Description
Intense Expression and Lyrical Charm: Janáček String Quartets and Wolf's Italian Serenade CD
UPC: 8718247710720
MPN: 8802072
Brand Name: Newton Classics
Product Details
- UPC: 8718247710720
- Product Type: Audio CD (DOD Stereo)
- Brand Name: Newton Classics
- MPN (Manufacturer Part Number): 8802072
- Genre: Classical
- Style: Late Romantic / 20th Century Chamber Music
- Composer: Leoš Janáček (Czech), Hugo Wolf (Austrian/Slovenian)
- Ensemble: Hagen Quartet
- Total Duration: 52'13
Overview: The Hagen Quartet's Definitive Chamber Music Performance
English: This Newton Classics CD presents a compelling pairing of two masterpieces of string quartet literature performed by the globally celebrated Hagen Quartet. Featured are Leoš Janáček's intensely personal and emotionally charged String Quartets No. 1 ('Kreutzer Sonata') and No. 2 ('Intimate Letters'), which capture the composer's turbulent inner life and unconventional melodic language. Complementing Janáček's dramatic late-period works is Hugo Wolf's single movement, the delightful Italian Serenade in G, offering a burst of lyrical warmth and Mendelssohnian charm. Recorded in DOD Stereo in 1988, this album offers listeners a profound and technically brilliant interpretation of essential Central European chamber music by one of the world's leading quartets.
Product Features
- Format: 1 Compact Disc (DOD Stereo)
- Total Duration: 52'13" (GESAMTSPIELZEIT / DURÉE TOTALE)
- Recording Date: November 1988
- Recording Location: Kirche St. Konrad, Abersee, Austria
- Ensemble: Hagen Quartet (Lukas Hagen, Rainer Schmidt, Veronika Hagen, Clemens Hagen)
- Genre: Classical / Chamber Music
- Style: Early Modern Czech Expressionism / Late Romantic Austrian Lyricism
- Label: Newton Classics BV (Licensed from Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg)
- Country of Manufacture: Netherlands
Interesting Facts: Janáček's Emotional Legacy and The Hagen Quartet
English: Leoš Janáček's string quartets are programmatic and deeply autobiographical. Quartet No. 1, subtitled 'Kreutzer Sonata' after Tolstoy's novella, vividly depicts the psychological drama and tragedy of a failing marriage. Quartet No. 2, 'Intimate Letters,' is even more intensely personal, inspired by his passionate, unconsummated correspondence with Kamila Stösslová, often described as a self-portrait written in music. The Hagen Quartet, an Austrian ensemble formed of siblings and close friends, has a distinguished history, known for their powerful interpretations that balance emotional depth with structural clarity, making them uniquely suited to Janáček's dramatic shifts. This recording was originally made by Deutsche Grammophon in 1989, attesting to its high artistic and technical quality before its reissue by Newton Classics.
Track Listing
| # | Work / Movement | Composer | Timing |
|---|---|---|---|
| String Quartet No. 1 'Kreutzer Sonata' | Leoš Janáček | ||
| 1. | I. Adagio | 4'28 | |
| 2. | II. Con moto | 4'30 | |
| 3. | III. Con moto | 4'24 | |
| 4. | IV. Con moto | 5'27 | |
| String Quartet No. 2 'Intimate Letters' | Leoš Janáček | ||
| 5. | I. Andante | 6'53 | |
| 6. | II. Adagio | 6'19 | |
| 7. | III. Moderato | 5'25 | |
| 8. | IV. Allegro | 7'31 | |
| Italian Serenade in G | Hugo Wolf | ||
| 9. | Italian Serenade in G | 6'34 | |
| TOTAL TIMING | 52'13 |
Publishers
- Original Recording Copyright: 1989 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg
- Reissue Copyright: 2011 Newton Classics BV
- License: STEMRA
- Manufacture: Manufactured and printed in the Netherlands
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