Artis Quartet - Webern: Complete Works for String Quartet & String Trio (2001)

Tracklist

01. Langsamer Satz
02. String Quartet, Op. 28
03. Rondo for String Quartet
04. Five Movements for String Quartet, Op. 5: I. Heftig bewegt
05. Five Movements for String Quartet, Op. 5: II. Sehr langsam
06. Five Movements for String Quartet, Op. 5: III. Sehr bewegt
07. Five Movements for String Quartet, Op. 5: IV. Sehr langsam
08. Five Movements for String Quartet, Op. 5: V. In zarter Bewegung
09. Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9: I. Mäbig
10. Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9: II. Leicht bewegt
11. Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9: III. Ziemlich fliebend
12. Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9: IV. Sehr langsam
13. Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9: V. Äuberst langsam
14. Six Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9: VI. Fliebend
15. Satz für Streichtrio, WoO 19
16. String Trio, Op. 20: I. Sehr langsam
17. String Trio, Op. 20: II. Sehr getragen und ausdrucksvoll
18. String Quartet, Op. 28: I. Mäbig
19. String Quartet, Op. 28: II. Germächlich

The Artis Quartet was founded in 1980 after its members graduated from the Vienna Conservatory. To date, it has recorded over twenty CDs, which have been honored with awards such as the Deutsche Phono-Akademie Prize and the Grand Prix International du Disque.

Webern’s works for string quartet and string trio take us from the late Romantic style of his student years in Vienna, through the expressionist soundscape of his quartet works—composed shortly before World War I—and on to the austerity and serenity of his later music.