String Quartet No. 2 (Oswald)

The String Quartet No. 2 in E minor [citation needed], Op. 17, by Henrique Oswald belongs to the most prolific years of his Italian period (1890s).[1] It used to be known under the title Quarteto Brasileiro (The Brazilian Quartet).[citation needed]

Structure

The quartet is in four movements:

I. Allegro agitato[2][3][4]
II. Lento[3][4] / Adagietto[2]
III. Scherzo[3][4] / Presto[2]
IV. Molto allegro[2][3][4]

Recordings

  • (1971) Heitor Villa-Lobos: Quarteto No. 16; Henrique Oswald: Quarteto Brasileiro – Quarteto Brasileiro da UFRJ – CBS 160174 (LP)
    • Reissued on CD: Boccherini, Siquera, Henrique Oswald, Villa-Lobos – Quarteto Brasileiro da UFRJ – ??[5] (CD)
  • (2010/2011) Henrique Oswald: Música de câmara (Integral dos quartetos de cordas; Integral dos quartetos com piano; Quinteto com piano Op. 18; Trio com piano Op. 45; Sonata-Fantasia Op. 44; Elegia para cello e piano) – ArsBrasil (violin: Artur Roberto Huf, Samuel Lima; viola: André Rodrigues, Valdeci Merquiori; cello: Gêneses Oliveira, Mauro Brucoli, Renato Oliveira), Fernando Lopes (piano) – Ariah Cultural [1] (3 CDs)

References

  1. ^ José Eduardo Martins (1995). Henrique Oswald: músico de uma saga romântica. EdUSP. p. 54. ISBN 978-85-314-0302-6.
  2. ^ a b c d CBS 160174
  3. ^ a b c d ArsBrasil recording (CD 1, tracks 3–6).
  4. ^ a b c d Concert program for 2014 of the Quarteto de cordas da cidade São Paulo.
  5. ^ See details