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The Music => Recordings & Broadcasts => Topic started by: eschiss1 on Tuesday 20 September 2022, 16:51

Title: Marteau quartets volume 3 from cpo
Post by: eschiss1 on Tuesday 20 September 2022, 16:51
Didn't see this mentioned, and quartet no.3 may be the only one of his quartets to be at all known by anyone at all (because there's another commercial recording, and - another?? - recording that airs on Euroclassic Notturno from time to time), but volume 3 of cpo's set of the complete works for string quartet by Henri Marteau, with his 3rd string quartet in C major (Op.17) and 8 lieder (op.10) for soprano and string quartet, is expected (https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9371703--henri-marteau-complete-works-for-string-quartet-vol-3) out 7 October.
Title: Re: Marteau quartets volume 3 from cpo
Post by: eschiss1 on Tuesday 20 September 2022, 17:08
Presto, who may be quoting cpo's notes, or ... writes of the op.10:
"The CD is supplemented with the "Eight Songs with String Quartet Accompaniment," op. 10 speak, written in 1905. In these songs Marteau is far ahead of his time, because it is the first string quartet of its kind in which the human voice also has its say."

Given that there's at least one, probably several, work(s) called "string quartet" from the 19th century which have vocal parts, and innumerable works that are lieder with string quartet accompaniment, I'm not sure what to say to this.
Title: Re: Marteau quartets volume 3 from cpo
Post by: Alan Howe on Tuesday 20 September 2022, 17:27
We can judge for ourselves here:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/detail/-/art/henri-marteau-streichquartette-vol-3/hnum/6100148
Title: Re: Marteau quartets volume 3 from cpo
Post by: eschiss1 on Tuesday 20 September 2022, 17:45
I should edit "innumerable" to ... at least a few (at least judging from early enough works on imslp ;))
Title: Re: Marteau quartets volume 3 from cpo
Post by: eschiss1 on Tuesday 20 September 2022, 22:06
Ah I see, Presto's notes are just a translation of cpo's.