A cousin of Max Reger and a theory teacher of Zoltán Kodály and Béla Bartók, Hans Koessler never became famous in his own right as a composer; even today, too few of his works have come to light to judge his full worth. However, this 2007 recording from CPO at least reveals that he was reasonably skilled in writing chamber music, and provides attractive examples of his post-Romantic style in the String Quintet in D minor (1913) and the String Sextet in F minor (1902). These works are warmly melodic and richly textured, well ...
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A cousin of Max Reger and a theory teacher of Zoltán Kodály and Béla Bartók, Hans Koessler never became famous in his own right as a composer; even today, too few of his works have come to light to judge his full worth. However, this 2007 recording from CPO at least reveals that he was reasonably skilled in writing chamber music, and provides attractive examples of his post-Romantic style in the String Quintet in D minor (1913) and the String Sextet in F minor (1902). These works are warmly melodic and richly textured, well-suited for their respective ensembles; the structures of these pieces show their composer's affinity for the Classical sonata form, inviting comparisons with the music of Brahms. Yet the sweet sentimentality and vague moodiness of these works mark them as typical products of the fin de sičcle ; though the music is almost always pretty and polished, it comes across as shallow in feeling, weak in development, and unoriginal in thought. The Frankfurt String Sextet specializes in...
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