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Music From Vienna 2

Brodsky Quartet

Music From Vienna 2

Format: CD
Label: Challenge Classics
UPC: 0608917205220
Catnr: CC 72052
Release date: 01 January 2001
1 CD
 
Label
Challenge Classics
UPC
0608917205220
Catalogue number
CC 72052
Release date
01 January 2001
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Artist(s)
Composer(s)
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About the album

“The Quartet everybody who’s anybody is queuing up to work with”

A blend of youth and experience, coupled with a unique versatility has assured the Brodsky Quartet a place at the very forefront of the international chamber-music scene. Formed in 1972 and named after Adolf Brodsky, the Russian violinist and pioneering pedagogue of Manchester, where the quartet studied, they were subsequently invited to become the first ever quartet in residence at Cambridge University, a post they held for four years.They have since held visiting fellowships at several other important establishments, most recently at Trinity College in London.

Their busy international schedule must be one of the most diverse, with a comprehensive repertoire and unique ‘standing’ performance style, a penchant for new commissions and bold collaborations, and a highly acclaimed extensive discography.They have worked with many of the world’s leading musicians including Maria João Pires, Barry Douglas,Anne Sofie von Otter, Gidon Kremer, Elvis Costello, Paul McCartney and Björk. Over the years the quartet has also worked closely with various composers such as Lutoslawski, Sculthorpe and most recently on a new work written for them by Dave Brubeck.

The Quartet have recently signed with Challenge Classics to record an exciting and varied repertoire ranging from Haydn to present day, with some innovative ideas including a major international project for the year 2000 involving six new commissions coupled with the Opus 18 quartets of Beethoven.These projects will form a large part of the quartet’s activities for the millennium, touring throughout the UK and Europe. In May 1998 the Brodsky Quartet were presented with a Royal Philharmonic Society Award for their outstanding contribution to the world of music.

Strijkkwartetten van twee onverwachte componisten
Aanvankelijk zal een programma van strijkkwartetten van Fritz Kreisler en Erich Wolfgang Korngold als een vreemd idee klinken, een onwaarschijnlijk klinkende combinatie. Voor de meeste muziekliefhebbers is Kreisler bovenal één van de grootste violisten van de twintigste eeuw en componist van innemende miniatuurwerken zoals Schön Rosmarin, Liebesleid, Liebesfreud en Caprice Viennois. Maar een strijkkwartet?
Korngold heeft eenzelfde reputatie binnen de klassieke wereld. Bij het grote publiek staat hij vooral bekend als de componist die die wereld van filmmuziek op zijn kop zette en wegliep met Oscars voor de muziek van Anthony Adverse (1936) en Robin Hood (1938). Sommigen zullen zijn opera Die tote Stadt kennen, maar strijkkwartetten?
Toch zijn de twee strijkkwartetten op dit album parels uit de 20e eeuw. De twee kwartetten zijn beide geschreven in de schaduw van de oorlog. In het geval van Kreisler was dit de Eerste Wereldoorlog en voor Korngold was dit de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Beide componisten verlieten door deze twee oorlogen hun geboorteland Oostenrijk en emigreerden naar Amerika. De stukken zijn sober en ontroerend, en toch zeer virtuoos.

De stukken worden uitgevoerd door het Brodsky Quartet. Het Brodsky Quartet werd in 1972 opgericht door een groep Engelse musici. Het kwartet staat bekend om hun gedurfde keuzes voor vernieuwende en uitdagende muziek. Ze worden internationaal geprezen om hun levendigheid en ongekende kwaliteit in hun spel.

