Utwory na płycie:

• El 58
• St. Louis Blues
• Fiddle-Faddle
• Miniature Viennese March
• String Quartet No. 3 in G Major, K. 156 - I. Presto
• Pennies from Heaven
• Waltz in A Major, Op. 54 No. 1
• Cafetin de Buenos Aires
• String Quartet in A Major - Scherzo. Allegretto
• String Quartet No. 1 in G Major, K. 80 - I. Adagio
• String Quartet No. 2 in D Major - II. Scherzo. Allegro
• La vi llegar
• String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11 - II. Andante cantabile
• The Syncopated Clock
• The Golden Age, Op. 22 - Polka
• String Quartet in F Major, Op. 96 'American' - II. Lento
• Sir Duke
• String Quartet in C Major, Op. 33 No. 3 'The Bird' - IV. Finale: Rondo – Presto
• String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor - III. Menuetto

Fritz Kreisler:
Miniature Viennese March (arr. Erik Leidzen)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Streichquartett Nr. 3 G-Dur, KV 156 - I. Presto
Streichquartett Nr. 1 G-Dur, KV 80 - I. Adagio

Arthur Johnston:
Pennies from Heaven (arr. Bill Thorp)

Antonín Dvořák:
Walzer A-Dur, Op. 54/1
Streichquartett F-Dur, Op. 96, ‘Amerikanisches’ - II. Lento

Mariano Mores:
Cafetín de Buenos Aires (arr. Werner Thomas-Mifune)

Félicien David:
Streichquartett A-Dur - III. Scherzo. Allegretto

Alexander Borodin:
Streichquartett Nr. 2 D-Dur - II. Scherzo. Allegro

Enrique Francini:
La vi llegar (arr. Werner Thomas-Mifune)

Peter Tschaikowsky:
Streichquartett Nr. 1 D-Dur, Op. 11 - II. Andante cantabile

Leroy Anderson:
The Syncopated Clock (arr. William Zinn)

Dmitri Schostakowitsch:
Das goldene Zeitalter, Op. 22 - Polka (Allegretto)

Stevie Wonder:
Sir Duke (arr. Jörg Widmoser)

Joseph Haydn:
Streichquartett C-Dur op. 33 Nr. 3 ‘Vogelquartett’ - IV. Finale:
Rondo. Presto

Juan Crisóstomo de Arriaga:
Streichquartett Nr. 1 d-Moll - III. Menuetto

Héctor Varela:
El 58 (arr. Werner Thomas-Mifune)

William C. Handy:
St. Louis Blues (arr. Matteo Giammario)

Favourites from the Mandelring Quartett’s inexhaustible repertoire: Mozart’s very first string quartet meets classics of Tango Argentino; Haydn’s radiant “Bird” string quartet appears alongside Stevie Wonder’s top hit Sir Duke, Tchaikovsky’s Andante cantabile and the famous St. Louis Blues. This iridescent kaleidoscope presents the Mandelring Quartett at their most personal.

Small treasures, as promised by the song Pennies from Heaven in the eponymous 1936 film with Bing Crosby, are assembled on the latest release from the Mandelring Quartett: favourites, individual movements and encores which the Mandelring Quartett regularly play in concert, but also works which don’t fit into – or at the end of – standard concert programmes and are therefore presented on this album. Whether classical or non-classical, original works or felicitous arrangements for string quartet: all pieces are much loved by the ensemble.

After spending weeks searching through their music archives, accumulated over more than thirty years, and sifting out the highlights from a huge body of works, the Mandelring Quartett now present a colourful mixture of miniatures from diverse genres across the centuries. They include rarely played compositions of the classical repertoire, such as a movement from the very first string quartet by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; pieces which the Mandelring Quartett like to play as encores, such as the Allegretto, which Dmitri Shostakovich distilled from his ballet The Golden Age; tango classics such as Cafetín de Buenos Aires, stylishly arranged by Werner Thomas-Mifune; earworm candidates such as the Andante cantabile from Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s String Quartet in D major; trouvailles such as the adaptation of the St. Louis Blues, which the violinist Sebastian Schmidt discovered whilst on tour in the US when he visited a music shop in Los Angeles in order to buy a music stand because his suitcase had been lost.

This compilation combines “Pennies from Heaven” from highly diverse musical spheres into a musical treasure trove – and at the same time presents the Mandelring Quartett at their most personal.

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Recording: Klingenmünster, June 8-10, 2020.