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Schoenberg, Berg, Webern, Zemlinsky: Complete String Quartets

with Margaret Price (soprano)

LaSalle Quartet

Schoenberg, Berg, Webern, Zemlinsky: Complete String Quartets
These 1968 recordings by the LaSalle Quartet easily stand the test of time. With peerless playing from all four performers, for me this remains the top recommendation of both pieces.

James Longstaffe, Presto Music, 24th April 2014

Schoenberg, Berg, Webern, Zemlinsky: Complete String Quartets

with Margaret Price (soprano)

LaSalle Quartet

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These 1968 recordings by the LaSalle Quartet easily stand the test of time. With peerless playing from all four performers, for me this remains the top recommendation of both pieces.

James Longstaffe, Presto Music, 24th April 2014

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These first complete recordings of the string quartets of Schoenberg, Berg, Webern and Zemlinsky have won numerous international awards and been hailed as landmarks in the discography of 20th-century music.

Impeccable ensemble, superbly blended timbre and pure intonation ....This set [Schoenberg, Berg, Webern] is indeed a wonderful achievement (MusicWeb International). Febrile intensity and faultless proportioning of each formal structure [Zemlinsky] (Guardian).

Contents and tracklist

Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 1 in D minor, Op. 7
Work length43:06
1. Nicht zu rasch -
Track length11:59
2. Kräftig (nicht zu rasch) -
Track length11:45
3. Mäßig (langsame viertel) -
Track length11:58
4. Mäßig (heiter)
Track length7:24
Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 10
Work length29:05
1. Mäßig
Track length5:52
2. Sehr rasch
Track length6:40
3. Litanei (Langsam)
Track length5:40
4. Entrückung (Sehr langsam)
Track length10:53
Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 30
Work length30:08
1. Moderato
Track length8:54
2. Adagio
Track length8:16
3. Intermezzo (Allegro moderato)
Track length6:50
4. Rondo
Track length6:08
Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 4, Op. 37
Work length31:38
1. Allegro molto, energico
Track length9:02
2. Comodo
Track length7:08
3. Largo
Track length7:31
4. Allegro
Track length7:57
Schoenberg: String Quartet in D major (1897)
Work length21:29
1. Allegro molto
Track length6:16
2. Intermezzo. Andantino grazioso
Track length3:41
3. Andante con moto
Track length6:51
4. Allegro
Track length4:41
Webern: Five movements for String Quartet, Op. 5 (1909)
Work length10:17
1. Heftig bewegt
Track length2:22
2. Sehr langsam
Track length2:18
3. Sehr bewegt
Track length0:40
4. Sehr langsam
Track length1:36
5. In zarter Bewegung
Track length3:21
Webern: String Quartet, Op. post. (1905)
Work length12:10
Webern: Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9 (1911-1913)
Work length3:31
1. Mässig
Track length0:33
2. Leicht bewegt
Track length0:21
3. Ziemlich fliessend
Track length0:21
4. Sehr langsam
Track length0:42
5. Äusserst langsam
Track length1:10
6. Fliessend
Track length0:24
Webern: String Quartet, Op. 28 (1937-38)
Work length7:53
1. Mässig
Track length3:54
2. Gemächlich
Track length1:45
3. Sehr fliessend
Track length2:14
Berg: Lyric Suite - for string quartet (1926)
Work length26:36
I. Allegretto gioviale
Track length2:52
II. Andante amoroso
Track length5:36
III. Allegro misterioso - Trio estatico
Track length3:18
IV. Adagio appassionato
Track length4:59
V. Presto delirando - Tenebroso
Track length4:26
VI. Largo desolato
Track length5:25
Berg: String Quartet, Op. 3
Work length18:35
1. Langsam
Track length8:58
2. Mässige viertel
Track length9:37
Zemlinsky: String Quartet No. 1 in A major, Op. 4
Work length26:35
  • Christopher Alder (videoscripteditor)
  • LaSalle Quartet
  • Recorded: 1980-12-10
  • Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg
1. Allegro con fuoco
Track length10:43
2. Allegretto
Track length4:12
3. Breit und kräftig
Track length6:06
4. Vivace con fuoco
Track length5:34
Zemlinsky: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 15
Work length38:51
1. Sehr mäßig - Heftig und leidenschaftlich
Track length3:26
2. Moderato - Andante mosso - Allegretto
Track length6:18
2. Adagio
Track length8:15
3. Schnell
Track length5:46
4. Andante - Mit energischer Entschlossenheit
Track length3:23
4. Allegro molto - Langsam - Andante
Track length11:43
Zemlinsky: String Quaret no.3, op.19
Work length22:23
  • LaSalle Quartet
  • Recorded: 1980-12-10
  • Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg
1. Allegretto
Track length7:13
2. Thema mit Variationen. Geheimnisvoll bewegt, nicht zu schnell - Variationen I - VII
Track length5:21
3. Romanze. Sehr mäßige Achtel - attacca:
Track length4:40
4. Burleske. Sehr lebhaft
Track length5:09
Zemlinsky: String Quartet no.4, op.25
Work length23:54
1. Präludium. Poco Adagio
Track length3:48
2. Burleske. Vivace
Track length5:01
3. Adagietto. Adagio
Track length2:56
4. Intermezzo. Allegretto
Track length4:14
5. Thema mit Variationen (Barcarole). Poco Adagio
Track length4:44
6. Finale-Doppelfuge. Allegro molto, energico
Track length3:11
Apostel: String Quartet no.1, op.7
Work length25:09
1. Allegro risoluto
Track length7:31
2. Thema. Largo con variazioni I-VI
Track length8:42
3. Presto ma non troppo
Track length2:57
4. Largo assai
Track length5:59

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24th April 2014

These 1968 recordings by the LaSalle Quartet easily stand the test of time. With peerless playing from all four performers, for me this remains the top recommendation of both pieces.
James Longstaffe
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