Composer: Louis Spohr
Performer: Moscow Philharmonic Concertino String Quartet
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Marco Polo
Catalogue: 8225315
Release: 2009
Size: 253 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
String Quartet No. 9 in F minor, Op. 29 No. 3
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Scherzo. Vivace
03. III. Adagio
04. IV. Finale. Allegro
String Quartet No. 17 in G major, Op. 58 No. 3
05. I. Allegro
06. II. Menuetto. Moderato
07. III. Adagio molto –
08. IV. Allegro – Adagio molto – Allegro
Louis Spohr’s string quartets combined the Classical finesse of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven with the early Romantic innovations of the Quatuor brilliant, in which the virtuosic first violin enjoys particular prominence.
Popular with contemporary audiences and influential during the first half of the 19th century, these suavely imaginative chamber works are now once more becoming appreciated for their originality, emotional light and shade, and historical importance.
This volume features the Moscow Philharmonic Concertino Quartet, which also plays on Volumes 10 (8225306) and 11 (8225307).