Composer: Anton Eberl
Performer: Casal Quartet
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Solo Musica
Catalogue: SM391
Release: 2022
Size: 1.18 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
3 String Quartets, Op. 13 No. 1
01. I. Allegro vivace e con fuoco
02. II. Andante maestoso
03. III. Scherzo. Allegro molto
04. IV. Finale. Allegro
3 String Quartets, Op. 13 No. 2
05. I. Allegro vivace
06. II. Menuetto. Allegro
07. III. Adagio non troppo
08. IV. Finale. Allegro vivace
3 String Quartets, Op. 13 No. 3
09. I. Adagio
10. II. Menuetto. Allegro
11. III. Andante molto
12. IV. Finale. Allegro
In the course of their research for the five-part recording production “Beethoven’s World 1799-1851” (2020), the casalQuartett came across not only Carl Czerny, one of Beethoven’s two pupils, represented by his 28th String Quartet in A-flat major, but also the Viennese composer Anton Eberl (1765-1807), who was Mozart’s friend and pupil. As an outstanding pianist and composer, he achieved great popularity and, after returning to Vienna from St. Petersburg, had even more prominent supporters than Beethoven. His life ended unexpectedly at the zenith of his success in 1807.
His music, as can be seen in the excellent recordings of the symphonies by Concerto Köln and the piano Sonatas by Luca Quintavalle, is often surprisingly modern for its time. Like Mozart’s late works and those of the new Beethoven, they augur the revolutionary dawn of Romanticism.
“A world premiere recording! In the course of our research for the five-part CD production ‘Beethoven’s World 1799-1851’ (2020), the Casal Quartet came across not only Carl Czerny, one of Beethoven’s two pupils, represented by his 28th String Quartet in A flat major, but also the Viennese composer Anton Eberl (1765-1807), who was Mozart’s friend and pupil. As an outstanding pianist and composer, he achieved great popularity and, after returning to Vienna from St. Petersburg, had even more prominent supporters than Beethoven. His life ended unexpectedly at the zenith of his success in 1807. His music, as can be seen in the excellent recordings of the symphonies by Concerto Köln and the piano sonatas by Luca Quintavalle, is often surprisingly modern for its time. Like Mozart’s late works and those of the new Beethoven, they augur the revolutionary dawn of Romanticism.”