Quartet Gerhard - Quartet Gerhard - harmonia nova #4 (2017) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. String Quartet No. 3 in A Major, Op. 41 No. 3: I. Andante espressivo. Allegro molto moderato
02. String Quartet No. 3 in A Major, Op. 41 No. 3: II. Assai agitato
03. String Quartet No. 3 in A Major, Op. 41 No. 3: III. Adagio molto
04. String Quartet No. 3 in A Major, Op. 41 No. 3: IV. Finale. Allegro molto vivace
05. Lyric Suite: I. Allegretto giovale
06. Lyric Suite: II. Andante amoroso
07. Lyric Suite: III. Allegro misterioso. Trio estatico
08. Lyric Suite: IV. Adagio appassionato
09. Lyric Suite: V. Presto delirando. Tenebroso
10. Lyric Suite: VI. Largo desolato
11. Officium breve in memoriam Andreæ Szervánszky, Op. 28: I. Largo (In memoriam Tibor Turcsányi)
12. Officium breve in memoriam Andreæ Szervánszky, Op. 28: II. Più andante (In memoriam Zsolt Baranyay)
13. Officium breve in memoriam Andreæ Szervánszky, Op. 28: III. Sostenuto, quasi giusto
14. Officium breve in memoriam Andreæ Szervánszky, Op. 28: IV. Grave, molto sostenuto
15. Officium breve in memoriam Andreæ Szervánszky, Op. 28: V. Presto (Fantasie über die Harmonien des Webern-Kanons)
16. Officium breve in memoriam Andreæ Szervánszky, Op. 28: VI. Molto agitato (Canon a 4)
17. Officium breve in memoriam Andreæ Szervánszky, Op. 28: VII. Sehr fließend [Canon a 2 (frei nach op. 31/VI von Webern)]
18. Officium Breve In Memoriam Andreæ Szervánszky, Op. 28: VIII. Lento (In Memoriam Gabriella Garzó)
19. Officium breve in memoriam Andreæ Szervánszky, Op. 28: IX. Largo
20. Officium breve in memoriam Andreæ Szervánszky, Op. 28: X. Sehr fließend (Webern : Kanon a 4, op.31/VI)
21. Officium breve in memoriam Andreæ Szervánszky, Op. 28: XI. Sostenuto (In memoriam György Szoltsányi)
22. Officium breve in memoriam Andreæ Szervánszky, Op. 28: XII. Sostenuto, quasi giusto
23. Officium Breve In Memoriam Andreæ Szervánszky, Op. 28: XIII. Sostenuto, Con Slancio
24. Officium breve in memoriam Andreæ Szervánszky, Op. 28: XIV. Dispertao, vivo
25. Officium breve in memoriam Andreæ Szervánszky, Op. 28: XV. Larghetto [Arioso interrotto (di Endre Szervánszky)]


‘Our quartet is a story of friendship. We know each other since our childhood and we always have shared the passion for playing music and learning.

That decided us one day, around six years ago, to make playing quartets the main endeavour of our lives - because our common ardour was strong and because the differences between our personalities make our music making more vivid.

Robert Gerhard was a Catalan composer - he was born in Valls, which is very near our birth place in Catalunya - and he was a pupil of Schoenberg at the beginning of the XXth century. Thanks to Gerhard, people like Webern, or Schoenberg himself, were visiting Barcelona very often. One can read in their correspondence how amazed they were about the city and the culture at that time, just before the civil war and fascism killed any progress in Spain.

That’s why we took the name of Gerhard, because he was a resolute man; he joined the avantgarde movement of that time and he fought for his idea of music in a way we identify with.’

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