Joseph Marx, a composer from Graz, Austria, cultivated a style that drew both on the dense counterpoint of Reger and on influences from the south and west. The three piano quartets here, all written in 1911, are not really impressionistic; nor do they much resemble the music of Respighi, whom Marx admired. In fact, they don't much resemble anything else under the sun, which is reason enough to seek out this release. Each work is in a single movement and from its title might be taken for salon music, but in fact all three ...
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Joseph Marx, a composer from Graz, Austria, cultivated a style that drew both on the dense counterpoint of Reger and on influences from the south and west. The three piano quartets here, all written in 1911, are not really impressionistic; nor do they much resemble the music of Respighi, whom Marx admired. In fact, they don't much resemble anything else under the sun, which is reason enough to seek out this release. Each work is in a single movement and from its title might be taken for salon music, but in fact all three pieces are weighty indeed. The final 17-plus-minute Ballade is arguably a lost masterpiece. It opens with a long Bachian theme for cello alone, leading one to expect an essay in chromatic counterpoint. Indeed, the structure of the work depends on a typically expansive late Romantic elaboration of the materials of the fugue initiated by the theme, but the music feels different from Reger; it is more transparent, more varied, a bit less chromatic, and more dependent on texture. It is in...
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Very Good. Size: 5x4x0; a couple of tiny dings to 31-page booklet (in English, German & French); otherwise, jewel case and rear cover art are in excellent condition; disc is mint; because we care that your order arrives in the condition stated, we have additionally sealed the case in bubblewrap for added protection during shipment.
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