Alexander von Zemlinsky: String Quartets Nos. 2 & 4, Two Movements for String Quartet

Featuring

František Souček
Petr Střížek
Petr Holman
Vladimír Fortin
Zemlinsky Quartet
Alexander von Zemlinsky

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Recording & Production

This recording is part of the 'Collection Quatuor à Cordes Bordeaux' series, which highlights winners of the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition.

Critical Reception

Alexander Zemlinsky's music began its rehabilitation in 1978 with the publication of a monograph by composer Rudi Stephan titled 'Ein unbekannter Meister der Wiener Schule' (An Unknown Master of the Viennese School).

Composer Biography

Alexander Zemlinsky was primarily known as a conductor during his lifetime, serving as musical director of the Deutsches Landestheater in Prague from 1911 to 1927.

Performer Biography

The Zemlinsky Quartet, founded in 1994, is named after Alexander Zemlinsky, whose significant contributions to Czech, German, and Jewish culture were underestimated for decades.

Historical Context

In 1938, Alexander Zemlinsky's Jewish background forced him to seek exile in the United States, where he died in destitution four years later.

Performer Biography

The Zemlinsky Quartet has won numerous awards, including the 1st Grand Prize in the Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition in 2010.

Composer Biography

Alexander Zemlinsky, a Viennese musician, was a great admirer of Mahler and Schoenberg, and even gave Schoenberg, who was his brother-in-law for a time, composition lessons.