Zemlinsky, Alexander von > Quartet for Strings no 2

20th Century String Quartets - Debussy, Ravel, Toldra, Zemlinsky / Cuarteto Casals

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-07-10

Works: Claude Debussy: Quartet for Strings in G minor, Op. 10; Alexander von Zemlinsky: Quartet for Strings no 2, Op. 15; Maurice Ravel: Quartet for Strings in F major; Eduardo Toldrá: Vistes al mar, f...

This double album brings together two recordings from 2004 and 2006 in which the Cuarteto Casals opportunely demonstrated its virtuosity and the links between figures...continue...
Recording information: Estudio "L'Auditorium" de Anacrusi s.l., Jafre, Girona....continue...

Alexander Zemlinsky: String Quartets nos 2 & 4; Two Movements (1927) / Zemlinsky Quartet

1 Super Audio CD / Praga / 2011-12-13

Works: Alexander von Zemlinsky: Quartet for Strings no 2, Op. 15; Quartet for Strings no 4, Op. 25; Movements (2), for string quartet
Conductors:
Ensemble: Zemlinsky Quartet

Typically minimalist, Anton Webern summed up each of Zemlinsky's four quartets with single word descriptions. "Aufbruch" (departure) corresponded to No.1 and getting out from under...continue...
Recording information: Prague, Martinek Studio....continue...

Zemlinsky: Chamber Music for Strings / Schoenberg Quartet

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-05-21

Works: Alexander von Zemlinsky: Quartet for Strings no 1 in A major, Op. 4; Mailblumen blühten überall, for soprano & string sextet; Quartet for Strings no 2, Op. 15; Quartet for Strings no 3, Op....
Performers: Kooistra, Taco; Narucki, Susan; Regteren, Jan Erik van

"The playing and singing are remarkable. The music is essential listening for anyone interested in music of the early 20th Century." - Fine, ARG...continue...

Zemlinsky: String Quartets no 1 & 2

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1998-10-20

Works: Alexander von Zemlinsky: Quartet for Strings no 1 in A major, Op. 4; Quartet for Strings no 2, Op. 15

"The Artis Quartet seems to understand the tensions of turn-of-the-century Vienna present in these quartets and the musical mind of Zemlinsky. They play with intense...continue...

Zemlinsky, Schoenberg: String Quartets / Artis Quartet

1 CD / Orfeo / 1990-03-29

Works: Alexander von Zemlinsky: Quartet for Strings no 2, Op. 15; Arnold Schoenberg: Quartet for Strings in D major