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Complete Works for Strings

Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951)

COMPACT DISC ONE

String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7 (1904-05)

45:07

in D minor - in d-Moll - en ré mineur

1

Nicht zu rasch -

12:40

2

Kräftig (nicht zu rasch) -

11:57

3

Mäßig, langsame Viertel -

12:12

4

Mäßig, heiter

8:18

String Quartet No. 3, Op. 30 (1927)

31:21

5

I

Moderato

8:50

6

I

Adagio

8:41

7

III

Intermezzo. Allegro moderato

7:21

8

IV

Rondo. Molto moderato

6:30

Dedicated to Mrs Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge

76:37

COMPACT DISC TWO

String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10 (1907-08)

30:51

in F sharp minor - in fis-Moll - en fa dièse mineur

for two violins, viola, cello and a soprano voice (in the third and fourth movements: 'Litanei' and 'Entrückung', poems by Stefan George)

1

I

Mäßig

6:49

2

II

Sehr rasch

7:04

3

III

Litanei

5:52

4

IV

Entrückung

11:06

To my wife

String Quartet No. 4, Op. 37 (1936)

34:19

5

I

Allegro molto; energico

9:23

6

II

Comodo

8:21

7

III

Largo

8:09

8

IV

Allegro

8:26

To the ideal patron of chamber music

ELIZABETH SPRAGUE COOLIDGE

and to the ideal interpreters of it

THE KOLISCH QUARTET

65:20

COMPACT DISC THREE

Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (1899)

29:04

Poem by Richard Dehmel (from Weib und Welt) for six string instruments

1

Sehr langsam -

3:02

2

(C) -

9:44

3

Schwer betont -

2:18

4

Sehr breit und langsam -

9:54

5

Sehr ruhig

4:06

6

Phantasy for Violin with Piano Accompaniment, Op. 47 (1949)*

9:23

In memory of Adolph Koldofsky

7

Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte, Op. 41 (1942)

15:05

(Lord Byron) for String Quartet, Piano and Reciter

53:45

COMPACT DISC FOUR

String Trio, Op. 45 (1946)†

19:08

1

Part 1 -

1:56

2

First Episode -

5:26

3

Part 2 -

3:29

4

Second Episode -

2:48

5

Part 3

5:29

Commissioned by the Department of Music, Harvard University

premiere recording in this version

Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19 (1911)

5:31

arranged by Henk Guittart for string quartet (1999)

6

I

Leicht, zart

1:35

7

II

Langsam

0:48

8

III

Sehr langsame Viertel

1:02

9

IV

Rasch, aber leicht

0:26

10

V

Etwas rasch

0:41

11

VI

Sehr langsam

0:59

premiere recording in this version

Quintet for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn and Bassoon, Op. 26 (1923-4)

39:50

arranged by Henk Guittart for string quintet (1995)

12

I

Schwungvoll

11:35

13

II

Anmutig und heiter, scherzando

9:26

14

III

Etwas langsam. Poco adagio

9:40

15

IV

Rondo

8:50

To Budi Arnold

64:43

COMPACT DISC FIVE

String Quartet in D major (1897)

26:59

in D-Dur - en ré majeur

1

I

Allegro molto

9:18

2

II

Intermezzo. Andantino grazioso

4:50

3

III

Andante con moto

7:51

4

IV

Allegro - Presto

5:00

Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 (1906)

20:37

arranged by Anton Webern for piano and string quartet (1922-3)

5

Langsam - Sehr rasch -

5:38

6

sehr rasch -

2:00

7

viel langsamer, aber doch fließend -

2:57

8

viel langsamer -

5:08

9

schwungvoll

4:52

Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra (1933)

21:03

in B flat major - in B-Dur - en si bémol majeur

after the Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 7 by George Frideric Handel, freely transcribed by Arnold Schoenberg

10

Largo - Allegro

5:06

11

Largo

3:15

12

Allegretto grazioso

6:46

13

Hornpipe. Moderato

5:56

68:52

Schoenberg Quartet

Janneke van der Meer violin*†

Wim de Jong violin

Henk Guittart viola†

Viola de Hoog cello†

with

Susan Narucki soprano

Jan Erik van Regteren Altena viola

Taco Kooistra cello

Sepp Gtrotenhuis piano

Michael Grandage reciter

Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra

Roberto Benzi

Contains the composer's complete works for strings

Dedicated to the memory of our beloved mentor and dear friend Jenö Lehner (1906-1997) - Schoenberg Quartet

Recorded in:

Oud-Katholieke Church, Delft, The Netherlands ; Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam; Maria Minor, Utrecht; Main Hall, Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht; Musis Sacrum, Arnhem

Recorded between 29 June 1991 and 11 June 2001

Sound Engineer(s)

Benno Torrenga (Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra)

Adriaan Verstijnen (other works)

Adriaan Verstijnen (Editing)

Format: Digital CD 16Bit 44.1Khz
Originally recorded in: 24Bit 96Khz

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