Joseph Marx: Rhapsodie • Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Suite

by New York Piano Quartet

Joseph Marx: Klavierquartett in from einer Rhapsodie
1 Mässig — (9:05)
2 bar 228 — (6:39)
3 bar 352 — (6:33)
4 bar 476: A tempo (nicht eilen, langsamer) steigend ohne accelerando (7:46)

Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Suite für 2 Violinen, Violoncello und Klavier (linke Hand), Op. 23
5 I. Präludium und Fuge (10:11)
6 II. Waltz (6:18)
7 III. Groteske (10:16)
8 IV. Lied (4:31)
9 V. Rondo. Finale (Variationen)

New York Piano Quartet
Elmira Darvarova, violin • Ronald Carbone, viola/*second violin • Samuel Magill, cello • Linda Hall, piano

Recorded March 7 and 8, 2012, Edith Memorial Chapel, The Lawrenceville School, Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Produced by Gene Gaudette
Engineered by John C. Baker
Cover and inside image: Paula Arciniega, “Des Knaben Wunderhorn”
Special thanks to Howard Wall and Sam Ward

Korngold Suite is published by Edition Schott.

The New York Piano Quartet

Elmira Darvarova, violin
Ronald Carbone, viola
Samuel Magill, cello
Linda Hall, piano

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Both pieces receive ultra-impassioned, vividly detailed performances by the musicians of the New York Piano Quartet. Given the fact that Marx and Korngold aren't shy about wearing hearts on sleeves, the players dig into the music with alacrity, the strings often employing juicy vibrato and slides to emphasise the composers' expressive points. The artistry has the excitement that often transpires when something significant has been unearthed and savoured.

- Donald Rosenberg, Gramophone