We attended a concert by the Modigliani Quartet Monday night in
Portland. They played, along with Beethoven Op. 18/3 and Smetana's "From
My Life", Schulhoff's Five Pieces for String Quartet, which I very much enjoyed. A bit like Bartok, a bit anticipatory of Shostakovich, but a distinctive voice in its own right.

The performances were excellent. It was our first time hearing this
group, whose only previous trip to Portland (part of the Friends of
Chamber Music series) was prevented by the Recent Unpleasantness.

Any recommendations for CDs of his music?

TIA.

Bob Harper

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On Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at 5:16:32 PM UTC+1, Bob Harper wrote:

We attended a concert by the Modigliani Quartet Monday night in
Portland. They played, along with Beethoven Op. 18/3 and Smetana's "From
My Life", Schulhoff's Five Pieces for String Quartet, which I very much enjoyed. A bit like Bartok, a bit anticipatory of Shostakovich, but a distinctive voice in its own right.

The performances were excellent. It was our first time hearing this
group, whose only previous trip to Portland (part of the Friends of
Chamber Music series) was prevented by the Recent Unpleasantness.

Any recommendations for CDs of his music?

TIA.

Bob Harper

Hagen Quartet actually

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Op woensdag 5 april 2023 om 18:16:32 UTC+2 schreef Bob Harper:

We attended a concert by the Modigliani Quartet Monday night in
Portland. They played, along with Beethoven Op. 18/3 and Smetana's "From
My Life", Schulhoff's Five Pieces for String Quartet, which I very much enjoyed. A bit like Bartok, a bit anticipatory of Shostakovich, but a distinctive voice in its own right.

The performances were excellent. It was our first time hearing this
group, whose only previous trip to Portland (part of the Friends of
Chamber Music series) was prevented by the Recent Unpleasantness.

Any recommendations for CDs of his music?

TIA.

Bob Harper

It's lovely music. YT has the Petersen quartet, and if all quartets sounded like that I would be more interested in music for strings.

Henk

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On Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at 9:16:32 AM UTC-7, Bob Harper wrote:

We attended a concert by the Modigliani Quartet Monday night in
Portland. They played, along with Beethoven Op. 18/3 and Smetana's "From
My Life", Schulhoff's Five Pieces for String Quartet, which I very much enjoyed. A bit like Bartok, a bit anticipatory of Shostakovich, but a distinctive voice in its own right.

The performances were excellent. It was our first time hearing this
group, whose only previous trip to Portland (part of the Friends of
Chamber Music series) was prevented by the Recent Unpleasantness.

Any recommendations for CDs of his music?

TIA.

Bob Harper

Ebony Band have two cds of Schulhoff on Channel label
both very good IMO

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HT schrieb am Mittwoch, 5. April 2023 um 18:38:20 UTC+2:

Op woensdag 5 april 2023 om 18:16:32 UTC+2 schreef Bob Harper:

We attended a concert by the Modigliani Quartet Monday night in
Portland. They played, along with Beethoven Op. 18/3 and Smetana's "From My Life", Schulhoff's Five Pieces for String Quartet, which I very much enjoyed. A bit like Bartok, a bit anticipatory of Shostakovich, but a distinctive voice in its own right.

The performances were excellent. It was our first time hearing this
group, whose only previous trip to Portland (part of the Friends of Chamber Music series) was prevented by the Recent Unpleasantness.

Any recommendations for CDs of his music?

TIA.

Bob Harper

It's lovely music. YT has the Petersen quartet, and if all quartets sounded like that I would be more interested in music for strings.

Yes, the string quartets and sextet are all worth seeking out. I have another disc from Decca Entartete Musik called "Concertos alla Jazz" that are a bit lightweight. I also have 2 symphonies but admittedly do not remember anything about them and neither
about a disc with piano music.
Schulhoff wrote in different styles and anticipated both 4'33" (with a joke piano piece having only rests) and the most famous restaurant scene in "When Harry met Sally" with his "Sonata erotica".

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On Wed, 5 Apr 2023, Bob Harper wrote:

We attended a concert by the Modigliani Quartet Monday night in Portland. They played, along with Beethoven Op. 18/3 and Smetana's "From My Life", Schulhoff's Five Pieces for String Quartet, which I very much enjoyed. A bit like Bartok, a bit anticipatory of Shostakovich, but a distinctive voice in its own right.

The performances were excellent. It was our first time hearing this group, whose only previous trip to Portland (part of the Friends of Chamber Music series) was prevented by the Recent Unpleasantness.

Any recommendations for CDs of his music?

TIA.

Bob Harper

While I like Schulhoff's music for string quartet, my first chamber
music recommendations would be the second violin sonata and the string
sextet. I have the latter in a very fine performance by the Raphael
Ensemble (coupled with Martinu. For the sonata, I've been quite
happy with Kremer/Maisenberg (coupled wita works by Bartók and as
I recall Enescu), even though I'm not usually a fan of Kremer. In
other areas, Schulhoif's jazz-tinged works from the 1920's can often
be a great deal of fun.

As you may know, he died in a Nazi prison camp, ascribed to tuberculosis;
a great loss.
--
Al Eisner

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On Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at 5:37:03 PM UTC-4, number_six wrote:

Ebony Band have two cds of Schulhoff on Channel label
both very good IMO

A few years ago, I transferred all of Schulhoff's recordings (from 1928-29 for Polydor and HMV) for a Parnassus CD:

https://www.amazon.com/Erwin-Schulhoff-Complete-Piano-Recordings/dp/B00KAIAL4C/ref=sr_1_2?crid=IOH4B7U0MRWH&keywords=schulhoff+parnassus&qid=1680813161&s=music&sprefix=schulhoff+parnassus%2Cpopular%2C70&sr=1-2

It's mainly devoted to his piano solo recordings of his own works, and also includes some chamber recordings of Mozart and Thuille with a woodwind ensemble.

Mark O-T

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