Concerto for string quartet & winds, WV 97

• Date: 1930
• Composer: Erwin Schulhoff
• Period: Modern (1910-1949)

Review

Irwin Schulhoff's resonant music for winds reflects the turbulent times in which they were written. His Concerto for String Quartet and Winds (1930) immediately states its business with no introduction or development, much like Hindemith's Kammermusik No. 1 written a few years earlier. Its clashing tones are harsh and angular. The strings openly compete with the winds, melodies traverse the scale with ascending urgency as if being timed by a stopwatch. Even the largo movement is in a hurry to state its themes. At times the horns blare harshly against a soothing string figure, other times they play snatches of jazzy rhythms, yet never quite cutting loose. ~ Peter Bates, All Music Guide

Albums with Complete Performances of the Work

Title	Date
Concertos Alla Jazz	1995
Erwin Schulhoff Concertanta & Bellet Music	1993
Erwin Schulhoff Concertante & Ballet Music
Erwin Schulhoff: Ensemble Works, Vol. 1	1994
Schulhoff: Concerto For String Quartet And Winds/Symphony Nos. 2 & 3	1995