Artist(s)

Brodsky Quartet

Since its formation in 1972, the Brodsky Quartet has performed over 3000 concerts on the major stages of the world and has released more than 60 recordings. A natural curiosity and an insatiable desire to explore has propelled the group in a number of artistic directions and continues to ensure them not only a prominent presence on the international chamber music scene, but also a rich and varied musical existence. Their energy and craftsmanship has attracted numerous awards and accolades worldwide, while ongoing educational work provides a vehicle for passing on experience and staying in touch with the next generation. Throughout their 40-year career, the Brodsky Quartet has enjoyed a busy international performing schedule, and has toured extensively throughout Australasia, North...
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Since its formation in 1972, the Brodsky Quartet has performed over 3000 concerts on the major stages of the world and has released more than 60 recordings. A natural curiosity and an insatiable desire to explore has propelled the group in a number of artistic directions and continues to ensure them not only a prominent presence on the international chamber music scene, but also a rich and varied musical existence. Their energy and craftsmanship has attracted numerous awards and accolades worldwide, while ongoing educational work provides a vehicle for passing on experience and staying in touch with the next generation.
Throughout their 40-year career, the Brodsky Quartet has enjoyed a busy international performing schedule, and has toured extensively throughout Australasia, North and South America, Asia, South Africa, and Europe, as well as performing at many of the UK’s major festivals and venues. The quartet is also regularly recorded for broadcast on BBC Radio. Over the years the Brodsky Quartet has undertaken numerous performances of the complete cycles of quartets by Schubert, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Britten, Schoenberg, Zemlinsky, Webern and Bartok. It is, however, the complete Shostakovich cycle that has now become synonymous with their name: their 2012 London performance of the cycle resulting in them taking the prestigious title of ‘Artist in Residence’ at London’s Kings Place.
The Brodsky Quartet also has a busy recording career, and 2012 marked the beginning of a new and exclusive relationship with Chandos Records. Releases on the label so far include Petits Fours,a celebratory album of ‘Encore’ pieces, arranged exclusively by the Quartet for their 40th anniversary; a Debussy compilation including the Quartet's long-awaited recording of the great Debussy Quartet; In the South featuring works by Verdi, Paganini, Wolf and Puccini; New World Quartets comprising works by Dvorak, Copland, Gershwin and Brubeck; and the first of two Brahms discs which includes the iconic Clarinet Quintet with collaborating partner, Michael Collins. Recent awards for recordings include the Diapason D'Or and the CHOC du Monde de la Musique for their recordings of string quartets by Britten, Beethoven and Janacek, and, for their outstanding contribution to innovation in programming, the Brodsky Quartet has received a Royal Philharmonic Society Award. They have taught at many international chamber music courses and held residencies in several music institutes, including the first such post at the University of Cambridge. They are currently International Fellows of Chamber Music at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and have been awarded Honorary Doctorates at the University of Kent and University of Teesside.
The Quartet is named after the great Russian violinist Adolf Brodsky, dedicatee of Tchaikovsky's violin concerto and a passionate chamber musician.
Daniel Rowland plays a violin made by Lorenzo Storioni of Cremona in 1793; Ian Belton’s violin is by Gio. Paolo Maggini c.1615 and Paul Cassidy plays on La Delfina viola, c. 1720, courtesy of Sra. Delfina Entrecanales. Jacqueline Thomas plays a cello made by Thomas Perry in 1785.


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Composer(s)

Fritz Kreisler

Friedrich 'Fritz' Kreisler was an Austrian-born violinist and composer. One of the most noted violin masters of his or any other day, and regarded as one of the greatest violin masters of all time, he was known for his sweet tone and expressive phrasing. Like many great violinists of his generation, he produced a characteristic sound which was immediately recognisable as his own. Although it derived in many respects from the Franco-Belgian school, his style is nonetheless reminiscent of the gemütlich (cozy) lifestyle of pre-war Vienna.
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Friedrich "Fritz" Kreisler was an Austrian-born violinist and composer. One of the most noted violin masters of his or any other day, and regarded as one of the greatest violin masters of all time, he was known for his sweet tone and expressive phrasing.
Like many great violinists of his generation, he produced a characteristic sound which was immediately recognisable as his own. Although it derived in many respects from the Franco-Belgian school, his style is nonetheless reminiscent of the gemütlich (cozy) lifestyle of pre-war Vienna.

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