Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 2 in F sharp minor (Op. 10)
Quatuor Parisii, soprano Rachel Nicholls and Stephen Johnson explore the ideas behind one of Arnold Schoenberg's most extraordinary pieces, the Second String Quartet.
Recorded in front of an audience at West Road Concert Hall in Cambridge with the Quatuor Parisii and the soprano Rachel Nicholls, Stephen Johnson explores the ideas behind one of Arnold Schoenberg's most extraordinary pieces, the Second String Quartet. In this work the composer takes the listener on a journey from the music of late romanticism to the expressionism of the early twentieth century.
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Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 2 in F sharp minor (Op. 10)
Duration: 31:36
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Arnold Schoenberg
Quartet for strings no. 2 (Op.10) with soprano
Performers: Parisii String Quartet, Rachel Nicholls (Soprano)
Broadcasts
- Sat 12 Aug 2006 14:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3
- Sat 6 Jan 2007 14:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3