KARL WEIGL: CHAMBER MUSIC (Vol. II) Ensemble Mark Rothko featuring Albane Carrère and Benjamin Bernstein

• Karl Weigl (1881 - 1949): Ein Stelldichein for High Voice and String Sextet Op.16:
• 1 Weigl: Ein Stelldichein for High Voice and String Sextet Op.16 11:11
• Streichsextett in D-moll Op.30:
• 2 Weigl: Streichsextett in D-moll Op.30 36:23
• String Quartet n.6 in C major:
• 3 Weigl: String Quartet n.6 in C major: I. Allegro 07:49
• 4 Weigl: String Quartet n.6 in C major: II. De Profundis. Adagio 11:03
• 5 Weigl: String Quartet n.6 in C major: III. Allegro ma non troppo 04:46
• 6 Weigl: String Quartet n.6 in C major : IV. Allegro molto 05:05
• Total Runtime 01:16:17

Info for KARL WEIGL: CHAMBER MUSIC (Vol. II)

Karl Weigl is considered as one of the best composers of the old school; one of those who continued the glittering Viennese tradition. He truly preserves this old culture of musical spirit which represents the best of Viennese culture.

Karl Weigl was born toward the end of the century in Vienna, remaining there during the long afternoon of that city's glory, and into its agony at the start of World War II. He studied piano and composition at the Vienna Academy and privately with Alexander V. Zemlinsky, and after receiving his doctorate at the University of Vienna in 1904, was appointed to an enviable position as Mahler's assistant coach at the Vienna Imperial Opera. It was Mahler himself who believed in the young man's music and was instrumental in getting some of his early compositions performed. Weigl had already written a large number of works, including the first of his six symphonies, when he won the coveted “Beethoven Prize” from the Society of Friends of Music for the third of his eight string quartets. Later he also was awarded the “Prize of the City of Vienna” for his symphonic cantata, “World Festival.”

Ensemble Mark Rothko:
Carlo Lazari, violin
Benjamin Bernstein, alto
Marianna Sinagra, cello
Giorgio Di Giorgi, flute
Nicoletta Sanzin, harp

The Mark Rothko ensemble
was created in 2011 from the encounter of some of north eastern Italy’s best string players. Its members share a wide array of professional experiences in the chamber music, solo, orchestra and education fields to promote a magnificent repertoire that audiences are not often given an occasion to listen to.

Getting part of their education from the Quartetto Italiano and the Trio di Trieste, Carlo Lazari, Benjamin Bernstein and Marianna Sinagra performed all over the world and recorded for some major labels. They have played as principals in the main Italian orchestras (La Scala Milan, La Fenice Venice, Arena Verona, Teatro Verdi Trieste, Toscanini Orchestra Parma) and abroad (Israel philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil and the Moscow soloists) as well as teaching in various Italian conservatories.

The group has played for many important concert seasons, often as a string quintet, thanks to their partners and members of the ensemble the violinist Valentino Dentesani and violist Mario Paladin. Their repertoire includes all the works written for this combination of instruments, from the classical period to contemporary music, eventually enlarging themselves to become a sextet or an octet or a quintet with flute and harp together with Giorgio Di Giorgi and Nicoletta Sanzin, or for special projects together with world renowned instrumentalists.

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