– Repeat – Contemporaries of Beethoven 5: Friedrich Fesca
Like Spohr, Friedrich Fesca was a thorough and successful violinist. Because of an illness, however, he was hardly able to play after his thirtieth. Carl Maria von Weber was particularly fond of Fesca’s quartet works: “Mr Fesca absolutely masters everything he wishes to express. Mozart and Haydn were his role models; like a true artist and evident in every new development in art: triggered by an external factor, generating sparks and giving nothing for free.” At the same time, he concludes that Fesca’s music doesn’t grab hold of you and all of a sudden, you will not be able to hang on to it. Nevertheless, many a home musician found Fesca’s modulations too modern around 1820… The string quartets in D (opus 12) and in D (opus 34) give a good impression of Fesca’s refined and ingenious way of composing.
Friedrich Fesca – String Quartet in d, opus 12
1. Allegro moderato – 2. Larghetto – 3. Menuetto – 4. Finale (Allegretto)
Performers: Diogenes Quartet
CD: CPO
Friedrich Fesca – String Quartet in D, opus 34
1. Allegro – 2. Andantino – 3. Scherzo (vivace) – 4. Finale (Allegro)
Performers: Diogenes Quartet
CD: CPO
