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Violin Recital: Kolisch, Rudolf - SCHUBERT, F. / BARTOK, B.

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Composer
BARTOK BERG SCHOENBERG SCHU
Artist
Gifford, Hoss, Johansen, Kolisch, Sharrow, Simon, Zentrick, Wisco
Format
CD
Discs
6
Label
Music and Arts Programs of America
Released
May 01, 2003
Catalog #
MA CD-1056
UPC
017685105623

About

In Honor of Rudolf Kolisch (1896-1978) is Music & Arts' six-disc tribute to a key figure in twentieth century music whose name is invoked in a number of historic contexts, yet whose actual recorded work remains almost unknown. Rudolf Kolisch was the leader of the Kolisch String Quartet, the "house band" at Arnold Schoenberg's ISCM conferences in the 1920s and a group that formed the first line of defense in the avant-garde musical movements in Europe before the rise of Nazi Germany. As the Kolisch also recorded a fair amount of standard quartet literature, this set is limited mainly to this and Kolisch's other groups' recordings of the Second Vienna School and Bart k, although the Kolisch Quartet recording of the Schubert Octet in F, performed with additional guest players, from the Library of Congress in 1940 is included as a bonus. The program opens with an extraordinary and audacious series of private recordings, made on a United Artists soundstage in Hollywood under the aegis of Alfred Newman, of all four of Schoenberg's string quartets dating from late 1936 and early 1937. The Fourth Quartet hadn't even premiered yet - this would occur the day after recording, on January 8, 1937, at UCLA. from this same session are included some of Schoenberg's spoken comments, in which he offers thanks to Newman and United Artists, and even addresses the "friends" of his music that belong to the future, presumably not yet born. These recordings have been issued a number of times, despite their "p-r-r-rivate" (pace Schoenberg) provenance, and unfortunately little can be done to rescue them from their noisy and somewhat dim audio perspective. They have never been dealt with, in a sonic sense, with more proficiency than here. From an interpretive standpoint, this Kolisch performance of the String Quartet No. 1 in D minor remains one of the best made, simply because the group has a thorough understanding of the Viennese milieu in which the quartet was conceived and does not try to make it sound more "modern" than it is. from there we jump ahead to 1950 and the Pro Arte Quartet of the University of Wisconsin, a pre-existing group that Kolisch took over in 1945 and retrofitted for performances of contemporary quartet literature. We get a second shot at the Third Schoenberg quartet with this group, and the performance is tighter and even more intense than that with the Kolisch Quartet, not to mention heard in excellent mono sound taken from a Dial LP. for some reason the sonic perspective is a little more cramped in Berg's Lyric Suite and some of the other Dials, but it is still astonishing to realize that in hearing the Berg you are listening to a performance led by the same person who premiered this now standard work at a 1927 ISCM Festival. The tempi observed here are faster than in most performances - indeed, the pace of the Allegro misterioso is downright dizzying. The three discs that follow are an embarrassment of riches: Kolisch heard in a rare context as soloist, playing the Schoenberg concerto at the University of Wisconsin, the Bart k Sonata for solo violin, and Schoenberg's Fantasy, Op. 47, with his colleague Gunnar Johansen. With the Pro Arte Quartet, further Dial recordings are heard - the Webern Opp. 5 and 9, Schoenberg's early String Quartet in D of 1897, and Bart k's Fifth Quartet Apart from the purely historical value of the recordings, and their highly variable sound quality, what is Kolisch like? In his time, all of this music was unfamiliar, and in the twenty-first century nearly all of it is familiar - in a sense some of it has reached a point of perfection that approaches fossilization. Kolisch certainly isn't looking to make his Schoenberg or Bart k warm and cozy, and he doesn't have a problem dealing with it as "difficult" music; after hearing his Bart K Sonata for solo violin, some might wonder if Kolisch is not making it a bit more diff.

