"Alban Berg and Anton Webern took Schoenberg's theories of free atonality and the 12-tone system in rather different directions. Berg's Lyric Suite was a fervent outpouring to his mistress, and the quartet aptly captures the moody sensuality of this intense, intricate music. The Andante Amoroso swoons; the Allegro Misterioso tiptoes on muted strings; the Presto Delirando is positively coital. The playing is unflinching and seethes with imaginative detail."
"A memorial to his mother, Webern's Five Pieces from 1909 were effectively the first atonal string quartet. The composer's dynamic variety and breadth of imagination are astonishing, as is the maturity and expressivity of the interpretation here. From just four years earlier, the Langsamer Satz is the most overtly romantic thing Webern ever wrote: a musical case of the road not taken."
Leonkoro Quartet, founded in Berlin in 2019, won first prize and nine special awards at the 2022 Wigmore Hall international string quartet competition. The disc presents works by Alban Berg, Anton Webern and Erwin Schulhoff that reflect Vienna's pre- and post-World War I musical frontier. Berg's Lyric Suite conveys moody sensuality and intense intricacy through swooning Andante Amoroso, muted Allegro Misterioso and a coital Presto Delirando. Webern's Five Pieces (1909) function as an early atonal quartet exhibiting dynamic variety, imagination, maturity and expressivity, while his Langsamer Satz reveals unexpected romanticism. Schulhoff's Five Pieces provide quirky eccentricities from Vienna waltz parody to louche tango. Performances and recorded sound receive consistently high praise.
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