Othmar Schoeck: String Quartet No.2, Op.37 (1923)

Othmar Schoeck (1886-1957): Quartetto per archi No.2, Op.37 (1923).
I. Grave non troppo lento - Allegro grazioso
II. Allegretto tranquillo
III. Scherzo: Allegro
IV: Lento
V. Presto
Neues Zürcher Quartett.
Cover image: painting by Félix Vallotton.
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[@algeborusas1883]

I was brought here by the painting. Claude Monet said paint the sunlight, not the sun.

[@nostalgicmodernist1399]

What a lovely and tremendously fun piece of music!

[@gerardbegni2806]

Othmar Schoek was a forgotten Swiss composer, whom we tend to rediscover these last years. His style is deliberately postromantic, tonal with harmonic features of his own, genarlly in the sense of a greater tension between polyphonic lines. This can easily be perceived in this quartet.

[@briefeausmarokko502]

Gérard Begni In Switzerland Schoeck was never forgotten, but there has been a revival of Schoeck in the past 32/33 years... NOTTURNO: many recordings, several productions of PENTHESILEA, his SOMMERNACHT is a little “hipe”, etc.

[@ronaldbwoodall2628]

A Brahmsian warmth imbues the opening measures of this congenial quartet, and the first movement continues in a facile, fluent Regerian manner, with a beautifully conceived development. The second movement summons flitting bumblebees who visit the flowers and return to their hive for a well-deserved rest. The third movement 'scherzo' with its witty conclusion is incredibly inventive. The fourth movement 'lento' returns to what I call understated Regerian melody, and boasts some exquisite harmony. The "tongue-in-cheek" fifth movement seems nonchalant, but I'm sure that Schoeck was quite serious in his intent to conclude his Second String Quartet in a way that assured that a good time was had by all. I certainly had one!

[@pablocramer9669]

very nice piece of chamber music. And beautifully played. Thank you.

[@1lekhine]

Magic and colorfull !
A piccicato vals Berlioz appear and dissapear for ever. ....maybe not . Progressive Jazz , fuga. Come on Man !!
Another Master piece!
Bravo
Danke

[@vannigio6234]

... actually is "pizzicato"... 🤭😁

[@ivanmanuellarcodegregori4481]

Outstanding!!!

[@version191]

I love this channel

[@fulviopolce7652]

Molto Interessante.

[@notaire2]

Es ist meine erste Gelegenheit, dieses Streichquartett zu hören. Fein komponiert und wunderschön gespielt im gut phrasierten Tempo mit seidigen Töne aller Instrumente und sorgfältig kontrollierter Dynamik. Die intime und gut balancierte Mitwirkung zwischen den vier Virtuosen ist echt bewundernswert. Ausgezeichnetes Quartett!

[@VolkerCarlJacobyvonDuMont]

Thank you for continuing Schoeck!

[@cygnebleu]

thank you for being faithful to Schoeck!

[@ivanmanuellarcodegregori4481]

Uno de los cuartetos para cuerda más hermosos que he escuchado, sin exagerar en absoluto (ya son seis veces que lo oigo y cada vez me gusta más).

[@greatmomentsofopera7170]

Beautifully played. The piece is better than I remembered. Always nice for a Schoeck fan like myself! The first movement has many beautiful twists and turns, and then moments like 13:20 - 14:33 are vintage Schoeck!

[@123must]

Thanks a lot for this post !

[@kuang-licheng402]

nice

[@DavidA-ps1qr]

Beautifully controlled writing within the string quartet genre. A brilliantly written work.

[@khool63]

musique lancinante quoiqu'un peu trop classique ,, de qui est le tableau qui illustre cette musique ,,merci

[@dannybarrs]

Cover image: painting by Félix Vallotton.

[@dannybarrs]

C'est un tableau formidable, d'ailleurs, et totalement approprié

[@montezaeg]

So viele Komponisten, die sträflich vergessen wurden. Zumindest ist Schoeck in der Schweiz bekannt.

[@SSNewberry]

Ads in movements is a no-go as far as I am concern.

[@Psalm51V15]

The allegretto second movement of this piece (beginning around 9:43) reminds me very much of American film composer Bernard Herrmann, who came along a generation later. It could have been used beautifully in a Hitchcock film such as "Vertigo" or "Psycho." Even though the movement is marked "allegretto tranquillo," its minor mode strikes me, at least, as possessing a yearning quality marked by a restless undercurrent of anxiety or uneasiness.

[@youtuber5305]

That movement alone can be heard here:
th-cam.com/video/tzDyT7GvGCA/w-d-xo.html

[@mckman6700]

Seems very much like Janacek's 1st and 2nd string quartets though not as good. Still a decent effort from an overlooked composer.

[@klaasdamhof5346]

Boring after 7 minutes. A kind of post-romantic Hindemith.