The Second Viennese School on disc

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The Second Viennese School on disc

On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Schoenberg Quartet the British record company Chandos will issue the Quartet’s recordings of the complete music for strings (36 compositions including four world première recordings*) by Arnold Schoenberg, Alexander Zemlinsky, Anton Webern and Alban Berg on nine compact discs.

1. Arnold Schoenberg
String Quartet in D major (1897) Verklärte Nacht Op. 4, for string sextet (1899)
	with Jan Erik van Regteren Altena – viola and Taco Kooistra – violoncello
String Quartet No.1, Op.7 in D minor (1905) Chamber Symphony Op.9 (1906), version for piano quintet by Anton Webern (1923)
	with Sepp Grotenhuis – piano
String Quartet No.2, Op.10 in F-sharp minor (1907-1908)
	with Susan Narucki – soprano
Six Little Piano Pieces, Op.19 * (1911)
	arranged for string quartet by Henk Guittart (1999)
Wind Quintet op.26 * (1924),
	arranged for string quintet by Henk Guittart (1995). with Taco Kooistra – violoncello
String Quartet No.3, Op.30 (1927) Concerto for string quartet and orchestra (after Handel) (1933).
	with the Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra, cond. Roberto Benzi
String Quartet No.4, Op.37 (1936) Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte Op.41 (1942)
	with Michael Grandage – reciter and Sepp Grotenhuis – piano
String Trio Op.45 (1946) Phantasy Op.47 (1949), for violin and piano
	with Sepp Grotenhuis – piano
released in August 2001 CHAN 9939 (5 discs)

2. Alexander Zemlinsky
String Quartet No.1, Op.4, in A major (1896) Maiblumen blüten überall (Richard Dehmel)
	for soprano and string sextet, Op.posth. (c.1900). wth Susan Narucki – soprano Jan Erik van Regteren Altena – viola Taco Kooistra – violoncello
String Quartet No.2, Op.15 (1913-1914)
String Quartet No.3, Op.19 (1924)
Two movements, Op.posth. (1927)
String Quartet No.4, Op.25 (1936)
release: April 2002 CHAN 9975 (2 discs)

3. Anton Webern
Slow Movement, Op. posth. (1905)
String Quartet, Op. posth. (1905)
Rondo Op.posth. (1907)
Five Movements, Op.5 (1909)
Four Pieces, Op.7 (1910) for violin and piano
	with Sepp Grotenhuis – piano
Six Bagatelles, Op.9 (1911-1913)
Sonata, Op.posth. (1914) for violoncello and piano
	with Sepp Grotenhuis – piano
Three Little Pieces op.11 (1914) for violoncello and piano
	with Sepp Grotenhuis – piano
String Trio Op.20 (1927)
String Quartet Op.28 (1938)
release: June 2002 CHAN 9978 (1 disc)

4. Alban Berg
String Quartet, Op.3 (1909-1910) Hier ist Friede, Op.4 No.5 (1912) *, arranged by
	Alban Berg(1917), for violin, cello, piano and harmonium, with Sepp Grotenhuis – piano, and Bob Zimmerman – harmonium
Four Pieces, Op.5 (1913) * for clarinet and piano
	arranged by Henk Guittart (1993) for viola and piano, with Sepp Grotenhuis – piano
Adagio from the Chamber Concerto (1925), arranged by
	Alban Berg (1935) for violin, clarinet and piano, with Pierre Woudenberg – clarinet, and Sepp Grotenhuis – piano
Lyrische Suite (1926)
release: November 2002 CHAN 9977 (1 disc)