Schubert & Berg: String Quartets

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Release Date: 28th Feb 2011
Catalogue No: ONYX4066
Label: Onyx
Length: 73 minutes

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Schubert: String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D887

Work length52:44

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Kuss Quartet

I. Allegro molto moderato

Track length21:07

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II. Andante un poco moto

Track length11:22

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III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace - Trio. Allegretto

Track length7:38

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IV. Allegro assai

Track length12:37

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Alan Berg: String Quartet, Op. 3

Work length21:07

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Kuss Quartet

I. Langsam

Track length9:51

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II. Mäßige Viertel

Track length11:16

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Schubert’s late masterpiece for string quartet, his 15th and final quartet in G major D887, was composed in 1826. Although the first movement was performed at a Vienna Musikverein concert devoted to his music, he couldn’t find anyone to publish it.

It displays an almost Beethovenian profundity, and is a dramatic departure from the two previous song-based quartets that had proved popular. The writing is assured and the harmonies audacious. It is a dark, rather introverted work, full of passionate outbursts and drama.

Berg’s Quartet op.3 was premiered in 1911 towards the end of his studies with Schoenberg. It was badly received and baffled listeners and performers alike. Like the Schubert G major, it displays daring harmonies and a remarkable technical assurance.

This CD is the Kuss Quartet’s debut on ONYX. They are regular performers at the Edinburgh and Salzburg festivals, and also perform regularly in New York, London and their home city of Berlin.

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