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Quartet no. 2 in F-sharp minor, op. 10 (1907/08)
(soprano, 2 violins, viola, violoncello)
(dedicatee: Gertrud Schoenberg) (text: Stefan George)
- Moderato [Moderate]
- Sehr rasch [Very quick]
- Litanei [Litany]
- Entrückung [Rapture]
1936 December 31........................................... Gifford; Kolisch String Quartet [pre 1950]....................................................... Koeckert Quartet 1951/1952....................................................... Graf; Juilliard Quartet 1960................................................................ Escribano; Ramor Quartet 1967 June........................................................ Lear; New Vienna String Quartet 1969 July......................................................... Price; LaSalle Quartet 1972................................................................ Mari Iwamoto String Quartet [1974].............................................................. Schack; Quatuor de Genève 1975 May 12 - June 4..................................... Valente; Juilliard Quartet [1978?]............................................................ Belobragina; Kvartet Imeni Borodina 1980 March & April........................................ Beardslee; Sequoia String Quartet 1985 January & 1986 September..................... Suske; Gewandhaus-Quartett 1993 May-June............................................... Upshaw; Arditti Quartet 1994 February-March..................................... Berntsen; Borealis Ensemble 1994 May........................................................ Whittlesey; Prazák Quartet 1994 August.................................................... Oelze; Brindisi String Quartet 1993 December 22-23 & 1994 March 13-14... Roocroft; Britten Quartet 1999 February................................................. Oelze; Leipziger Streichquartett 1999 March 29-30.......................................... Narucki; Schoenberg Quartet 2002 December - 2003 September.................. Pammer; Aron Quartet 2004 June 14-18............................................. Koster; Quatuor Manfred 2005 January................................................... Welch-Babidge; Fred Sherry String Quartet
- Clemence Gifford, alto; Kolisch String Quartet (Rudolf Kolisch, violin; Felix Khuner, violin; Eugene Lehner, viola; Benar Heifetz, violoncello) (recorded: United Artists film studio, Hollywood, CA, 31 December 1936) (6:12 + 6:03 + 5:17 + 10:33 = 28:05)
- *Alco ALP 1003 mono (1950) LP (6:18 + 6:08 + 5:22 + 10:41 = 28:29)
- *Archiphon ARC-103/04 mono ADD (1992) CD (6:12 + 6:03 + 5:17 + 10:33 = 28:05)
- *Archiphon ARC-103/04 mono ADD (1996?) CD (disc 1 newly remastered)
- *Music & Arts CD-1056 mono AAD (2003) 6 CD (6:17 + 6:06 + 5:19 + 10:37 = 28:34)
- Koeckert Quartet (Rudolf Koeckert, violin; Willi Buchner, violin; Oskar Riedl, viola; Josef Merz, violoncello) (1st movement) (6:06)
- EMI HMS 104/114 (pre 1950) 78-rpm disc
- *RCA Victor Red Seal LM 6092 mono (1959) LP
- EMI His Master’s Voice HLP 26/27 mono (1959?) LP
- Uta Graf, soprano; Juilliard Quartet (Robert Mann, violin; Robert Koff, violin; Raphael Hillyer, viola; Arthur Winograd, violoncello) (recorded: 1951/52) (6:09 + 6:19 + 5:15 + 10:27 = 28:10)
- *Columbia SL 188 (ML 4735/37) mono (1954?) LP
- *Columbia ML 4736 mono (1954?) LP
- *Columbia Special Products CML 4736 mono (pre 1956?) LP
- *Philips A 01 177 LY mono (1956?) LP
- Philips ABL 3372 mono (1961?) LP
- Columbia Special Products AML 4736 mono (1974) LP
- Columbia (Japan) OL 229/231 (pre 1978) LP
- CBS Sony SONZ 13/15 (pre 1978) LP
