Description
“Kreisler and Korngold … both shared the same Viennese musical roots and both fled Vienna for the USA to escape Nazi persecution. Also, both of the string quartets presented here possess a haunting Viennese nostalgia. Kreisler’s Quartet is a delightful discovery containing much memorable melodic material … many impressive moments … Korngold’s is a later work, of a Vienna gone for ever. As ever, his melodic gifts are prolific throughout. The Angeles Quartet are exceptionally fine and committed throughout… highly recommendable” (Gramophone)
| Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) |
| Quartet in A minor (1921) [30:06] |
| 1 Fantasia 8:20 |
| 2 Scherzo 6:56 |
| 3 Prelude & Romance 5:47 |
| 4 Finale 9:03 |
| Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957) |
| Quartet No.3, Op.34 (1945) [27:38] |
| 5 Allegro moderato 7:34 |
| 6 Scherzo: Allegro molto 4:28 |
| 7 Sostenuto: Like a Folk Tune 9:20 |
| 8 Finale: Allegro con fuoco 6:15 |
| Recorded August 1993 at Whitman Auditorium, Steamboat Springs, CO; Produced/engineered 1995 |
| for Koch International by Joanna Nickrenz & Marc Aubort, Elite Recordings Inc., NYC |
