String Quartets Nos. 1-3

by Alfred Schnittke / The Tale Quartet

String Quartets Nos. 1-3 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: February 1990
  • Label: BIS
  • Country: Soviet Union
  • Length: 1:01:44
  • Community rating: 4.21/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: The Tale Quartet

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This recording captures The Tale Quartet fiercely interpreting Alfred Schnittke's highly intense, modern classical chamber works. The string quartets are deeply anxious and incredibly somber, relying on aggressive, dissonant serialist techniques to forge a suspenseful, atonal acoustic atmosphere.

Genres

Descriptors: modern, instrumental, acoustic, atonal, dissonant, chamber, strings, polyphonic, virtuosic

Tracklist

  1. I. Sonata (8:00)
  2. II. Canon (4:02)
  3. III. Cadenza (7:17)
  4. I. Moderato (3:00)
  5. II. Agitato (6:02)
  6. III. Mesto (5:54)
  7. IV. Moderato (7:24)
  8. I. Andante (5:10)
  9. II. Agitato (7:13)
  10. III. Pesante (7:39)

Credits

  • Alfred Schnittke - primary artist, composed by
  • Talekvartetten - primary artist, ensemble
  • Helena Nilsson - cello
  • Robert Von Bahr - edited by [digital editing], engineer [recording engineer], producer
  • Siegbert Ernst - engineer [sound engineer]
  • Peter Bently - illustration [cover illustration]
  • Hans Sikorski Musikverlag - liner notes [cover text (no. 1, no. 3)]
  • J眉rgen K枚chel - liner notes [cover text (no. 2)]
  • Andrew Barnett - liner notes [english translation], typography [type-setting], layout
  • Arlette Lemieux-Chen茅 - liner notes [french translation]
  • Johan Fjellstr枚m - photography by [artists' photo]
  • Ingegerd Kierkegaard - viola
  • Patrik Swedrup - violin [violin ii]
  • Tale Olsson - violin [violin i]

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