This page lists all recordings of String Quartet No. 4, Op. 37, by Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951) on CD, SACD & download (MP3 & FLAC). Generally, more recent releases are listed first, but with priority given to those that are in stock. |
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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Schoenberg: String Quartets Nos. 3 & 4Recordings supervised by Robert Craft
While Schoenberg’s final two string quartets inhabit atonal sound worlds, the Third draws on Classical forms such as theme-and-variations, minuet and sonata-rondo, its unsettling opening movement recalling a fairytale picture, ‘The Ghostship’, its Adagio a movement of spiritual depth and beauty. Schoenberg was particularly pleased with his Fourth String Quartet, which follows a creative logic of continual development and variation derived from the music of Bach and Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and Wagner. The Phantasy is a virtuosic peroration for violin with commentary from the piano, a prime example of Schoenberg’s avowed aim to write ‘really new music which, as it rests on tradition, is destined to become a tradition’. “Robert Craft was put on this earth to produce clear blueprints of Schoenberg and Stravinsky scores.” Gramophone “...the fusion of the familiar and the untrodden remains explosive and exhilarating, certainly as expounded by these players, who vary between the works. In common is the cellist Fred Sherry, veteran of the American modern music scene. The fourth quartet is led by the outstanding Leila Josefowicz.” Sunday Times, 12th September 2010 **** “...the two works sound fresh and vital, neither four-square in their phrasing nor rhythmically stolid. The Sherry Quartet presents both with total naturalness, giving the music all the space it needs to breathe and express itself.” The Guardian, 16th September 2010 **** “the energy and eloquence of Fred Sherry and his colleagues ensure that the effect is never merely strenuous, never turgid. Though often aggressive, the music dances and sings...Thorough but life-affirming, this performance sums up the spirit of the whole disc in admirably uncompromising fashion.” Gramophone Magazine, December 2010 | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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“…passionate, committed and above all competitive readings of all three works…” BBC Music Magazine, August 2007 **** | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Second Viennese School: Complete String Quartets
Berg: | Lyric Suite - for string quartet (1926) String Quartet, Op. 3 | Schoenberg: | String Quartet in D major (1897) String Quartet No. 1 in D minor, Op. 7 String Quartet No. 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 10 String Quartet No. 4, Op. 37 String Quartet No. 3, Op. 30 Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 | Webern: | String Quartet, Op. post. (1905) Langsamer Satz, (slow movement), Op. post. (1905) Rondo, Op. post. (1906) Quintett für Streicher und Klavier (1907) Five movements for String Quartet, Op. 5 (1909) Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9 (1911-1913) String Quartet, Op. 28 (1937-38) |
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| |  | In Honor of Rudolf Kolisch, 1896-1978
Bartók: | String Quartet No. 5, Sz 102 Sonata for Solo Violin, BB 124, Sz. 117 | Schoenberg: | String Quartet No. 1 in D minor, Op. 7 String Quartet No. 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 10 String Quartet No. 3, Op. 30 2 different recordings String Quartet No. 4, Op. 37 Violin Concerto, Op. 36 Phantasy for Violin with Piano Accompaniment, Op. 47 String Quartet in D major (1897) | Schubert: | Octet in F major, D803 | Webern: | Five movements for String Quartet, Op. 5 (1909) Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9 (1911-1913) |
Rudolf Kolisch (violin), Clemence Gifford (soprano), Gunnar Johansen (piano), Eric Simon (clarinet), Wendell Hoss (horn), Leonard Sharrow (bassoon), Anthony Zentrick (double bass) Kolisch Quartet, Pro Arte Quartet, Wisconsin Festival Orchestra, Rene Leibowitz Recordings from 1936-1966 | | | (also available to download from $32.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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