Composer: George Enescu
Performer: Athenaeum Enesco Quartet
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: CPO
Catalogue: 999068-2
Release: 2022
Size: 301 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
String Quartet No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 22, No. 1
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Andante pensieroso
03. III. Allegretto scherzando, non troppo vivace
04. IV. Allegretto moderato
String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 22, No. 2
05. I. Molto moderato
06. II. Andante molto sostenuto ed espressivo
07. III. Allegretto non troppo mosso
08. IV. Con moto – Molto moderato, Energico
George Enescu is known to most music fans only as the composer of the Romanian Rhapsodies. And yet the work catalogue of this fascinating Romanian composer who spent most of his life in France includes numbers representing almost all the musical genres: chamber music, cantatas, songs, five symphonies, and the opera Oedipe, on which he worked for twenty-five years. We are now rereleasing Enescu’s only two String Quartets op. 22. The interpretation by the Quatuor Athenaeum Enesco comes with a special guarantee of authenticity inasmuch as its members are young Romanian musicians who have made Paris their musical home.