\nBETWEEN ROMANTICISM AND MODERNITY
\nThe Schumann Quartet is releasing its eighth album. “Martin \u2013 Ullmann \u2013 Faur\u00e9” will be published on August 15th by Berlin Classics and is a co-production with Deutschlandfunk Kultur. The string quartet, founded in Cologne in 2007, does not bear its name in honor of the composer Robert Schumann, but is named after the three brothers Erik, Ken, and Mark Schumann, who have been playing music together since childhood. Since 2022, the violist Veit Hertenstein has completed the ensemble. The renowned group has received numerous awards, including first prize at the International String Quartet Competition in Bordeaux. For this latest recording, the four musicians teamed up with the Berlin-based pianist Hinrich Alpers. Together, they focus on works by Frank Martin (1890\u20131974), Viktor Ullmann (1898\u20131944), and Gabriel Faur\u00e9 (1845\u20131924).
\nThe album opens with Frank Martin\u2019s piano quintet “A ma femme” from 1919, which is one of his early works. Martin dedicated it to his wife. The deeply emotional and profound piece is heavily influenced by Romanticism.
\nNext is Viktor Ullmann\u2019s String Quartet No. 3, Op. 46, composed in 1943 during his imprisonment in the Theresienstadt concentration camp. The four-movement work creates an intense, often somber atmosphere, reflecting the dramatic circumstances of the composer\u2019s life. Ullmann was a student of Arnold Sch\u00f6nberg, whose influence can be seen in his free tonal expressionist musical language. Ullmann dedicated the quartet to his friend, philosopher Emil Utitz, to whom he also entrusted his compositions created in Theresienstadt\u2014thus ensuring their preservation for future generations.
\nThe album concludes with Gabriel Faur\u00e9\u2019s D minor Piano Quintet, Op. 89, his first work in this genre. Faur\u00e9 dedicated the quintet to the Belgian violinist Eug\u00e8ne Ysa\u00ffe. Its world premiere took place in 1906 in Brussels with the “Ysa\u00ffe Quartet” and Faur\u00e9 himself at the piano. The creation of the piece spanned many years: Faur\u00e9 began working on it in 1887, repeatedly set it aside, and finally completed it in 1905. The work marks the transition from Romanticism into the 20th century, bridging the compositions of Frank Martin and Viktor Ullmann.
\nThis album brings together three composers whose life paths and musical styles could hardly be more different. Yet, upon closer listening, intriguing parallels and connections emerge. With captivating chamber music passion, the Schumann Quartet and Hinrich Alpers offer a fascinating glimpse into the transition from late Romanticism to modernity through their joint recording.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BETWEEN ROMANTICISM AND MODERNITY The Schumann Quartet is releasing its eighth album. “Martin \u2013 Ullmann \u2013 Faur\u00e9” will be published on August 15th by Berlin Classics and is a co-production with Deutschlandfunk Kultur. The string quartet, founded in Cologne in 2007, does not bear its name in honor of the composer Robert Schumann, but is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1281330,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"dmbid":"1779868","upc":"885470042169","linkfire":"https:\/\/BC.lnk.to\/martin_ullmann_faure","ean":"","genre":"Klassik","genre2":"Musik f\u00fcr Kammerensemble","genre3":"","copyright":"","producer":"","playtime":"4190","date":"2025-08-15","dateend":"2099-12-31","trackamount":"11","discamount":"1","artistsname":"","composer":"Frank Martin|Viktor Ullmann|Gabriel Faur\u00e9","teammember":["1009;Schumann Quartett;1170706|1010;Frank Martin;41235|1010;Viktor Ullmann;214324|1010;Gabriel Faur\u00e9;41652"],"teammemberlist":["1170706|41235|214324|41652"],"english":"
\nBETWEEN ROMANTICISM AND MODERNITY
\nThe Schumann Quartet is releasing its eighth album. \"Martin \u2013 Ullmann \u2013 Faur\u00e9\" will be published on August 15th by Berlin Classics and is a co-production with Deutschlandfunk Kultur. The string quartet, founded in Cologne in 2007, does not bear its name in honor of the composer Robert Schumann, but is named after the three brothers Erik, Ken, and Mark Schumann, who have been playing music together since childhood. Since 2022, the violist Veit Hertenstein has completed the ensemble. The renowned group has received numerous awards, including first prize at the International String Quartet Competition in Bordeaux. For this latest recording, the four musicians teamed up with the Berlin-based pianist Hinrich Alpers. Together, they focus on works by Frank Martin (1890\u20131974), Viktor Ullmann (1898\u20131944), and Gabriel Faur\u00e9 (1845\u20131924).
\nThe album opens with Frank Martin\u2019s piano quintet \"A ma femme\" from 1919, which is one of his early works. Martin dedicated it to his wife. The deeply emotional and profound piece is heavily influenced by Romanticism.
\nNext is Viktor Ullmann\u2019s String Quartet No. 3, Op. 46, composed in 1943 during his imprisonment in the Theresienstadt concentration camp. The four-movement work creates an intense, often somber atmosphere, reflecting the dramatic circumstances of the composer\u2019s life. Ullmann was a student of Arnold Sch\u00f6nberg, whose influence can be seen in his free tonal expressionist musical language. Ullmann dedicated the quartet to his friend, philosopher Emil Utitz, to whom he also entrusted his compositions created in Theresienstadt\u2014thus ensuring their preservation for future generations.
\nThe album concludes with Gabriel Faur\u00e9\u2019s D minor Piano Quintet, Op. 89, his first work in this genre. Faur\u00e9 dedicated the quintet to the Belgian violinist Eug\u00e8ne Ysa\u00ffe. Its world premiere took place in 1906 in Brussels with the \"Ysa\u00ffe Quartet\" and Faur\u00e9 himself at the piano. The creation of the piece spanned many years: Faur\u00e9 began working on it in 1887, repeatedly set it aside, and finally completed it in 1905. The work marks the transition from Romanticism into the 20th century, bridging the compositions of Frank Martin and Viktor Ullmann.
\nThis album brings together three composers whose life paths and musical styles could hardly be more different. Yet, upon closer listening, intriguing parallels and connections emerge. With captivating chamber music passion, the Schumann Quartet and Hinrich Alpers offer a fascinating glimpse into the transition from late Romanticism to modernity through their joint recording.","imageage":[],"spotify_checked":["2bZAQMNoc7r0unfpBzkXwG"],"age":[""],"playlist":[""],"alt_text":"Release-Cover \u201eMartin \u2013 Ullmann \u2013 Faur\u00e9\u201c mit Schumann Quartett und Hinrich Alpers. Helle typografische Grafik mit gro\u00dfen schwarzen Namen und transparenten Pastellfl\u00e4chen in Rosa, Gelb und T\u00fcrkis; klare Frontalansicht mit moderner, reduzierter Gestaltung.","topics":[null],"footnotes":""},"categories":[181,20,56],"dmb-topic-category":[],"class_list":["post-1272316","album","type-album","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-album","category-klassik","category-musik-fuer-kammerensemble","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berlin-classics-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/album\/1272316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berlin-classics-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/album"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berlin-classics-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/album"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berlin-classics-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berlin-classics-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1272316"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.berlin-classics-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/album\/1272316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1272334,"href":"https:\/\/www.berlin-classics-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/album\/1272316\/revisions\/1272334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berlin-classics-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1281330"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berlin-classics-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1272316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berlin-classics-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1272316"},{"taxonomy":"dmb-topic-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berlin-classics-music.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dmb-topic-category?post=1272316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}