Echoes of Vienna Quatuor Hermès

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791): String Quartet No. 15 in D Minor, K. 421:
• 1 Mozart: String Quartet No. 15 in D Minor, K. 421: I. Allegro moderato 12:09
• 2 Mozart: String Quartet No. 15 in D Minor, K. 421: II. Andante 06:41
• 3 Mozart: String Quartet No. 15 in D Minor, K. 421: III. Menuetto e trio. Allegretto 04:10
• 4 Mozart: String Quartet No. 15 in D Minor, K. 421: IV. Allegretto ma non troppo 09:37
• Anton Webern (1883 - 1945): Langsamer Satz in E-Flat Major:
• 5 Webern: Langsamer Satz in E-Flat Major 09:27
• Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957): String Quartet No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 26:
• 6 Korngold: String Quartet No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 26: I. Allegro 06:53
• 7 Korngold: String Quartet No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 26: II. Intermezzo. Allegro con moto 03:56
• 8 Korngold: String Quartet No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 26: III. Larghetto. Lento 07:52
• 9 Korngold: String Quartet No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 26: IV. Waltz (Finale). Tempo di Valse 05:49
• Total Runtime 01:06:34

Info for Echoes of Vienna

With Echoes of Vienna, the Quatuor Hermès traces a sensitive journey into the heart of a city shaped by historical tensions and creative force. The works of Mozart, Webern, and Korngold unfold contrasting soundscapes, where lyrical impulse meets intimacy, and where each page seems to bear the imprint of a fragile, shifting world.

An album of inward listening, in which the string quartet captures the pulse of an era and transforms memory into living sound.

Vienna is revealed here as a territory of memory and transformation, where the Quatuor Hermès brings into dialogue the voices of Mozart, Webern, and Korngold. Through this Viennese journey, the musicians weave connections between eras, allowing the classical heritage to resonate on the threshold of modernity.

From the troubled lyricism of Mozart’s Quartet in D minor to Webern’s suspended confidences, and on to the lush, almost cinematic colours of Korngold, each work unfolds with striking narrative force. The playing, deeply vocal and expressive, reveals a twilight Vienna shaped by nostalgia, tension, and flashes of light.

A powerful and sensitive album, in which the string quartet becomes the witness to a world in transition, poised between farewell and renewal.

Quatuor Hermes

Quatuor Hermès
Maturity, sincerity, finesse and intelligence are certainly the most suitable words to describe the Hermes quartet.

These qualities, very early noticed by Miguel Da Silva and the Ravel and Ysaÿe quartets, develop and maintain alongside Eberhard Feltz, Artemis Quartet and members of the Alban Berg Quartet.

Now, impossible not to be affected by the accomplice sensitivity linking the four musicians. A year after their training at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Lyon, the first prize at the International Chamber Music Lyon 2009 reveals them, a special prize for their interpretation of "Ainsi la Nuit", Henri Dutilleux (SACEM prize). The charm works again in Geneva (first prize at the International Competiton 2011). At the same time, they are laureates of the Maurice Ravel Academy and the Charles Oulmont Foundation.

In November 2012, it's the consecration at the prestigious Young Concert Artist Auditions in New York. The four French win one of the first prizes, which opens the doors of the most beautiful american stages.

A great tour in the USA is scheduled for Autumn 2013, but in the meantime, the "windged" quartet continues to travel trough Europe. They performed in the Lockenhaus festival, at the Orangerie de Sceaux, Festival Radio France Montpellier or Crescendo festival in Berlin. Their music has also brought them beyond the borders of Europe, such as Japan and Egypt, great opportunities to share their passion.

During the Geneva Competition, Breguet Watches awarded them "Coup de coeur", offering the possibility to the Hermes quartet to record a first album (released in November 2012 under the label Nascor), in which they interpret two major works of Haydn and Beethoven

Booklet for Echoes of Vienna