch Quartet….

With the delightful string sextet as a generous bonus on the second CD.

Tracks:

String Quartet in A major Op. 16 (1924)
String Quartet No.2 in E flat major Op. 26 (1934)
String Sextet in D major Op. 10
String Quartet No. 3 in D major Op. 34