Julia Wedman and Patrick Jordan from the Eybler Quartet discuss the music of Franz Weiss

On November 29th, a fantastic new 2 CD set will drop that is sure to shake things up in the classical music world.
Canada’s renowned Eybler String Quartet have recorded music of the violist, composer and contemporary of Beethoven, Franz Weiss.
For the majority of us who are not familiar with Franz Weiss, he was a virtuoso violist and member of the legendary Schuppanzigh Quartet. A string quartet that is known to have performed Beethoven’s late string quartets. They also performed regularly for the Russian Ambassador to Vienna Count Adrey Razumovsky; the same patron that commissioned Beethoven’s Op. 59 Razumovsky Quartets his string quartets numbers 7, 8 and 9.
Called The Other Razumovsky Quartets, this two CD set showcases Weiss’ grand scale, Op 8 string quartets that were composed on a commission from Count Andrey Razumovsky.
Weiss’s two quartets are full of drama, and wonderful sonorities very reminiscent of Beethoven. The quartets demonstrate that Weiss understood the string quartet form perfectly and what the ensemble was capable of. The textures are at times thick verging on an almost symphonic scale, with the melody always clearly shining through.
This is a terrific recording and a wonderful addition to the repertoire.