WEIGL: STRING QUARTET WORKS

KARL WEIGL (1881 – 1949)

STRING QUARTET No. 2 in E MAJOR with Viola d'amore* (1906)

STRING QUARTET No. 4 in D minor* (1924)

3 Songs for alto and string quartet (1936)

3 Songs for mezzo soprano and string quartet ** (1937)

* World premiere recording
** World première recording in German

1CD

Mark Rothko Ensemble

Carlo Lazari | Giada Visentin, violin
Benjamin Bernstein, viola | viola d'amore
Marianna Sinagra, cello

Albane Carrère, mezzo-soprano

Karl Weigl's music will not disappear. We will return to it when the storm has passed. We will return to those who wrote true music . (Pablo Casals)

I've always considered Karl Weigl one of the finest composers of the old school; one who continued the glittering Viennese tradition. He keeps alive the spirit of the musical culture that best represents Vienna.
(Arnold Schoenberg, 1938)

Karl Weigl's music will not be lost. We will return to it after the storm has passed. We will return to those who have written real music . (Pablo Casals)

I always considered Karl Weigl as one of the best composers of the old school; one of those who continued the Viennese glittering tradition. He truly preserves this old culture of musical spirit which represents the best of Viennese culture.
(Arnold Schoenberg, 1938)