Schoenberg String Quartet in D major

[Nightscape]

I know what you're thinking.  D major!  Schoenberg!?  But this is an early work by Schoenberg written when he was twenty-three (1897).  Anyways, to any of you that doubt that Schoenberg was a great composer, I would advise you to hear this very romantic quartet and you'll see that he was capable of writing masterful tonal music as well as his wonderful, foward-thinking "atonal" pieces.

I've been listening to this quartet for the past few days now, and I think it's my new favorite romantice period string quartet (long held by Tchaikovksy's Eb minor quartet).  Anyways, I posted a recording on my webspace of the first movement.  Please listen to it, as your opinion of Schoenberg will surely change!

https://personal.utulsa.edu/~jeremy-ricketson/SchoenbergQuartetD.mp3

[Derek]

Wow! I didn't know he even knew what a major scale was.  Well thats not true, I have his Theory of Harmony. What a weird guy. Anyway this piece sounds pretty good. I generally don't like string quartets very much...my favorite orchestral music tends to be baroque anything, classical symphonies, and romantic concertos.

[dlu]

I know what you're thinking.  D major!  Schoenberg!?  But this is an early work by Schoenberg written when he was twenty-three (1897).  Anyways, to any of you that doubt that Schoenberg was a great composer, I would advise you to hear this very romantic quartet and you'll see that he was capable of writing masterful tonal music as well as his wonderful, foward-thinking "atonal" pieces.

I've been listening to this quartet for the past few days now, and I think it's my new favorite romantice period string quartet (long held by Tchaikovksy's Eb minor quartet).  Anyways, I posted a recording on my webspace of the first movement.  Please listen to it, as your opinion of Schoenberg will surely change!

https://personal.utulsa.edu/~jeremy-ricketson/SchoenbergQuartetD.mp3

Yes, I'm very fond of the Schoenberg String Quartets (4 in all...i think). Take a listen to the Ligeti and Lutoslawski Quartet(s).

DLu