Schoenberg: The Five String Quartets (2024 Remastered Version) Juilliard String Quartet

• Arnold Schoenberg (1874 - 1951): String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 7:
• 1Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 7: Nicht zu rasch (2024 Remastered Version)12:26
• 2Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 7: Kräftig (nicht zu rasch) (2024 Remastered Version)12:10
• 3Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 7: Mäßig, langsame Viertel (2024 Remastered Version)13:04
• 4Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 7: Mäßig, heiter (2024 Remastered Version)08:30
• String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10:
• 5Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10: 1. Mäßig (2024 Remastered Version)06:20
• 6Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10: 2. Sehr rasch (2024 Remastered Version)06:42
• 7Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10: 3. Litanei: Langsam (2024 Remastered Version)05:34
• 8Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10: 4. Entrückung (Stefan George): Sehr langsam (gehende Achtel) (2024 Remastered Version)10:49
• String Quartet No. 3, Op. 30:
• 9Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 30: 1. Moderato - Etwas ruhiger, molto cantabile (2024 Remastered Version)08:42
• 10Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 30: 2. Adagio (2024 Remastered Version)09:19
• 11Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 30: 3. Intermezzo. Allegro moderato (2024 Remastered Version)07:09
• 12Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 30: 4. Rondo. Molto moderato (2024 Remastered Version)06:15
• String Quartet No. 4, Op. 37:
• 13Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 4, Op. 37: 1. Allegro molto, energico (2024 Remastered Version)08:57
• 14Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 4, Op. 37: 2. Comodo (2024 Remastered Version)08:09
• 15Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 4, Op. 37: 3. Largo (2024 Remastered Version)08:32
• 16Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 4, Op. 37: 4. Allegro - Agitato (2024 Remastered Version)08:20
• String Quartet in D Major:
• 17Schoenberg: String Quartet in D Major: I. Allegro molto (2024 Remastered Version)06:38
• 18Schoenberg: String Quartet in D Major: II. Intermezzo. Andantino grazioso (2024 Remastered Version)04:20
• 19Schoenberg: String Quartet in D Major: III. Theme and Variations. Andante con moto (2024 Remastered Version)08:56
• 20Schoenberg: String Quartet in D Major: IV. Allegro - Presto (2024 Remastered Version)04:49
• Total Runtime02:45:41

Info for Schoenberg: The Five String Quartets (2024 Remastered Version)

Arnold Schoenberg, one of the most influential musical figures of the 20th century, was born in Vienna in 1874. Sony Classical is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the great composer’s birth with the reissue of 20 albums of recordings from CBS/American Columbia. The company was a pioneer in documenting Schoenberg’s achievements and already demonstrated that commitment during his lifetime (he died in 1952). In 1940, with the composer conducting, Columbia Masterworks produced the first recording of one of his most captivating and revolutionary works, Pierrot lunaire; and in the 1950s and 60s, the label undertook a ground-breaking multi-volume series entitled “The Music of Arnold Schoenberg”. But arguably no recordings have done more to further the cause of Schoenberg’s orchestral and vocal works than those of Pierre Boulez, while none have done more to promote his chamber music than those by the Juilliard Quartet.

The Juilliard Quartet brought its “profoundly intelligent” Schoenberg interpretations (Gramophone) into the studio over an even longer span – four decades, beginning with its first traversal of the numbered string quartets in 1951/52 (“Magnificent recordings” – Gramophone). The Juilliard returned to Columbia’s 30th Street Studio in 1975 for a stereo remake of the four “official” quartets, now coupled with the ensemble’s first recording of the early D major Quartet – a charming student work that could almost be mistaken for Dvořák.

But it wasn’t only advances in technology that prompted the Juilliard Quartet to re-record Schoenberg after years of regularly performing the quartets in concert. In an interview about their evolving interpretations with the recording’s producer, the players spoke of an increasingly romantic approach, especially to Nos. 3 and 4, with less emphasis on rhythmic drive but greater emotional intensity. The set won them the 1977 Grammy for Best Chamber Music Performance.

Juilliard String Quartet
Benita Valente, soprano

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Juilliard String Quartet
widely known as the quintessential American string quartet, welcomes its new cellist, Astrid Schween, and celebrates its 70th anniversary during the 2016/17 season with return engagements in Philadelphia, San Francisco, Detroit, Toronto, Louisville, Cleveland, Tucson, and New York’s Alice Tully Hall. The JSQ premieres Fragments, String Quartet No. 6 by renowned Argentine-American composer Mario Davidovsky, jointly commissioned by the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music and the Juilliard School. In January, the Quartet tours Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, and Turkey, including appearances at the Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam, the Musikverein in Vienna, and the Berlin Konzerthaus.

Last season, a yearlong celebration of Joel Krosnick’s remarkable 42-year tenure as cellist of the JSQ, featured tours of Asia and Europe, concerts throughout the US and Canada, as well as special performances of the Schubert Cello Quintet with Astrid Schween in Detroit, New York City, and at the Ravinia Festival. In 2015 the Quartet was featured in the groundbreaking interactive app on Schubert’s “Death and the Maiden” Quartet, released by the innovative app developer, Touchpress, in collaboration with the Juilliard School.

The Quartet’s recordings of the Bartok and Schoenberg Quartets, as well as those of Debussy, Ravel and Beethoven won Grammy Awards, and in 2011 the Quartet became the first classical music ensemble to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. In 2014 Sony Classical reissued the Quartet’s landmark recordings of the first four Elliott Carter String Quartets together with the more recently recorded Carter Quartet No. 5, making a complete historical document. Devoted master teachers, the members of the Juilliard String Quartet offer classes and open rehearsals when on tour. At the Juilliard School, where they are the String Quartet in Residence, all are sought-after members of the string and chamber music faculty and annually, in May, they are hosts of the 5-day Internationally recognized Juilliard String Quartet Seminar.

In performance, recordings and incomparable work educating the major artists and quartets of our time, the Juilliard String Quartet has carried the banner of the United States and The Juilliard School throughout the world.

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