# Richard Strauss: Gustav Mahler/Alfred Schnittke · Piano Quartets

> Richard Strauss: Gustav Mahler/Alfred Schnittke · Piano Quartets – Ralf Gothóni, Mark Lubotsky, Matti…. Ondine ODE 840-2, CD, released January 1995.

Source: https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-840-2

- **Composer:** Richard Strauss
- **Work(s):** Gustav Mahler/Alfred Schnittke · Piano Quartets
- **Performers:** Ralf Gothóni, piano; Mark Lubotsky, violin; Matti Hirvikangas, viola; Matti Rousi, cello
- **Label:** Ondine
- **Catalogue no.:** ODE 840-2
- **Format:** CD
- **Release date:** 1 January 1995
- **EAN / UPC:** 0761195084021
- **Tracks:** 6, total 58:37
- **Genres:** Chamber, Instrumental

## Track listing

**Richard Strauss**

- *Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 13 (1884)*
1. I. Allegro (14:14)
2. II. Scherzo (Presto) (6:59)
3. III. Andante (8:30)
4. IV. Finale (Vivace) (9:52)

**Gustav Mahler**

5. Piano Quartet movement in A minor (1876) (11:05)

**Alfred Schnittke**

6. Piano Quartet (1988) (7:57)

## About this recording

This CD features the two piano quartets by Richard Strauss (1884) and by Gustav Mahler (1876), the latter in its version completed by Alfred Schnittke in 1988.

Both quartets by Strauss and Mahler were written during the composers' youth and bear a Brahmsian stamp. While Strauss's work has monumental proportions, Mahler's quartet remained a forgotten one-movement piece, with an additional fragment of a Scherzo surviving. in 1988, the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival commissioned Russian composer Alfred Schnittke to complete the quartet, in particular the Scherzo.

Finnish pianist Ralf Gothóni performs together with Mark Lubotsky on violin, Matti Hirvikangas on viola and Martti Rousi on cello.

## Features

Booklet with liner notes in English, German, French and Finnish

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## Related pages

- [Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/mahler-gustav.md)
- [Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/schnittke-alfred.md)
- [Richard Strauss (1864-1949)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/strauss-richard.md)
- [Ralf Gothóni, piano](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/goth-ni-ralf.md)
- [Mark Lubotsky, violin](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/lubotsky-mark.md)
- [Matti Hirvikangas, viola](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/hirvikangas-matti.md)
- [Matti Rousi, cello](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/rousi-matti.md)

## Also recommended

- [Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 6 · Piano Quartet](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1084-5d.md): The Philadelphia Orchestra · Christoph Eschenbach, conductor · Christoph Eschenbach, piano · Members of The Philadelphia Orchestra (ODE 1084-5D, 2006)
- [Alfred Schnittke: Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra · Violin Concerto No. 3 · Sonata No. 3 for Violin and Piano](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-893-2.md): Mark Lubotsky, violin · Irina Schnittke, piano · Virtuosi di Kuhmo · Ralf Gothóni, piano & conductor (ODE 893-2, 1997)