Tracklist 60 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7 43:11
    Track
    1
    Title
    String Quartet No. 1, Op. 7
    Duration
    43:11
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Ensemble
    Kolisch Quartet
  3. 2 I. Massig 06:17
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Massig
    Duration
    06:17
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Performer
    Clemence Gifford
    Ensemble
    Kolisch Quartet
  4. 3 II. Sehr rasch 06:06
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Sehr rasch
    Duration
    06:06
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Performer
    Clemence Gifford
    Ensemble
    Kolisch Quartet
  5. 4 III. Litanei 05:19
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Litanei
    Duration
    05:19
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Performer
    Clemence Gifford
    Ensemble
    Kolisch Quartet
  6. 5 IV. Entruckung 10:37
    Track
    5
    Title
    IV. Entruckung
    Duration
    10:37
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Performer
    Clemence Gifford
    Ensemble
    Kolisch Quartet
  7. 6 Spoken Comment (Schoenberg) 00:52
    Track
    6
    Title
    Spoken Comment (Schoenberg)
    Duration
    00:52
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Performer
    Clemence Gifford
    Ensemble
    Kolisch Quartet
  8. Disc 2
  9. 1 I. Moderato 08:09
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Moderato
    Duration
    08:09
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Ensemble
    Kolisch Quartet
  10. 2 II. Adagio 09:46
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    09:46
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Ensemble
    Kolisch Quartet
  11. 3 III. Intermezzo: Allegro moderato 06:47
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Intermezzo: Allegro moderato
    Duration
    06:47
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Ensemble
    Kolisch Quartet
  12. 4 IV. Rondo: Molto moderato 06:04
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Rondo: Molto moderato
    Duration
    06:04
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Ensemble
    Kolisch Quartet
  13. 5 Spoken Comment (Schoenberg) 00:53
    Track
    5
    Title
    Spoken Comment (Schoenberg)
    Duration
    00:53
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Ensemble
    Kolisch Quartet
  14. 6 I. Allegro molto energico 08:09
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Allegro molto energico
    Duration
    08:09
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Ensemble
    Kolisch Quartet
  15. 7 II. Comodo 07:54
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Comodo
    Duration
    07:54
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Ensemble
    Kolisch Quartet
  16. 8 III. Largo 09:03
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Largo
    Duration
    09:03
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Ensemble
    Kolisch Quartet
  17. 9 IV. Allegro 07:32
    Track
    9
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    07:32
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Ensemble
    Kolisch Quartet
  18. Disc 3
  19. 1 I. Moderato 08:02
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Moderato
    Duration
    08:02
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Ensemble
    Pro Arte Quartet
  20. 2 II. Adagio 08:51
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    08:51
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Ensemble
    Pro Arte Quartet
  21. 3 III. Intermezzo: Allegro moderato 07:04
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Intermezzo: Allegro moderato
    Duration
    07:04
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Ensemble
    Pro Arte Quartet
  22. 4 IV. Rondo: Molto moderato 05:44
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Rondo: Molto moderato
    Duration
    05:44
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Ensemble
    Pro Arte Quartet
  23. 5 I. Allegretto giovale 02:46
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegretto giovale
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Alban Berg
    Ensemble
    Pro Arte Quartet
  24. 6 II. Andante amoroso 05:28
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Andante amoroso
    Duration
    05:28
    Composer
    Alban Berg
    Ensemble
    Pro Arte Quartet
  25. 7 III. Allegro misterioso - Trio estatico 03:07
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Allegro misterioso - Trio estatico
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Alban Berg
    Ensemble
    Pro Arte Quartet
  26. 8 IV. Adagio appassionato 04:56
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Adagio appassionato
    Duration
    04:56
    Composer
    Alban Berg
    Ensemble
    Pro Arte Quartet
  27. 9 V. Presto delirando - Tenebroso 04:06
    Track
    9
    Title
    V. Presto delirando - Tenebroso
    Duration
    04:06
    Composer
    Alban Berg
    Ensemble
    Pro Arte Quartet
  28. 10 VI. Largo desolato 05:49
    Track
    10
    Title
    VI. Largo desolato
    Duration
    05:49
    Composer
    Alban Berg
    Ensemble
    Pro Arte Quartet
  29. Disc 4
  30. 1 I. Poco allegro 13:14
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Poco allegro
    Duration
    13:14
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Performer
    Rudolf Kolisch
    Ensemble
    Wisconsin Festival Orchestra
    Conductor
    René Leibowitz
  31. 2 II. Andante grazioso 08:20
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante grazioso
    Duration
    08:20
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Performer
    Rudolf Kolisch
    Ensemble
    Wisconsin Festival Orchestra
    Conductor
    René Leibowitz
  32. 3 III. Finale: Allegro 12:40
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Finale: Allegro
    Duration
    12:40
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Performer
    Rudolf Kolisch
    Ensemble
    Wisconsin Festival Orchestra
    Conductor
    René Leibowitz
  33. 4 Kolisch Interview 08:27
    Track
    4
    Title
    Kolisch Interview
    Duration
    08:27
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Performer
    Rudolf Kolisch
    Ensemble
    Wisconsin Festival Orchestra
    Conductor
    René Leibowitz
  34. 5 I. Tempo di ciaccona 09:22
