Veles Ensemble, Gabriela Opacka-Boccadoro, Peter Cigleris - Egon Wellesz: Chamber Music (2023) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Vier Stücke for String Trio, Op. 105: No. 1, Moderato
02. Vier Stücke for String Trio, Op. 105: No. 2, Scherzando
03. Vier Stücke for String Trio, Op. 105: No. 3, Largo
04. Vier Stücke for String Trio, Op. 105: No. 4, Molto tranquillo
05. String Trio, Op. 86: I. Molto sostenuto
06. String Trio, Op. 86: II. Vivace
07. String Trio, Op. 86: III. Adagio
08. String Trio, Op. 86: IV. Allegro moderato
09. Vier Stücke for String Quartet, Op. 103: No. 1, Adagio
10. Vier Stücke for String Quartet, Op. 103: No. 2, Agitato
11. Vier Stücke for String Quartet, Op. 103: No. 3, Lento
12. Vier Stücke for String Quartet, Op. 103: No. 4, Allegretto
13. Clarinet Quintet, Op. 81: I. Allegro commodo
14. Clarinet Quintet, Op. 81: II. Adagio
15. Clarinet Quintet, Op. 81: III. Allegro vivace
16. Vier Stücke for String Trio, Op. 105 (1971 Version): No. 1, Energico
17. Vier Stücke for String Trio, Op. 105 (1971 Version): No. 2, Scherzando
18. Vier Stücke for String Trio, Op. 105 (1971 Version): No. 3, Largo
19. Vier Stücke for String Trio, Op. 105 (1971 Version): No. 4, Molto tranquillo

In its mix of tonality, Expressionism and Schoenbergian serialism, the late chamber music of Egon Wellesz (1885–1974) – born in Vienna but an Oxford don for almost four decades – marries the mid-century radicalism of his native city with the lyricism of his adoptive homeland. In the first part of his career Wellesz was best known as a composer of operas, and these chamber works were audibly written by someone with a keen sense of drama: in their primal passion, flawless pacing, arching melodic lines and occasional bursts of humour, one can almost imagine them on stage.

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