Photo Gallery of Westminster artists
1. Pianists
 5Paul Badura-Skoda ; Born in Vienna. Not also excellent player but excellent musicologist. Eminent in solo works, and more in chamber music. |
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3Jörg Demus ; Also born in Vienna. Called 'Viennese troika' with Badura-Skoda and Friedrich Gulda. Like Badura-Skoda, he is ambidextrous in solo, chamber musics, and accompaniment of lieds. |
2. Other solists
 5Walter Barylli ; Studied at Munich. Entered the Philharmonic only at 17, and became concertmaster the next year. His music-making style was tender. His untimely resign due to illness is bad news to the fans of the Viennese chamber music. |
 5Hans Kamesch ; oboist. |
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 3Leopold Wlach ; His name is the beginning of famous clarinetist of Viennese school - Alfred Boskovsky, Alfred Prinz, Schmidl, etc. His tone-color is somewhat sombre-dark, but music well self-controlled and sophisticated. His famous recordings are by all Westminster label except for Mozart's concerto with Karajan(EMI, 1949). Mozart's quintet and concerto, and Brahms' sonata, trio, and quintet are monaural, but almost legendary. |
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3. Ensembles
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3Barylli Quartet ;
Members were all the leaders of the string part
of Vienna Philharmonic. Originally leaded by
Wolfgang Schneiderhann, but young concertmaster
Walter Barylli took the position in 1951 after
Schneiderhann turned to solist. Members were
Barylli, Otto Strasser(2nd vn.), Rudolf
Streng(va.), and Richard Krotschak(vc.).
Krotschak was replaced by Emanuel Brabec in 1955.
Unfortunately, Barylli had himself have a trouble at right arm to resign all the stage playing in 1959. From then on, Willi Boskovsky took the position and the name was changed to Vienna Philharmonic Quartet. [ First row ] from left,
Barylli, Strasser, and Streng. |
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3Vienna Konzerthaus Quartet ;
Founded in 1934, by the members of the Vienna
Symphony. But till 1938, all the members moved to
the Philharmonic. Members from beginning to 1958
were Anton Kamper(1st vn), Karl Maria Titze(2nd
vn.), Erich Weis(va.), and Franz Kwarda(vc.). By
these members, all of the Westminster recordings
were made. After 1958, other members except Kamper were changed and recordings became rarer(Schubert SQ is another name of this group). Disbanded in 1967, because Kamper resigned from playing. [ From left ] Kamper, Titze, Weis, Kwarda |
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| 5Vienna Philharmonic winds
ensemble ; Members of the Philharmonic
wind section < The members > Hans Reznicek / Franz Schlaf(fl.), Hans Kamesch / Karl Mayrhofer(ob.), Leopold Wlach / Franz Bartosek(cl), Karl Öhlberger / Otto Schieder(fag), Rudolph Hanzl(fag./contrafag.), Gottfried von Freiberg / Leopold Kainz / Hans Berger / Franz Koller(hrns) [ Third row
] Franz Bartosek, Leopold Wlach |
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Created ; 12th May 2003