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Tempo di ciaccona
    Duration
    09:22
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Performer
    Rudolf Kolisch
  35. 6 II. Fuga 04:45
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Fuga
    Duration
    04:45
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Performer
    Rudolf Kolisch
  36. 7 III. Melodia 06:16
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Melodia
    Duration
    06:16
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Performer
    Rudolf Kolisch
  37. 8 IV. Presto 05:12
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Presto
    Duration
    05:12
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Performer
    Rudolf Kolisch
  38. Disc 5
  39. 1 I. Allegro 07:15
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    07:15
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Pro Arte Quartet
  40. 2 II. Adagio molto 06:03
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio molto
    Duration
    06:03
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Pro Arte Quartet
  41. 3 III. Scherzo. Alla bulgarese (Vivace) 04:56
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Scherzo. Alla bulgarese (Vivace)
    Duration
    04:56
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Pro Arte Quartet
  42. 4 IV. Andante 04:54
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Andante
    Duration
    04:54
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Pro Arte Quartet
  43. 5 V. Finale: Allegro vivace 07:15
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Finale: Allegro vivace
    Duration
    07:15
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Ensemble
    Pro Arte Quartet
  44. 6 Phantasy, Op. 47 08:14
    Track
    6
    Title
    Phantasy, Op. 47
    Duration
    08:14
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Performer
    Rudolf Kolisch, Gunnar Johansen
  45. 7 I. Allegro molto 08:29
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro molto
    Duration
    08:29
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Ensemble
    Pro Arte Quartet
  46. 8 II. Intermezzo: Andantino grazioso 04:11
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Intermezzo: Andantino grazioso
    Duration
    04:11
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Ensemble
    Pro Arte Quartet
  47. 9 III. Andante con moto 07:44
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Andante con moto
    Duration
    07:44
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Ensemble
    Pro Arte Quartet
  48. 10 IV. Allegro - Presto 04:42
    Track
    10
    Title
    IV. Allegro - Presto
    Duration
    04:42
    Composer
    Arnold Schoenberg
    Ensemble
    Pro Arte Quartet
  49. Disc 6
  50. 1 I. Heftig bewegt 02:29
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Heftig bewegt
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Anton Webern
    Ensemble
    Pro Arte Quartet
  51. 2 II. Sehr langsam 02:45
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Sehr langsam
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Anton Webern
    Ensemble
    Pro Arte Quartet
  52. 3 III. Sehr bewegt 00:46
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Sehr bewegt
    Duration
    00:46
    Composer
    Anton Webern
    Ensemble
    Pro Arte Quartet
  53. 4 IV. Sehr langsam 01:45
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Sehr langsam
    Duration
    01:45
    Composer
    Anton Webern
    Ensemble
    Pro Arte Quartet
  54. 5 V. In zarter Bewegung 03:51
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. In zarter Bewegung
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    Anton Webern
    Ensemble
    Pro Arte Quartet
  55. 6 No. 1. Massig 00:43
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 1. Massig
    Duration
    00:43
    Composer
    Anton Webern
    Ensemble
    Pro Arte Quartet
  56. 7 No. 2. Leicht bewegt 00:29
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 2. Leicht bewegt
    Duration
    00:29
    Composer
    Anton Webern
    Ensemble
    Pro Arte Quartet
  57. 8 No. 3. Ziemlich fliessend 00:27
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 3. Ziemlich fliessend
    Duration
    00:27
    Composer
    Anton Webern
    Ensemble
    Pro Arte Quartet
  58. 9 No. 4. Sehr langsam 00:56
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 4. Sehr langsam
    Duration
    00:56
    Composer
    Anton Webern
    Ensemble
    Pro Arte Quartet
  59. 10 No. 5. Ausserst langsam 01:20
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 5. Ausserst langsam
    Duration
    01:20
    Composer
    Anton Webern
    Ensemble
    Pro Arte Quartet
  60. 11 No. 6. Fliessend 00:39
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 6. Fliessend
    Duration
    00:39
    Composer
    Anton Webern
    Ensemble
    Pro Arte Quartet
  61. 12 I. Adagio - Allegro 11:32
    Track
    12
    Title
    I. Adagio - Allegro
    Duration
    11:32
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Eric Simon, Wendell Hoss, Leonard Sharrow, Anthony Zentrick
    Ensemble
    Kolisch Quartet
  62. 13 II. Adagio 09:12
    Track
    13
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    09:12
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Eric Simon, Wendell Hoss, Leonard Sharrow, Anthony Zentrick
    Ensemble
    Kolisch Quartet
  63. 14 III. Allegro vivace 04:45
    Track
    14
    Title
    III. Allegro vivace
    Duration
    04:45
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Eric Simon, Wendell Hoss, Leonard Sharrow, Anthony Zentrick
    Ensemble
    Kolisch Quartet
  64. 15 IV. Andante 08:34
    Track
    15
    Title
    IV. Andante
    Duration
    08:34
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Eric Simon, Wendell Hoss, Leonard Sharrow, Anthony Zentrick
    Ensemble
    Kolisch Quartet
  65. 16 V. Menuetto: Allegretto 07:39
    Track
    16
    Title
    V. Menuetto: Allegretto
    Duration
    07:39
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Eric Simon, Leonard Sharrow, Wendell Hoss, Anthony Zentrick
    Ensemble
    Kolisch Quartet
  66. 17 VI. Andante molto - Allegro 10:43
    Track
    17
    Title
    VI. Andante molto - Allegro
    Duration
    10:43
    Composer
    Franz Schubert
    Performer
    Eric Simon, Wendell Hoss, Leonard Sharrow, Anthony Zentrick
    Ensemble
    Kolisch Quartet