Schönberg: STRING QUARTET D MAJOR / STRING QUARTET OP 7

Arnold Schoenberg (Composer), Leipzig String Quartet (Performer), Leipziger Streichquartett (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Leipzig String Quartet, Leipziger Streichquartett
• Composer: Arnold Schoenberg
• Audio CD (October 19, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: MD&G Records
• ASIN: B00001W091
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #437,113 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. String Quartet In D Major: Allegro molto

2. String Quartet In D Major: Intermezzo

3. String Quartet In D Major: Variations

4. String Quartet In D Major: Allegro

5. String Quartet In D Major No. 1 Op. 7: 1st Part

6. String Quartet In D Major No. 1 Op. 7: 2nd Part (Scherzo)

7. String Quartet In D Major No. 1 Op. 7: 3rd Part (Langsamer Satz)

8. String Quartet In D Major No. 1 Op. 7: 4th Part (Rondofinale)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Absolutely Wonderful Disc..., January 30, 2005

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Sébastien Melmoth (Hôtel d'Alsace, PARIS) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Schönberg: STRING QUARTET D MAJOR / STRING QUARTET OP 7 (Audio CD)

This is a very wonderful disc, not only as Schoenberg's music alone, but as art-music ("classical music") of any kind.

Schoenberg's D major string quartet of 1897 is very fine music. It's very Brahmsian, with accents of Dvorak, yet wholly original and echt-Viennese. It entirely deserves to be better known and broadcast on FM radio, etc.

Schoenberg's d minor quartet--his offical No. 1--is a great piece full of fine music. It begins where late Beethoven left off with his late great quartets. The precedent of Lizst's b minor sonata in one "portmanteau" movement was not lost on Schoenberg.

This is a great disc: the performances are outstanding; the recorded sound, excellent.