Ben-Haim / Carmel Quartet / Waterman String Quintet In E Minor / String Quartet No. 1 CD

The composer Paul Ben-Haim made his early career in his native Munich. He emigrated to Palestine in 1933. His music mirrors his change of circumstance: The String Quintet (1919) - heard here in it's first recording - taps a rich vein of Straussian late Romanticism. The First String Quartet (1937) is coloured by middle-Eastern melisma and folk-rhythms. Israel's Carmel Quartet perform regularly in Israel and abroad. Violist Shuli Waterman is principal violist of the Tel Aviv Soloists.

1. Con Moto Sereno - Carmel Quartet 2. Molto Vivace - Carmel Quartet 3. Largo E Molto Sostenuto - Carmel Quartet 4. Rondo - Finale (Allegretto Commodo) - Carmel Quartet 5. Leidenschaftlich Bewegt - Shuli Waterman/Carmel Quartet 6. Sehr Langsam, Mit Tiefster Empfindung - Shuli Waterman/Carmel Quartet 7. Finale: Rondo (Energisch Bewegt) - Shuli Waterman/Carmel Quartet