Schoenberg: String Quartets Nos. 3 and 4 - Phantasy
3/28/2011, 9 Tracks, 1:14:18
Featuring
Jennifer Frautschi
Jesse Mills
Richard O'Neill
Fred Sherry
Rolf Schulte
Christopher Oldfather
Fred Sherry String Quartet
Arnold Schoenberg
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Composer's Artistic Vision
Arnold Schoenberg aimed to write "really new music which, as it rests on tradition, is destined to become a tradition."
Performer Biography
Leila Josefowicz, a violinist on this album, was awarded a 2008 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship for her passionate advocacy and commitment to new music.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Arnold Schoenberg believed that composing with twelve tones is a matter of organization, and that dissonances and the absence of constant tonality are what displease many listeners.
Recording & Production
The recordings on this album were supervised by Robert Craft, a noted conductor and writer who is recording the complete works of Stravinsky, Schoenberg, and Webern for Naxos.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Arnold Schoenberg considered Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, and Wagner as his teachers, stating his originality came from imitating everything good he saw.
Composer Biography
Arnold Schoenberg, the composer, began composing little pieces for two violins at less than nine years old, imitating the music he played with his teacher or cousin.
Performer Biography
Jennifer Frautschi, a violinist on this album, performs on a 1722 Antonio Stradivarius violin known as the 'ex-Cadiz,' on loan from a private American foundation.
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