Karl Weigl: String Quartets 4 & 6 · Intermezzi Thomas Christian Ensemble

• Karl Weigl (1881 - 1949): String Quartet No. 6 in C major:
• 1 Weigl: String Quartet No. 6 in C major: Allegro 08:32
• 2 Weigl: String Quartet No. 6 in C major: Adagio. De Profundis 09:41
• 3 Weigl: String Quartet No. 6 in C major: Allegro ma non troppo 04:53
• 4 Weigl: String Quartet No. 6 in C major: Allegro molto 05:15
• Three Intermezzi for Strings:
• 5 Weigl: Three Intermezzi for Strings: Revelation. Andante moderato 03:45
• 6 Weigl: Three Intermezzi for Strings: Capriccio. Moderato 04:19
• 7 Weigl: Three Intermezzi for Strings: Interrupted Serenade. Allegretto 03:13
• String Quartet No. 4 in D minor:
• 8 Weigl: String Quartet No. 4 in D minor: Allegro 07:50
• 9 Weigl: String Quartet No. 4 in D minor: Allegretto 06:05
• 10 Weigl: String Quartet No. 4 in D minor: Adagio 11:30
• 11 Weigl: String Quartet No. 4 in D minor: Allegro appassionato 06:35
• Total Runtime 01:11:38

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‘Karl Weigl’s music will not be lost. When the storm has passed, we shall return to it. We shall return to those who wrote true music’ (Pablo Casals) "I have always regarded Karl Weigl as one of the finest composers of the old school. He is one of those who have carried on this glittering Viennese tradition. He embodies that old musical spirit which represents the best of Viennese culture" (Arnold Schönberg)

Albane Carrere, mezzo-soprano
Ensemble Mark Rothko

Thomas Christian Ensemble
Thomas Christian is founder and first violinist of the "Vienna String Quintet". This quintet, established 1986, extensively tours the world, giving concerts in Europe, Japan and South America. Their programmes are well documented on numerous CDs including the complete Mozart string quintets as well as the Bruckner quintet. Besides these pieces with two violas their repertoire includes also the Schubert quintet with two violoncelli and works by Dvorak, Lanner and Strauß with double bass.

Since 2003 Thomas Christian has constantly altered and extended the ensemble in order to be able to perform chamber music for various instruments on the highest level. Under the name "Thomas Christian Ensemble" chamber music works ranging from string trios to great ensembles with winds and strings are brought to the stage. The repertoire consists especially of seldom played pieces like the string quartets of H.W.Ernst, J.Marx or W.Kienzl, but includes also adaptations for chamber ensemble from A.Schönberg and his circle e.g. A.Bruckner's symphony No.7 and G.Mahler's symphony No.4.

The musicians of the ensemble consist of high profile players from the international music scene. Regularly they perform at renowned festivals as for example Schloss Elmau, the Brucknerfest Linz, the Beethovenfest Bonn, at Osterklang Wien and at the Romanesque Nights Cololgne.

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