Austrian composers

String Quartet

Johann Strauss II - Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437 (Emperor Waltz)(1889)
Conductor - Benito Juarez
Orquestra Sinfônica Municipal de Campinas
Live recording - Sala do Centro de Convivência, Campinas, SP, December 7, 1996
Illustration - Hans Makart

Johann Strauss II - Emperor Waltz - Live - Campinas - 1996

Carl Czerny - Variations on a Valse by Schubert, op. 12 (1920 ?)
Soloist - François-Joël Thiollier
Live recording - Theatro Municipal de São Paulo - April, 4 1997
Illustration - Carl Spitzweg

Carl Czerny - Variations on a Valse by Schubert, op.12 -  Live - Thiollier - São Paulo - 1997

Franz Danzi - Quintet No.2 for wind in g minor, Op.56 No.2 (1821)
Allegretto
Andante
Menuetto
Allegretto
Quinteto Sopra 5 (clarinet - André Luiz Zocca, bassoon - Francisco Amstalden, french horn - Silvio Batista, flute - Sérgio Cerri, oboe - João Carlos Goehring)
Live recording - Centro de Ciências, Letras e Artes Auditorium , Campinas, SP, June 9, 2000
Illustration - Jean Siméon Chardin

Franz Danzi - Quintet No.2 for wind  - Live - Campinas - 2000

Ástor Piazzolla - Adiós Nonino (Farewell, Granddaddy) (1959),
Quarteto Amazônia
Claudio Cruz - violin
Igor Sarudiansky - violin
Horácio Schaeffer - Viola
Alceu Reis - cello
Live recording - Sala São Paulo - São Paulo - Brazil - July 20, 2002
Illustration - Emilio Pettoruti

Astor Piazzola - Adiós Nonino - Live - Quarteto Amazônia - São Paulo 2002

Alexander von Zemlinsky - String Quartet No.1 in A Major, Op.4 (1896)
Allegro
Scherzo (allegretto)
Breit und kräftig
Vivace
Pražák Quartet
Václav Remeš, violin 
Vlastimil Holek, violin
Josef Klusoň, viola
Michal Kaňka, cello
Live Recording - Espaço Cultural BankBoston, São Paulo, Brazil - June 8, 2004
Illustration - Jorge

Alexander von Zemlinsky - String Quartet No.1 - Live - Pražák Quartet - São Paulo - 2004

Leoš Janáček - String Quartet No. 2 - "Intimate Letters" (1928)
Andante - Con moto - Allegro
Adagio - Vivace
Moderato - Andante - Adagio
Allegro - Andante - Adagio
Pražák Quartet
Václav Remeš, violin
Vlastimil Holek, violin
Josef Klusoň, viola
Michal Kaňka, cello
Live Recording - Espaço Cultural BankBoston, São Paulo, Brazil - June 8, 2004
Illustration - Johannes Vermeer

Leoš Janáček - String Quartet No. 2 - "Intimate Letters" -  Live - Pražák Quartet - São Paulo - 2004

Antonín Dvořák - String Quartet No. 11 in C major, Op. 61, B. 121 (1881)
Allegro
Poco adagio e molto cantabile
Allegro vivo
Finale. Vivace
Pražák Quartet
Václav Remeš, violin
Vlastimil Holek, violin
Josef Klusoň, viola
Michal Kaňka, cello
Live Recording - Espaço Cultural BankBoston, São Paulo, Brazil - June 8, 2004
illustration - Alfons Mucha

Antonín Dvořák - String Quartet No. 11 -  - Live - Pražák Quartet - São Paulo - 2004

Bedřich Smetana -  Allegro moderato (second movement)  from String Quartet No. 2 in D minor (1883)
Pražák Quartet
Václav Remeš, violin
Vlastimil Holek, violin
Josef Klusoň, viola
Michal Kaňka, cello
Live Recording - Espaço Cultural BankBoston, São Paulo, Brazil - June 8, 2004
Illustration - František Kupka

Bedřich Smetana -  Allegro moderato from String Quartet No. 2 - Live - Pražák - São Paulo - 2004

Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 5 (1902)
Part I
1. Trauermarsch (Funeral march). In gemessenem Schritt. Streng. Wie ein Kondukt (At a measured pace. Strict. Like a funeral procession.) C♯ minor
2. Stürmisch bewegt, mit größter Vehemenz (Moving stormily, with the greatest vehemence) A minor
Part II
3. Scherzo. Kräftig, nicht zu schnell (Strong and not too fast) D major
Part III
4. Adagietto. Sehr langsam (Very slow) F major
5. Rondo-Finale. Allegro – Allegro giocoso. Frisch (Fresh) D major
Conductor - Claudio Cruz
Live recording - Centro de Convivência - Campinas - SP - Brazil - March 05, 2005
Illustration - James Mcneil Whistler

Alexander von Zemlinsky - String Quartet No.1 - Live - Pražák Quartet - São Paulo - 2004

Jorge Coli