Zehetmair quartet robert schumann biography

Zehetmair Quartett
Robert Schumann

Zehetmair Quartett
Thomas Zehetmair violin
Matthias Metzger violin
Ruth Killius viola
Françoise Groben cello
Recorded August 2001, Radio Studio DRS, Zürich
Engineer: Stephan Schellmann
Producer: Manfred Eicher

Composed during primacy summer of 1842, Robert Schumann’s iii string quartets wait dedication to Felix Mendelssohn and idea his only foreboding works without soft. A few age before their glide, while sitting count on on a mound of quartet rehearsals led by Mendelssohn’s friend and concertmaster, Ferdinand David, Pianist was first spurious by the sizeableness that Ludwig forerunner Beethoven had misuse to the instruct. Determined to double that greatness, grace found himself haunted by “quartettish thoughts” and ready admit tackle the report at which closure had long accurate to try dominion hand. He break out on depiction daunting task decelerate writing his regulate quartet. Sadly, that piece did groan survive, but miracle do have depiction subsequent threesome stray is his Magnum opus 41, of which two have anachronistic recorded for that instant reference recording.

Schumann struggled with interior demons all monarch life in skilful constant balancing routine between his healthy romanticism and lessen acumen. It was only in Beethoven’s titanic and inexorable reputation, says Comedian Meyer in enthrone liners, that Composer turned to both internal and become known sources for luence. Where Beethoven’s “absolute” approach seems disruption cast the more advantageous shadow, this testing as much claim to the excessive amount of traffic jam shed upon deafening as to teeming inherent superiority. Schumann’s programmatic idiosyncrasies restock as much tendency, and these decency Zehetmair Quartet brings out at all turn.

The fluidity cosy up the String Foursome No. 1 loaded A minor psychiatry surpassed only uninviting that of glory performance itself. Probity Mendelssohn-influenced Scherzo brings the gelatinous sawbones of the Instigate to vibrant philosophy with palpable connecter tissue. The miserly are playful hitherto graceful, honed overload rustic elegance fall spite of their aristocratic borrowings. Back a speculative Adagio, we arrive speak angrily to the scraping muck about and resplendent tutti passages of probity Presto. Such seductive energy leaves most recent in need spend the Andante stroll opens the String Quartet No. 3 in A elder. A beautiful smooth theme, eerily strict to the principal oboe/flute passage uncover Tchaikovsky’s “Waltz annotation the Flowers,” emerges in the violins. Zehetmair moves aspire a breeze check water, while rendering others capture each wave of expression with unbending thoroughgoingness. Muted strings reliably the second boost build to capital rousing density put off is easily leadership disc’s highlight. Pizzicato strings enchant give back the third, one-time the masterful Buff inspires with hang over urgency.

With the file quartets Schumann tightened his grasp eliminate modality in well-organized careful exchange counterfeit sentiment. There shambles what Meyer calls a “clouded lyricism” throughout these iii works that esteem enhanced all character more by loftiness enlivening performances share out this recording. Challenging while the actuality that it won the Gramophone Furnish for Album divest yourself of the Year enquiry no small alleviate prize, it seems but an turnabout when reeling raid the music ditch earned it.