Schulhoff: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 - 5 Pieces for String Quartet
10/27/2010, 13 Tracks, 50:00
Featuring
Sergey Ostrovsky
Evgenia Epshtein
Shuli Waterman
Rachel Mercer
Aviv Quartet
Erwin Schulhoff
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Composer Biography
After serving four years in the Austrian army during the First World War, Erwin Schulhoff adopted a more radical artistic and political stance.
Critical Reception
Erwin Schulhoff's music, including the works on this album, was largely forgotten for decades after his death but has gained significant prominence in the last 25 years.
Composer Biography
Erwin Schulhoff, the composer, showed musical ability from an early age, and his musical career was recommended by Antonín Dvořák, a famous Czech composer.
Historical Context
Erwin Schulhoff, the composer, was arrested after the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1939, despite having assumed Soviet citizenship, and died in a concentration camp in Wülzburg in 1942.
Performer Biography
The Aviv Quartet, the performers on this recording, has won multiple international awards, including the Grand Prix at the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition and the First Prize at the Charles Hennen Competition.
Composer Biography
Erwin Schulhoff, the composer, absorbed influences from Expressionism (represented by Schoenberg) and Dadaism (espoused by Georg Grosz), which led to jazz finding its way into much of his music.
Composition History
The First String Quartet and the Five Pieces for String Quartet, featured on this album, were among Erwin Schulhoff's most successful works and achieved notable success at their premieres.
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