Klenau, Paul von: String Quartets 1, 2 and 3 (Da Capo Audio CD)

Sjælland String Quartet
Anne Søe Iwan (1st violin)
John Bak Dinitzen (2nd violin)
Bernd Rinne (viola)
Richard Krug (cello)


This world première recording of Paul von Klenau’s (1883-1946) recently rediscovered string quartets sheds new light on a highly interesting figure in early 20th century music.

The Danish-born composer left his native country to study and work in Germany and Austria, where he belonged to Alban Berg’s circle of friends.

Klenau’s music accordingly maintains a fascinating tension between Late Romanticism and Early Modernism; operating, as has been said of Berg, in “the twilight of tonality”.