Today the general public continues to remember Max von Schillings mainly as an opera composer. During his lifetime he was a famous man, at least in Germany, but today he no longer receives major notice. cpo has called attention to his rewarding oeuvre with a number of releases. What is not so well known is that Schillings completely dedicated himself to chamber music at the beginning and at the end of his career as a composer. This is expressive fin de siècle par excellence and a genuine discovery in this interpretation by the Vienna String Quintet led by its first violinist Thomas Christian!