or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
or
Amazon Prime free trial required. Sign up when you check out. Learn more
More Buying Choices
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
Available to Download Now
 
Buy the MP3 album for £7.49
  
 
 
 
Webern - Works for String Quartet and String Trio
 
See larger image 
Share your own customer images

Webern - Works for String Quartet and String Trio

Artis Qt (Artist), Anton Webern (Composer) | Format: Audio CD
Price: £12.38 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
In stock.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk. Gift-wrap available.
Only 1 left in stock--order soon (more on the way).
Want guaranteed delivery by Thursday, June 7? Choose Express delivery at checkout. See Details
Buy the MP3 album for £7.49 at the Amazon MP3 Downloads store.

Jubilee Offer: Patriotic Classics for £2.50

Jubilee CD for £2.50
Join in the celebration with Diamond Jubilee: A Classical Celebration, featuring rousing classics like "Land of Hope and Glory", available for just £2.50 on CD until Wednesday.

›Shop now

Customers Who Viewed This Item Also Viewed

Product details

Listen to Samples and Buy MP3s

Songs from this album are available to purchase as MP3s. Click on "Buy MP3" or view the MP3 Album.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Samples
Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Langsamer Satz 7:25£0.89
Listen  2. String Quartet14:35Album Only
Listen  3. Rondo for String Quartet 7:22£0.89
Listen  4. Five Movements for String Quartet, Op. 5: I Heftig bewegt Tempo I - etwas ruhiger Tempo II 2:27£0.89
Listen  5. Five Movements for String Quartet, Op. 5: II Sehr langsam 2:25£0.89
Listen  6. Five Movements for String Quartet, Op. 5: III Sehr bewegt0:50£0.89
Listen  7. Five Movements for String Quartet, Op. 5: IV Sehr langsam 1:42£0.89
Listen  8. Five Movements for String Quartet, Op. 5: In zarter Bewegung 3:36£0.89
Listen  9. Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9: I Mäbig0:29£0.89
Listen10. Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9: II Leicht bewegt0:26£0.89
Listen11. Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9: III Ziemlich fliebend0:21£0.89
Listen12. Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9: IV Sehr langsam0:56£0.89
Listen13. Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9: V Äuberst langsam 1:20£0.89
Listen14. Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9: VI Fliebend0:44£0.89
Listen15. Satz für Streichtrio, Op.post: Ruhog Fliebend 2:17£0.89
Listen16. String Trio, Op.20: I Sehr langsam 3:27£0.89
Listen17. String Trio, Op.20: II Sehr getragen und ausdrucksvoll 5:51£0.89
Listen18. String Quartet, Op.28: I Mäbig 4:08£0.89
Listen19. String Quartet, Op.28: II Germächlich 1:45£0.89
Listen20. String Quartet, Op.28: III Sehr fliebend 2:29£0.89

Product Description

BBC Review

Anton Webern's music still provokes extreme reactions. In fact the idea of Webern's music is enough to cause a shudder in some people; hearing the name is enough and perish the thought of actually listening to the music.

Yet what beauties they miss, and what change. From his early Slow Movement for String Quartet through to the late Op. 28 Quartet over 30 years later you travel from yearning romanticism through Expressionist angst to the atonal 12-note world of Webern's teacher Schönberg, yet with a degree of refinement and crystalline beauty rarely achieved by his master.

These new performances from the Artis Quartet of Vienna let you compress this journey into a mere 65 minutes, from first to last. They bring all the warmth those early tonal works cry out for, and somehow manage to carry it through to even the later works, pieces that sometimes receive the coldest of performances from players in awe of Webern's reputation. Maybe it takes a Viennese ensemble to show us that the spirit of Vienna lives in all of this music, not just the obviously romantic early work.

It's a pleasure to be reminded that Webern always was a lyrical composer; it's just that he doesn't always get lyrical performances. These from the Artis Quartet ought to win over a few die-hards, assuming of course you can get them to take their fingers out of their ears after hearing the name Webern...

Andrew McGregor - presenter of CD Review on Radio 3 --John Armstrong

Find more music at the BBC This link will take you off Amazon in a new window

Suggested Tags from Similar Products

 (What's this?)
Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
 
(2)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)
(1)

Your tags: Add your first tag
 
See most popular tags

Customer Reviews

There are no customer reviews yet on Amazon.co.uk.
5 star
4 star
3 star
2 star
1 star
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:  1 review
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Most Warmly Recommended 9 April 2004
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Audio CD
This disk presents in chronological order all of Webern's works for string quartet and string trio. The listener is treated to a delicious odyssey that commences with the achingly romantic (not to mention tonal) Langsamer Satz of 1905 and terminates with the atonal Opus 28 of 1937/38. The gradual elimination of tonality as the composer assimilates more and more of Schoenberg's influence while simultaneously developing his own style is fascinating, the more so for having such competent performers as our guides. Vienna's Artis Quartett not only thoroughly understand this music, they play it AS music. As a result, these performances do not come across as abstract, cognoscenti-specific musings--anyone can assimilate these pieces.
I was delighted to discover in the extremely informative liner notes that the Artis are former students of my beloved Lasalle Quartet, who, for my money, still represent the standard by which most other performances in this repertoire are judged. Their students do them proud and deserve a place in your collection if this music is important to you. The disk is very well recorded with excellent sonics and serves admirably as a moderately-priced alternative to the Lasalle box for those seeking an introduction to this music.

Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
Search all Amazon discussions
   
Related forums

Listmania!

Create a Listmania! list

Look for similar items by category

Look for similar items by subject





i.e., each product must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ...

Feedback


Amazon.co.uk Privacy Statement Amazon.co.uk Delivery Information Amazon.co.uk Returns & Exchanges