Dussek / Marvin - Piano Works-Vol. 1 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Our first collaborative venture with the Constanze Quartet from Salzburg also marks the production of the first complete recording of the string quartets of Felix Draeseke - a German composer, a representative of the new German school, and a contemporary of Franz Liszt, Richard Wagner, and Johannes Brahms. Draeseke's string quartets are unique in style. In them we often encounter influence from Wagner, even if not in the form of an imitation of Wagnerian compositional style but as a creative continuation of the legacy of Classical composers such as they were transmitted to Draeseke through Wagner. The idea of a Inchmelodic threadInch holding the music together while serving as a unifying element is in evidence everywhere in these works. Both quartets impressively demonstrate the words of the Draeseke expert Christoph Schlüren InchDraeseke is primarily lyrical in nature but at the same time has his appealing harshness and explores the dark, introverted expressive worlds with a unique imagination. The far-reaching melos is tailored for contrapuntal suitability, and for German circumstances the rhythm is particularly zestful and highly varied. Stylistically, relations quite obviously exist not only between Draeseke and Beethoven but also between Draeseke and Mendelssohn inasmuch as Draeseke's highly colorful harmonic language, in part pervaded by surprising modulations, is an individual continuation and development of the New German InchprogressiveInch stance proceeding from Wagner and Liszt. Draeseke's outstanding stature as a string quartet composer rests above all on his entirely original architectonic mastery in a genre in which Beethoven and Schubert created unsurpassable music, but where Draeseke, together with Brahms, Tchaikovsky, and the late Dvorák, proceeding from the experiences of Schumann and Mendelssohn, produced decidedly new music.Inch Album Tracks

Album Tracks 1. Son in F, Op.4, No.3 'L'amante Disperato' Poco Presto 2. Son in F, Op.4, No.3 'L'amante Disperato' Tempo Di Menuetto 3. Grand Son in G, Op.10, No.2 Grave, Adagio Non Troppo 4. Grand Son in G, Op.10, No.2 Vivace Con Spirito 5. Son in C, Op.35, No.3 Allegro Agitato Assai 6. Son in C, Op.35, No.3 Adagio Patetico Ed Espressivo 7. Son in C, Op.35, No.3 Allegro Molto 8. Son in F#, Op.61 'Elegie Harmonique' Lento Patetico Tempo Agitato, Non Presto 9. Son in F#, Op.61 'Elegie Harmonique' Tempo Vivace E Con Fuoco Quasi Presto

Album Tracks 1. Salve, Festa Dies, for Chorus 2. Victimae Paschali Laudes, for Chorus 3. Surrexit Christus Hodie, for Chorus 4. Terra Tremuit, Offertory for 5 Voices (From Complete Offertories) 5. Surrexit Pastor Bonus, Motet for 5 Voices, M. II (S. V/57) 6. Christus Surrexit, for Chorus 7. Surrexit Christus Hodie, for Chorus 8. Vespere Autem Sabbati, for Chorus 9. Virtute Magna, for Chorus 10. Christus Ist Auferstanden, for Chorus 11. Work(S) Halleluja 12. Auf, Auf, Mein Herz, Mit Freuden, for Chorus 13. Wir Singen All Mit Freudenschall, for Chorus 14. Nicht Ruhen Magdalena Kunnt, for Chorus 15. Magdalena ('An Dem Österlichen Tag'), for Mixed Chorus (Marienlieder), Op. 22/6 16. Laßt Uns Erfreuen Herzlich Sehr, for Chorus 17. Lasset Uns Den Herren Preisen, Easter Motet for 5 Voices 18. Erschienen Ist Der Herrlich Tag, for Chorus 19. Gen Himmel Aufgefahren Ist, for Chorus 20. Jesus, Die Auferstehung Und Das Leben, for Chorus