Artist: Minguet Quartett
Album: Braunfels: String Quartet Nos. 1 – 3; String Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 63
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2022
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 48 kHz
Duration: 02:13:13
Total Tracks: 16
Total Size: 1,31 GB

Tracklist:

1-1. Minguet Quartett – I. Allegro moderato (08:27)
1-2. Minguet Quartett – II. Langsam (07:01)
1-3. Minguet Quartett – III. Scherzo (09:52)
1-4. Minguet Quartett – IV. Allegro (06:10)
1-5. Minguet Quartett – I. Allegro (09:33)
1-6. Minguet Quartett – II. Scherzo (08:24)
1-7. Minguet Quartett – III. Adagio (11:30)
1-8. Minguet Quartett – IV. Vivace (05:37)
1-9. Minguet Quartett – I. Lento (08:40)
1-10. Minguet Quartett – II. Andante (05:54)
1-11. Minguet Quartett – III. Andante sostenuto (05:11)
1-12. Minguet Quartett – IV. Tarantella (Allegro molto) (06:46)
1-13. Minguet Quartett – I. Adagio – Allegro (14:37)
1-14. Minguet Quartett – II. Andante cantabile (10:35)
1-15. Minguet Quartett – III. Menuetto (Allegretto) – Trio (06:27)
1-16. Minguet Quartett – IV. Allegro molto (08:20)

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With this complete recording of the string chamber music of Walter Braunfels, the Cologne Minguet Quartet pays tribute to this composer who, in the period between the two world wars, had a decisive influence on the educational potential of young musicians, especially in Cologne. After the highly esteemed and celebrated composer and pianist had followed the call of the Ministry of Culture to found the second Prussian Academy of Music in Cologne, he worked there as president and university teacher from 1925 to 1933Then he, the half-Jew, was dismissed from all his posts without regard to his previous merits. The outlaw went into internal emigration and moved to Überlingen on Lake Constance. If the “spiritual exile” still seemed somehow bearable, the final end followed in 1938: public concerts were banned by decree. This blockade meant the total restriction of artistic work and the deprivation of that time- and space-consuming sounding board that creative musicians so urgently needed

“Since Cologne is the home of both the quartet and the station and label, it seemed more than obvious to all involved to create a complete recording of this composer and pedagogue who was so important to the city in the years 1925-1933.”