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Marteau: Complete Works for String Quartet, Vol. 1

6/15/2018, 12 Tracks, 57:36

Featuring

  • Anna Bohigas
  • Chikako Hosoda
  • Karsten Dobers
  • Guy Danel
  • Karine Deshayes
  • Isasi Quartet
  • Henri Marteau

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Historical Context

Marteau's career as a virtuoso and teacher was abruptly ended by World War I, during which he was imprisoned, interned, and placed under house arrest in Germany.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

The Quatuor Isasi, formed in 2009, specializes in composers who lived at stylistic crossroads, and previously recorded the complete quartets of its namesake, Andrés Isasi.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The Huit Mélodies op. 19 were composed by Marteau between 1915 and 1917 while he was under protective custody during World War I.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Marteau became friends with composers like Edvard Grieg and Carl Nielsen during his concert tours in Scandinavia, inspiring them to write violin concertos which he then premiered.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Marteau made a spectacular debut at age ten, performing a demanding violin concerto for 2,000 people when his teacher, Hubert Léonard, feigned illness.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Henri Marteau, born in Reims in 1874, was the son of a renowned French textile manufacturer and amateur violinist, and his German mother played piano.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

In his songs, Marteau deliberately avoided melismas and focused on the natural flow of the text, a trend favored by many composers of his time.

Source: Booklet

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