Lachenmann: Works for String Quartet

Four Musketeers of Modern Music! by the Diotima String Quartet, the standard-bearers of modern music! The complete string quartets of Helmut Lachenmann, with whom they had a close relationship! A monumental album with a selection of people who could not have wished for more. Born in Stuttgart, the son of a pastor, Lachenmann had a normal and rich musical environment as a boy, including membership in the local boys’ choir. He studied at the Stuttgart College of Music under Johann Ponemc Dafitte (a self-proclaimed founder of 12-tone music, Hauer, and the founder of certified 12-tone music, Schoenberg, and a genius who was recognized in the “Directory of Geniuses” of the Third Reich, and a master educator born in 1895), and in 1957, he joined “Darmstadt” In 1957, he jumped into “Darmstadt” and was exposed to NONO, STOCKHAUSEN, POUSSEUR, ADORNO, SCHARCHEN, and others. In the mid-1970’s, he practiced “negative quotations from traditional music” and was involved in a case in which the SWR refused to play his works. In the mid-1970s, he was involved in a case in which the SWR refused to perform his works.The “Grand Trousseau” written by Lachenmann in the early 70’s is a collection of his charms, and is a masterpiece with an excellent reputation as the best for first-time Lachenmann listeners. The Diotima String Quartet (formed in 1996 by a group of radicals who graduated from the Paris Conservatory) is the only quartet that could perform this work, considering their close relationship with the composer. It’s a very heartwarming album.

01. Quatuor Diotima – String Quartet No. 1 Gran Torso
02. Quatuor Diotima – String Quartet No. 2 Reigen seliger Geister
03. Quatuor Diotima – String Quartet No. 3 Grido