Othmar Schoeck - String Quartet No.1, 2

Othmar Schoeck, by Hermann BurteOthmar Schoeck:

  (1 September 1886 – 8 March 1957/71세) was a Swiss composer and conductor.

He was known mainly for his considerable output of art songs and song cycles, though he also wrote a number of operas, notably his one-act Penthesilea, which was premiered in Dresden in 1927 and revived at the Lucerne Festival in 1999. He wrote a handful of instrumental compositions, including two string quartets and concertos for violin (for Stefi Geyer, dedicatee also of Béla Bartók's first concerto), cello and horn.

*  String Quartet No.1, Op.23 (1913/27세)

I. Allegro
II. Intermezzo
III. Allegro risoluto

Neues Zürcher Quartett.

Cover image: painting by Félix Vallotton.
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* String Quartet No.2, Op.37 (1923/37세)

I. Grave non troppo lento - Allegro grazioso
II. Allegretto tranquillo
III. Scherzo: Allegro
IV: Lento
V. Presto

Neues Zürcher Quartett.

Cover image: painting by Félix Vallotton.