CLASSIC AL A UDI O NIMBUS KREISLER, ZEMLINSKY & SCHULHOFF WORKS FOR STRING QUARTET NI5942 | 710357594229 1 CD | SRP: US $18.99 CA $22.99 COMPOSER: Fritz Kreisler • Erwin Schulhoff • Alexander Zemlinsky ARTIST: Artis-Quartett Wien TRACK LIST: Fritz Kreisler 01-04. Streichquartett in A moll Alexander Zemlinsky 05-08. Streichquartett in E moll Erwin Schulhoff 09-13. 5 Stücke für Streichquartett • This release features three compositions for string quartet which were composed within the same thirty-year period. Each of these composers’ musical careers were either fractured or prematurely terminated by the ravages of war, and each of these composers passionately opposed such military conflicts. • Vienna-born violinist Fritz Kreisler joined the Austrian army during World War I. After his traumatic experiences, he sought refuge in the United States, and wrote his String Quartet in A minor which clearly reflects those years of conflict and the period just after. • Alexander Zemlinsky lived in Prague during World War I, but after moving to Berlin in 1923, he was forced to leave Germany a decade later. When he presented his String Quartet in E minor for consideration for performance, it was rejected. The manuscript was preserved in the Library of Congress, and was finally printed in 1997. • After World War I, Erwin Schulhoff returned from the army a changed man with a new political and musical orientation. He turned to the musical avant-garde in Germany, and began to cultivate contemporary musical styles including Expressionism, Dadaism, and Neoclassicism. The Five Pieces form a suite which reflects Schulhoff’s cosmopolitan background. ALSO AVAILABLE: NI5563 710357556326 NI5604 710357560422 DISTRIBUTED BY RELEASE DATE: 10/14/16 NAXOS OF AMERICA | NAXOS OF CANADA | NEW RELEASE 79