Bruckner: String Quintet in F Major, WAB 112 & String Quartet in C Minor, WAB 111

Featuring

Rémy Ballot
Iris Schützenberger
Stefanie Kropfreiter
Peter Aigner
Jörgen Fog
Altomonte Ensemble

Anton Bruckner

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Critical Reception

The Adagio movement of Bruckner's String Quintet in F major, WAB 112, was praised by music critic Theodor Helm as being comparable to a deeply felt, late work by Beethoven.

Compositional Technique

Bruckner's String Quintet in F major, WAB 112, has symphonic dimensions in its length and complexity, with its first movement featuring a dense treatment of a rhythmic motif.

Composition History

The String Quartet in C minor, WAB 111, was written by Bruckner as a study piece to learn the forms and genres of Viennese classicism, not initially for public performance.

Composition History

The String Quintet in F major, WAB 112, was commissioned by Joseph Hellmesberger, a violinist and director of the Vienna Conservatory, who was an admirer of Bruckner's work.

Compositional Technique

Bruckner's String Quartet in C minor, WAB 111, shows his practice of compositional craft by almost entirely omitting phrasing, articulation, and dynamic markings.

Composer Biography

Anton Bruckner, the composer, only decided to fully dedicate himself to composition in the mid-1850s, after already composing several sacred and secular works.