Arioso Quartett Wien - Encores (2022)

Tracklist

01. The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080: Contrapunctus I (Arr. for String Quartet)
02. String Quartet in D Major, Op. 64 No. 5, Hob. III:63 "The Lark": IV. Finale. Vivace
03. String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 1 No. 1, Hob. III:1 "La chasse": III. Adagio
04. String Quartet No. 21 in D Major, K. 575 "First Prussian Quartet": III. Menuetto & Trio. Allegretto
05. 4 Pieces for String Quartet, Op. 81, MWV Sdr 44: No. 3 in E Minor, Capriccio
06. Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Var. 9, Adagio "Nimrod" (Arr. J. Meisl for String Quartet)
07. Echo of Songs, B. 152: No. 4, O naši lásce nekvete to vytouzené stestí
08. String Quartet No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 41 No. 1: II. Scherzo. Presto
09. Crisantemi
10. The Golden Age, Op. 22: Polka (Arr. for String Quartet)
11. Langsamer Satz für Streichquartett in E-Flat Major
12. Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 (Arr. for String Quartet)

A not negligible part of the concert programs of the Arioso Quartet Vienna, which has existed for more than 25 years, have undoubtedly been the encores presented. The musicians Martin Klimek and Libor Meisl, violins, Wolfgang Prochaska, viola, and Benedikt Endelweber, violoncello, therefore present their most popular and successful encores on this recording under the title "Encores".

Starting with a movement from J. S. Bach's The Art of the Fugue, there are audience hits such as Nimrod from the Enigma Variations by Elgar or Puccini's Crisantemi, quartet movements from the time of Viennese Classicism by Mozart and Haydn, but also late Romantic repertoire such as movements from works by Schumann, Dvorák or Mendelssohn Bartholdy, to the Polka from the ballet The Golden Age by Shostakovich and Langsamer Satz for string quartet by Anton Webern. Being the final encore, the chorale prelude Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland is again a work by J. S. Bach, who thus represents the proverbial alpha and omega of the program.

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