Composer: Egon Wellesz
Performer: Veles Ensemble, Gabriela Opacka-Boccadoro, Peter Cigleris
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0617
Release: 2023
Size: 2.31 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Vier Stücke for String Trio, Op. 105
01. No. 1, Moderato
02. No. 2, Scherzando
03. No. 3, Largo
04. No. 4, Molto tranquillo
String Trio, Op. 86
05. I. Molto sostenuto
06. II. Vivace
07. III. Adagio
08. IV. Allegro moderato
Vier Stücke for String Quartet, Op. 103
09. No. 1, Adagio
10. No. 2, Agitato
11. No. 3, Lento
12. No. 4, Allegretto
Clarinet Quintet, Op. 81
13. I. Allegro commodo
14. II. Adagio
15. III. Allegro vivace
Vier Stücke for String Trio, Op. 105 (1971 Version)
16. No. 1, Energico
17. No. 2, Scherzando
18. No. 3, Largo
19. No. 4, Molto tranquillo
In its mix of tonality, Expressionism and Schoenbergian serialism, the late chamber music of Egon Wellesz (1885–1974) – born in Vienna but an Oxford don for almost four decades – marries the mid-century radicalism of his native city with the lyricism of his adoptive homeland. In the first part of his career Wellesz was best known as a composer of operas, and these chamber works were audibly written by someone with a keen sense of drama: in their primal passion, flawless pacing, arching melodic lines and occasional bursts of humour, one can almost imagine them on stage.