Schoenberg, Berg, Webern, Zemlinsky: Complete String Quartets
with Margaret Price (soprano)
LaSalle Quartet
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. —
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Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 1 in D minor, Op. 7
- LaSalle Quartet (string quartet)
- Recorded: 1968-03
- Recording Venue: Plenarsaal Der Akademie Der Wissenschaften, Munchen
1. Nicht zu rasch -
2. Kräftig (nicht zu rasch) -
3. Mäßig (langsame viertel) -
4. Mäßig (heiter)
Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 10
- LaSalle Quartet (string quartet), Dame Margaret Price (soprano)
- Recorded: 1969-07
- Recording Venue: Plenarsaal Der Akademie Der Wissenschaften, Munchen
1. Mäßig
2. Sehr rasch
3. Litanei (Langsam)
4. Entrückung (Sehr langsam)
Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 30
- LaSalle Quartet (string quartet)
- Recorded: 1969-07
- Recording Venue: Plenarsaal Der Akademie Der Wissenschaften, Munchen
1. Moderato
2. Adagio
3. Intermezzo (Allegro moderato)
4. Rondo
Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 4, Op. 37
- LaSalle Quartet (string quartet)
- Recorded: 1969-07
- Recording Venue: Plenarsaal Der Akademie Der Wissenschaften, Munchen
1. Allegro molto, energico
2. Comodo
3. Largo
4. Allegro
Schoenberg: String Quartet in D major (1897)
- LaSalle Quartet (string quartet)
- Recorded: 1970-03
- Recording Venue: Plenarsaal Der Akademie Der Wissenschaften, Munchen
1. Allegro molto
2. Intermezzo. Andantino grazioso
3. Andante con moto
4. Allegro
Webern: Five movements for String Quartet, Op. 5 (1909)
- LaSalle Quartet (string quartet)
- Recorded: 1969-03
- Recording Venue: Plenarsaal Der Akademie Der Wissenschaften, Munchen
1. Heftig bewegt
2. Sehr langsam
3. Sehr bewegt
4. Sehr langsam
5. In zarter Bewegung
Webern: String Quartet, Op. post. (1905)
- LaSalle Quartet (string quartet)
- Recorded: 1968-03
- Recording Venue: Plenarsaal Der Akademie Der Wissenschaften, Munchen
Webern: Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9 (1911-1913)
- LaSalle Quartet (string quartet)
- Recorded: 1968-03
- Recording Venue: Plenarsaal Der Akademie Der Wissenschaften, Munchen
1. Mässig
2. Leicht bewegt
3. Ziemlich fliessend
4. Sehr langsam
5. Äusserst langsam
6. Fliessend
Webern: String Quartet, Op. 28 (1937-38)
- LaSalle Quartet (string quartet)
- Recorded: 1968-12
- Recording Venue: Plenarsaal Der Akademie Der Wissenschaften, Munchen
1. Mässig
2. Gemächlich
3. Sehr fliessend
Berg: Lyric Suite - for string quartet (1926)
- LaSalle Quartet (string quartet)
- Recorded: 1968-12-22
- Recording Venue: Plenarsaal Der Akademie Der Wissenschaften, Munchen
I. Allegretto gioviale
II. Andante amoroso
III. Allegro misterioso - Trio estatico
IV. Adagio appassionato
V. Presto delirando - Tenebroso
VI. Largo desolato