Composer: Konstanty Regamey, Arnold Schönberg
Performer: Reto Bieri, Bram van Sambeek, Ilya Gringolts, Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich, Lawrence Power
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA948
Release: 2023
Size: 869 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Schönberg: String Trio, Op. 45
01. I. Pt. 1
02. II. 1st Episode
03. III. Pt. 2
04. IV. 2nd Episode
05. V. Pt. 3
Regamey: Quintet for clarinet, bassoon, violin, cello and piano
06. I. Tema con variazioni
07. II. Intermezzo Romantico. Lento
08. III. Rondo. Vivace giocoso
Under the artistic direction of Nicolas Altstaedt, this multi-award winning series in collaboration with the Lockenhaus Festival continues to bring to light great works of chamber music by composers who are already well known or still awaiting discovery. Schoenberg was in his early seventies when he composed his String Trio op. 45 in 1946, completing it after suffering a terrible heart attack. He told Thomas Mann that the trio reflected his physical and psychological condition of that period. The composer Constantin Regamey, born in Kiev in 1907, is little known. A Swiss of Polish descent, he was also a pianist, music critic and writer, who was appointed lecturer in Indian philology at Warsaw University in 1936. He joined the Polish Resistance in 1942 and it was at this time that he wrote his Quintet for clarinet, bassoon, violin, cello and piano.