Henri Marteau: Complete Works for String Quartet Vol. 2: String Quartet, Op. 5 & Clarinet Quintet, Op. 13

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The Isasi Quartet, along with clarinetist Jean-Michel Charlier, plays this music superbly. The recording is also splendid—perfectly balanced, with just enough hall sound to let the sound breathe... — Fanfare, March/April 2021 More…

Release Date: 29th May 2020
Catalogue No: 555129-2
Label: CPO
Length: 69 minutes

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Marteau: String Quartet No. 1, Op.5

Work length34:44

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Isasi Quartet

I. Allegro

Track length10:21

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II. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivo

Track length7:53

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IIIa. Largo e rondo. Religioso ed espressivo

Track length6:26

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IIIb. Largo e rondo. Moderato e grazioso

Track length10:04

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Marteau: Clarinet Quintet in C Minor, Op. 13

Work length34:50

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Jean-Michel Charlier (clarinet)
Isasi Quartet

I. Andante molto sostenuto

Track length12:19

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II. Allegretto moderato

Track length6:14

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III. Andante sostenuto

Track length9:44

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$2.60

IV. Finale. Andante sostenuto

Track length6:33

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FonoForum termed Vol. 1 in our series with Henri Marteau’s works for string quartet »a highly welcome addition to the as yet much too small Marteau discography.« At long last we now are following up with Vol. 2, which includes the Clarinet Quintet op. 13 ranking as his best-known work and the String Quartet No. 1. In his first quartet Marteau presents an ambitious work in which he explores how to bring his personal style into harmony with this genre. He draws on German and French Romantic tradition and on his great models from music history and experiments with compositional-technical forms and structural elements. To date, not a single renowned quartet ensemble has risen to the challenge of recording this work, and in the concert literature it is also practically not at all represented. It is hardly a coincidence that Marteau had the clarinet quintets of Mozart and Brahms very much in mind when he wrote his Clarinet Quintet op.13. From the very beginning Mozart and Brahms played an important role in his career. Here too the Belgian clarinetist Jean-Michel Charlier and the Isasi Quartet show Marteau’s French and German sound worlds in perfect harmony.

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March/April 2021

The Isasi Quartet, along with clarinetist Jean-Michel Charlier, plays this music superbly. The recording is also splendid—perfectly balanced, with just enough hall sound to let the sound breathe and expand.

Henri Marteau: Complete Works for String Quartet Vol. 2

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