String Quartets Nos.1 & 3
SCHOENBERG Arnold (1874-1951)
Gringolts Quartet
Label : BIS Records
Artikelnummer: BIS2567
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The First Quartet has still much in common with the Late Romantic idiom of R. Strauss: four distinct sections which, according to a composer's note, chart a progression from 'rebellion' and 'depression' to 'quiet joy and the contemplation of rest and harmony', pointing forward to the inevitable break to come soon. In the Third Quartet, Schoenberg had meanwhile developed his twelve-tone method: it is counterbalancing with familiar features such as a slow variation movement and a rondo finale.