Chiaroscuro Quartet
Schubert, Mayer, van Beethoven
Musical Performance Quartet / Chamber Music 0At a time when women composers usually did not have the opportunity to present their works outside the sphere of domestic music-making, Emilie Mayer was pursuing her profession full-time. Born in 1812 and a student of Carl Loewe, she was among the most highly regarded female composers of her day but quickly fell into obscurity after her death. Stylistically, her works are influenced by the First Viennese School and early Romanticism, far removed from those of her contemporaries Liszt and Wagner. The Chiaroscuro Quartet pairs Mayer’s G-minor String Quartet, which was first published in 1864, with works by Beethoven and Schubert.
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Alina Ibragimova, Violin
Pablo Hernán Benedí, Violin
Emilie Hörnlund, Viola
Claire Thirion, Violoncello
Franz Schubert (1797–1828)
String quartet G minor D 173 (1815)
I. Allegro con brio
II. Andantino
III. Menuetto. Allegro vivace – Trio
IV. Allegro
Emilie Mayer (1812–1883)
String quartet G minor Op. 14 (1858)
I. Allegro appassionato
II. Scherzo. Allegro assai – Trio. Un poco più lento
III. Adagio con molto espressione
IV. Finale. Allegro molto
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
String quartet F major Op. 59 No. 1
„Rasumowsky-Quartett“ (1805/06)
I. Allegro
II. Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando
III. Adagio molto e mesto –
IV. Thème russe. Allegro
