Chamber, Quartets, Webern (composer)
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On this occasion the limelight is stolen from Schoenberg by Zemlinsky...This music requires little excuse to become overheated, and it is much to the Arod’s credit that they resist the temptation... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2019, Editor's Choice
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Berg: String Quartet – Webern: Langsamer Satz – Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 2
RecommendedHeath Quartet, Carolyn Sampson (soprano)
The Heath Quartet convey the [Schoenberg’s] often intimate intensity with great sensitivity, and Carolyn Sampson’s warm lyricism is ideal both in the forward-looking finale, and in the slow... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 15th July 2022
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Boulez conducts Webern Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Françoise Pollet (soprano), Christiane Oelze (soprano)
Ensemble Intercontemporain, BBC Singers, Pierre Boulez
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All the pieces on this final instalment of the ‘Prism’ series stand on a threshold, and in this Op 135 Beethoven does so with the vitality and humour of the Diabelli Variations. — More…
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Schönberg: Kammersymphonie Op. 9, Sechs Kleine Stücke, Op. 19 (Arr. Holliger) - Webern: Symphonie, Op. 21, Fünf Sätze, Op. 5
Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Heinz Holliger
[Schoenberg's Kammersymphonie] calls for considerable virtuosity from each of its 15 solo players, and the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra under Heinz Holliger acquits itself very well...Holliger... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2001, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, May 2016, Also Recommended
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Kremerata Musica Gidon Kremer (violin), Veronika Hagen (viola), Clemens Hagen (cello), Oleg Maisenberg (piano), Sabine Meyer (clarinet)
Kremerata Musica
Unfortunately this recording is currently only available as a download...but I didn't want to leave out this excellent performance from clarinettist Sabine Meyer and pianist Oleg Maisenberg. — More…
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their new account under Heinz Holliger unfolds at relatively steady tempos, with more compositional logic than late Romantic passion...[Holliger's] deployment of a relatively small string line-up... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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Schoenberg, Berg & Webern: Complete Works for String Quartet
Sandrine Piau (soprano), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (contralto)
Quatuor Diotima
The extreme refinement and minutely focused intensity, in recordings to match, make the Webern a singularly beautiful, if somewhat unsettling experience. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2016, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Chamber
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