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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Berg - Complete Chamber Music
Pierre Woudenberg (clarinet), Bob Zimmerman (harmonium) & Sepp Grotenhuis (piano) Schoenberg Quartet This disc of Berg’s complete output for chamber music was originally issued by Chandos in 2001, as part of the Schoenberg Quartet’s traversal of all the chamber music written by the Second Viennese School. It included many rarities and arrangements – here, for instance, is the only currently available recording of Berg’s own transcription of the last of his early and passionate Altenberg-Lieder for a quartet of piano, harmonium, violin and cello, made for performance at an influential private musical society, established by Schoenberg in 1900 in order to play and promote the revolutionary music of himself, his friends and associates, away from the catcalls of the conservative Viennese public. This disc contains some of the most heartfelt and openly passionate music from a musical school often regarded as forbidding and abstract. “The Lyric Suite is among the crowning works of modern quartet literature, and the Schoenberg Quartet has the measure of its diverse moods and twin-track trajectory of increasing dynamism and emotional intensity.” Gramophone Magazine | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Berg: | String Quartet, Op. 3 The String Quartet, Op. 3, completed in 1910, is both a graduation exercise and also the composer’s first extended foray into the non-tonal regions that were then being explored by Schoenberg and Webern Lyric Suite - for string quartet (1926) Berg’s highly expressive Lyric Suite, inspired by his love-affair with the wife of a family friend, is notable for its unconventional six-movement form, the odd-numbered of which become progressively faster and more disruptive, while the even numbered ones become progressively slower and more intense. | Wolf, H: | Italian Serenade in G major Hugo Wolf’s Italian Serenade is a lighthearted piece later orchestrated as the first movement of a larger suite. |
New Zealand String Quartet “…as you listen to these works afresh, you not only marvel at the individual players' virtuosity, but you also have to appreciate that the relatively warm yet pleasingly "edgy" quality to the sound and the oneness of spirit in the interpretations come from the highest-order functioning of the well-integrated collective parts of a mature, vital body--that is, a string quartet that's been together a long time, each member sharing life and breath in the music they make together… you shouldn't miss this extraordinary recording.” Classics Today | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Manfred Quartet with Marieke Koster (soprano) | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| | Berg - Complete Chamber Music
Pierre Woudenberg (clarinet), Bob Zimmerman (harmonium), Sepp Grotenhuis (piano) Schoenberg Quartet | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Vanda Tabery (Soprano) Prazak Quartet | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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Leipziger Streichquartett | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Jean-François Heisser (piano), Jean-François Heisser (piano), Péter Csaba (violin) Czech Philharmonic Wind Ensemble, Vladimír Válek | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | ABQ - 20th Century Masterpieces
Bartók: | String Quartet No. 6, Sz 114 Recorded: 17-21.XII.1985; Evangeslische Kirche, Seon, Switzerland | Berg: | String Quartet, Op. 3 Recorded: XII.1991; Evangeslische Kirche, Seon, Switzerland | Berio: | Notturno (1993) Recorded: “live”, 12.V.1994; Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre, London | Einem: | String Quartet No. 1, Op. 45 Recorded: 21&22.VI.1983; Evangeslische Kirche, Seon, Switzerland | Haubenstock-Ramati: | String Quartet No. 2 Recorded: “live”, 30.I.1990; Konzerthaus, Wien | Lutoslawski: | String Quartet | Piazzólla: | Tango Sensations for String Quartet and Bandoneon Recorded: “live”,V.2003; Mozartsaal, Konzerthaus, Wien Per Arne Glorvigen (bandoneon) | Schnittke: | String Quartet No. 4 (1989) Recorded: “live”, 11.XII.1990; Mozartsaal, Konzerthaus, Wien | Strauss, J, II: | Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437 Recorded: 11-20.VI.1992; Mozartsaal, Konzerthaus, Wien Heinz Medjimorec (piano), Wolfgang Schulz (flute) and Ernst Ottensamer (clarinet) | Stravinsky: | Three Pieces for String Quartet Concertino | Urbanner: | String Quartet No. 4 (1991-92) Recorded: “live”, 17&19.V.1993; Mozartsaal, Konzerthaus, Wien (OpenDisc Bonus Content) |
“This generously filled three-disc set celebrates this the Alban Berg Quartet's implacable commitment towards promoting 20th-century repertory, plus works by Berio and Schnittke.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2008 ***** | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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