- Maria Thérèsia Escribano, soprano; Ramor Quartet (Erwin Ramor, violin; Andres Sandor, violin; Zoltan Thirring, viola; Vera Nogrady, violoncello) (recorded: 1960) (6:33 + 6:32 + 5:17 + 9:54 = 28:35)
- *Vox DL 730 mono (1962) LP
- *Vox STDL 500 730 stereo (1962) LP
- *Turnabout TVS 34032 stereo (1965?) LP
- *Turnabout TV 4032 mono (1966) LP
- *Vox Box SVBX 590 stereo (1967?) LP
- *Tuxedo Music TUXCD 1037 stereo ADD (1990) CD
- *Tuxedo Music TUXCD stereo ??D (pre 1999?) CD (2nd movement excerpt) (0:50)
- Evelyn Lear, soprano; New Vienna String Quartet (Zlatko Topolski, violin; Tomislav Sestak, violin; Fritz Händschke, viola; Wolfgang Herzer, violoncello) (recorded: Plenarsaal, Munich, West Germany, June 1967) (6:57 + 7:04 + 5:25 + 10:25 = 29:51)
- *Deutsche Grammophon SLPM 139 361 stereo (1969) LP
- Deutsche Grammophon 923 099 stereo (1970?) cassette
- *Deutsche Grammophon L 9361 stereo (1970?) 4-track tape
- Philips 839 737/39 LY stereo (1970?) LP
- *Philips 839 738 LY stereo (1970?) LP
- Philips (Japan) SFL-8623 stereo (pre 1978) LP
- *Philips 6570 576 stereo (1982?) LP
- Philips 7310 576 stereo (1982?) cassette
- Philips 6514 187 stereo (1983?) LP
- *Philips 289 464 046-2 PM2 stereo ADD (1999) CD (7:01 + 7:07 + 5:30 + 10:34 = 30:12)
- Margaret Price, soprano; LaSalle Quartet (Walter Levin, violin; Henry Meyer, violin; Peter Kamnitzer, viola; Jack Kirstein, violoncello) (recorded: Plenarsaal der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Munich, West Germany, July 1969) (5:42 + 6:40 + 5:38 + 10:53 = 28:53)
- *Deutsche Grammophon 2720 029 (2561 050/54) stereo (1971?) LP
- *Deutsche Grammophon 2713 006 (2561 050/54) stereo (1971?) LP
- Deutsche Grammophon 2561 050/54 stereo (1971?) LP
- Deutsche Grammophon 2713 737 stereo (1971?) LP
- Deutsche Grammophon (Japan) MG 9637 stereo (pre 1978) LP
- *Deutsche Grammophon 419 994-2 GCM4 (419 995-2/98-2) stereo ADD (1987) CD
- *Deutsche Grammophon 439 470-2 10 G CL stereo ADD (1994) CD
- *Deutsche Grammophon 439 470-2 G CL stereo ADD & DDD (1994) CD (29:21)
- *Literatur und Musik CD 28636 stereo ADD (1996) CD (1st movement, excerpt) (2:02)
- *Deutsche Grammophon 461 979-2 stereo ADD/DDD (2001) 2 CD (2nd movement) (6:43)
- Mari Iwamoto String Quartet (recorded: 1972) (32:08)
- Margarita Schack, soprano; Quatuor de Genève (Régis Plantevin, violin; Mireille Mercanton, violin; André Vauquet, viola; Francois Courvoisier, violoncello) (recorded: Phonag Tonstudio, Lindau, Zurich, Switzerland) (5:42 + 6:24 + 5:28 + 10:16 = 27:50)
- Benita Valente, soprano; Juilliard Quartet (Robert Mann, violin; Earl Carlyss, violin; Samuel Rhodes, viola; Joel Krosnick, violoncello) (recorded: CBS Recording Studios, 30th Street, New York, NY, 12 May - 4 June 1975) (6:16 + 6:39 + 5:30 + 10:43 = 29:07)
- *Columbia M3 34581 stereo (1977) LP
- *CBS 79304 stereo (1977) LP
- *CBS Sony 75 AC 351/53 stereo (1978) LP
- *Sony Classical SMK 62020 stereo ADD (1995) CD
- *Sony Classical SM4K 62364 (SMK 62019-022) stereo ADD (1996) 4 CD
- *Sony Classical SSK 6343 stereo ADD (1996) CD (excerpt)
- *Sony Classical SSK 6344 stereo ADD (1996) CD (excerpt)
- *Sony Classical SSK 6346 stereo ADD (1996) CD (excerpt)
- *Sony Classical [s.n.] stereo ADD (1998) CD (excerpt)
- Liudmilla Belobragina, soprano; Kvartet Imeni Borodina (Mikhail Kopel’man, violin; Andrei Abramenkov, violin; Dmitrii Shebalin, viola; Valentin Berlinskii, violoncello) (7:03 + 7:02 + 5:32 + 10:39 = 30:16)
- *Melodiia 33S10-12145/46 stereo (1978?) LP
- *Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga MK 418019 mono AAD (1992) CD
