Felix Weingartner - String Quartet No. 5; String Quintet (Sarastro Quartet)

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Composer: Felix Weingartner

1. String Quartet No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 81: I. Allegro
2. String Quartet No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 81: II. Andante con moto
3. String Quartet No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 81: III. Allegro vivace
4. String Quartet No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 81: IV. Presto
5. String Quintet in C major, Op. 40: I. Allegro con brio
6. String Quintet in C major, Op. 40: II. Tempo di Minuetto
7. String Quintet in C major, Op. 40: III. Recitativo - Tema con Variazioni
8. String Quintet in C major, Op. 40: IV. Allegro marcato e deciso - Andante solenne

Sarastro Quartet
Ralph Orendain, violin
Roman Conrad, violin
Hanna Werner-Helfenstein, viola
Stefan Bracher, cello
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Petra Vahle, viola (5-8)

Date: 2010
Label: cpo

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Felix Weingartner (2 June 1863 – 7 May 1942) was an Austrian conductor, composer and pianist. He studied at the Leipzig Conservatory, and was one of Franz Liszt's last pupils in Weimar. Weingartner was the first conductor to make commercial recordings of all nine Beethoven symphonies, and the second to record all four Brahms symphonies. Despite his lifelong career as a conductor, Weingartner regarded himself as equally, if not more importantly, a composer. Besides numerous operas, Weingartner wrote seven symphonies, a sinfonietta, violin concerto, cello concerto, orchestral works, string quartets, quintets and lieder.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Weingartner

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The Sarastro Quartet was founded in 1994. Three of its members (violinists and cellist) belong to the Musikkollegium Winterthur, one of Switzerland's most richly traditional and versatile orchestras. The Sarastro Quartet has developed a special affinity for well-known composers of the 19th and 20th centuries. On a tour to Argentina in 2007, the ensemble performed the string quartets of the Argentinian composer Constantino Gaito. The concerts and the recording of those works were enthusiastically received by audiences and critics alike. Other recordings of works by Felix Weingartner and Paul Juon are also highly regarded by critics.
http://www.sarastroquartett.ch/

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