Anton Webern - Complete Music For String Quarte... -

As Webern moved away from traditional keys, his music became "pointillistic," emphasizing silence and precise tone colors . ANTON WEBERN – Early Works for String Quartet

Anton Webern ’s complete output for string quartet represents a radical condensation of musical language, moving from the lush post-Romanticism of the early 1900s to the ultra-distilled "jewel-like" aphorisms of the Second Viennese School . Because Webern's total published output is famously brief—just over three hours for his entire life's work—his quartet music is often collected on a single disc, such as those by the Quartetto Italiano or Emerson String Quartet . 1. Early Post-Romantic Works (c. 1905) Anton Webern - Complete Music for String Quarte...

A single-movement work inspired by a triptych of paintings. It is more vigorous than the Langsamer Satz and marks the beginning of his transition toward more complex chromaticism . 2. The Atonal and Aphoristic Middle Period As Webern moved away from traditional keys, his

Before adopting atonality, Webern wrote in a style heavily influenced by Brahms and Schoenberg. It is more vigorous than the Langsamer Satz

A tonal, intensely lyrical work written during a hiking trip with his future wife. It is characterized by lush harmonies and late-Romantic yearning .