- Bethany Beardslee, soprano; Sequoia String Quartet (Yoko Matsuda, violin; Miwako Watanabe, violin; James Dunham, viola; Robert Martin, violoncello) (recorded: Los Angeles, CA, March & April 1980) (6:57 + 6:16 + 5:38 + 10:27 = 29:18)
- Sibylle Suske, soprano; Gewandhaus-Quartett (Karl Suske, violin; Giorgio Kröhner, violin; Dietmar Hallmann, viola; Jürnjakob Timm, violoncello) (recorded: Studio Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche, Leipzig, East Germany, January 1985 & September 1986) (6:09 + 6:43 + 4:42 + 9:39 = 27:13)
- Dawn Upshaw, soprano; Arditti Quartet (Irvine Arditti, violin; David Alberman, violin; Garth Knox, viola; Rohan de Saram, violoncello) (recorded: BBC London Maida Vale, England, May-June 1993) (6:29 + 6:47 + 5:53 + 11:11 = 30:29)
- Anne-Lise Berntsen, soprano; Borealis Ensemble (Eileen Siegel, violin; Kjell Arne Jørgensen, violin; Jon Sønstebø, viola; Kari Ravnan, violoncello) (recorded: Hennie-Onstad Art Centre, Oslo, Norway, February-March 1994) (6:31 + 6:59 + 6:03 + 11:35 = 31:08)
- *Victoria VCD 19088 stereo DDD (1994) CD
- Christine Whittlesey, soprano; Prazák Quartet (Václav Remes, violin; Vlastimil Holek, violin; Josef Kluson, viola; Michal Kanka, violoncello) (recorded: Evangelic Church, Prague, Czech Republic, May 1994) (6:09 + 6:35 + 5:26 + 11:01 = 29:21)
- *Praga PR 250 056 stereo DDD (1994) CD
- *Praga PRD 250 112 stereo DDD (1997) CD
- Christiane Oelze, soprano; Brindisi String Quartet (Jacqueline Shave, violin; Patrick Kiernan, violin; Katie Wilkinson Khoroshunin, viola; Jonathan Tunnell, violoncello) (recorded: St. Silas Church, London, England, August 1994) (6:09 + 7:12 + 5:40 + 11:05 = 30:33)
- *Metronome MET CD 1007-01 stereo DDD (1994) CD
- Amanda Roocroft, soprano; Britten Quartet (Peter Manning, violin; Keith Pascoe, violin; Peter Lale, viola; Andrew Shulman, violoncello) (recorded: St. George’s, Brandon Hill, Bristol, England, 22-23 December 1993 & 13-14 March 1994) (6:45 + 6:28 + 6:02 + 11:30 = 30:45)
- *EMI Classics (7243) (CDC) (PM 518) 5 55289 2 (6) stereo DDD (1995) CD
- Christiane Oelze, soprano; Leipziger Streichquartett (Andreas Seidel, violin; Tilman Büning, violin; Ivo Bauer, viola; Matthias Moosdorf, violoncello) (recorded: Fürstliche Reitbahn, Arolsen, Germany, February 1999) (6:36 + 6:34 + 5:57 + 11:30 = 30:53)
- *Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm MDG 307 0935-2 stereo DDD (1999) CD
- Susan Narucki, soprano; Schoenberg Quartet (Janneke van der Meer, violin; Wim de Jong, violin; Henk Guittart, viola; Viola de Hoog, violoncello) (recorded: Maria Minor, Utrecht, Holland, 29-30 March 1999) (6:49 + 7:04 + 5:52 + 11:06 = 30:51)
- *Chandos CHAN 9939 (5) stereo DDD (2001) CD
- Anna Marie Pammer, soprano; Aron Quartet ( Ludwig Müller, violin; Barna Kobori, violin; Georg Hamann, viola; Christophe Pantillon, violoncello) (recorded: Casino Baumgarten, Vienna, Austria, December 2002 - September 2003) (6:40 + 6:15 + 5:30 + 10:09 = 28:34)
- *Preiser PR 90572 stereo DDD? (2003) 3 CD
- Marieke Koster, soprano; Quatuor Manfred (Marie Béreau, violin; Luigi Vecchioni, violin; Vinciane Beranger, viola; Christian Wolf, violoncello) (recorded: L'Église de Bon Secours, 11th district, Paris, France, 14-18 June 2004) (7:12 + 7:12 + 5:35 + 11:31 = 31:30)
- *Zig Zag Territoires ZZT 041201 stereo ?D (2004) CD
- Jennifer Welch-Babidge, soprano; Fred Sherry String Quartet (Ida Kavafian, violin; Erin Keefe, violin; Paul Neubauer, viola; Fred Sherry, violoncello) (recorded: American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY, January 2005) (6:37 + 6:40 + 5:56 + 10:46 = 29:59)
- *Naxos 8.557521 stereo DDD (2005) CD
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