Rasumowsky Quartet - Moeschinger: String Quartets Nos. 3 & 5 and Trauermusik für Frau Hanny Bürgi (2022)

A maverick for his entire career, Albert Moeschinger was awarded the Music Prize of the City of Basel in 1953 and was considered 'the most versatile and most imaginative among the creative personalities of more recent Swiss music' by musicologist Hans Oesch. At first influenced by the works of Max Reger and Richard Strauss, Moeschinger's music evolved from an expressive and differentiated harmonic language to atonality: inspired by Thomas Mann's novel "Doctor Faustus," Moeschinger adopted twelve-tone music, beginning in 1956. These three works illustrate Moeschinger's impressive stylistic breadth. Each of the works is receiving here it's world premiere recording.
Tracklist
01. String Quartet No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 8: I. Allegro moderato - Allegro brioso
02. String Quartet No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 8: II. Andante
03. String Quartet No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 8: III. Menuetto. Allegretto
04. String Quartet No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 8: IV. Rondo - Finale. Moderato con grazia - Vivace
05. String Quartet No. 5, Op. 48 "Colloqui" (1954 Version): I. Allegro, pesante insistente - Presto. Colloquio passionale
06. String Quartet No. 5, Op. 48 "Colloqui" (1954 Version): II. Poco andante. L'austerità
07. String Quartet No. 5, Op. 48 "Colloqui" (1954 Version): III. Festoso. La bonomia
08. String Quartet No. 5, Op. 48 "Colloqui" (1954 Version): IV. A passo passo. Divergenza d'opinioni
09. String Quartet No. 5, Op. 48 "Colloqui" (1954 Version): V. Sostenuto. Corpo ed anima
10. String Quartet No. 5, Op. 48 "Colloqui" (1954 Version): VI. Vigoroso. L'imbroglio rustico
11. Trauermusik für Frau Hanny Bürgi: I. Sehr langsam und ausdrucksvoll
12. Trauermusik für Frau Hanny Bürgi: II. Moderato, ma con impazienza
13. Trauermusik für Frau Hanny Bürgi: III. Sehr langsam - Allegretto
14. Trauermusik für Frau Hanny Bürgi: IV. Grave
15. Trauermusik für Frau Hanny Bürgi: V. Langsam und schleppend