Manuel Quartett, Stefan Meier & Alexander Ruef - Fritz Brun: Early Chamber Music (2021)

…Fritz Brun can be considered the last symphonist of the old style, one whose death was announced on 29 th November, 1959 at the age of 82. Born in Lucerne in 1878, Brun stayed true to his time – through thick and thin, one might be tempted to say – because he was a con­servative, though not in the worst possible sense of the word. Brun completed his first symphony at the age of 30 and a tenth and final symphony as a seventy­some­ thing year­old. If he happened to write a concerto for piano or cello in the meantime then it resembled a symphony with obbligato solo instrument and the one­ movement orchestral works were also in the same vein. Even the four momentous string quartets remain true to this line despite the fifty years separating the firstand last…

Tracklist
1. Manuel Quartett – String Quartet No. 1 in E-Flat Major: I. Allegro con brio (09:39)
2. Manuel Quartett – String Quartet No. 1 in E-Flat Major: II. Adagio molto (06:56)
3. Manuel Quartett – String Quartet No. 1 in E-Flat Major: III. Molto vivace (07:30)
4. Manuel Quartett – String Quartet No. 1 in E-Flat Major: IV. Allegro (07:35)
5. Stefan Meier & Alexander Ruef – Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in D Minor: I. Sehr leidenschaftlich und frei im Vortrag (14:10)
6. Stefan Meier & Alexander Ruef – Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in D Minor: II. Langsam und sehnsüchtig (08:58)
7. Stefan Meier & Alexander Ruef – Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in D Minor: III. Lebhaft (13:07)