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Verklärte Nacht [Transfigured night], op. 4 (1899)
(2 violins, 2 violas, 2 violoncellos)
(inspired by text “Weib und Welt” by Richard Dehmel)
1924 October - 1925 January......... Spencer Dyke String Quartet 1950 August 21-22......................... Hollywood String Quartet 1960............................................... Ramor Quartet [1961]............................................. Marlboro Music Festival [1962?]........................................... Domaine Musical Ensemble, Paris [1969]............................................. New Vienna String Quartet 1972?............................................. Mari Iwamoto String Quartet 1973 October 17 - December......... London Sinfonietta [1975]............................................. Ensemble Instrumental de France members 1976?.............................................. Solistes de Marseille 1977 July........................................ Chilingirian String Quartet 1981 September 4-6....................... Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival 1982 November.............................. LaSalle Quartet 1983 March.................................... Schönberg Ensemble 1983 November 6........................... Ensemble InterContemporain 1984 June....................................... I Solisti Veneti 1988 January................................... Sextuor à Cordes de l’Orchestre National de France 1989............................................... Talich Quartet 1989 December 4-8........................ Wiener Streichsextett 1990 April 12-14............................ Raphael Ensemble 1990 May....................................... Nash Ensemble 1990 June....................................... Berliner Solisten 1990 December.............................. Boston Chamber Music Society 1991 April 3-5................................ Juilliard Quartet [1992]............................................. Kennedy Center Chamber Players [1992?]........................................... Sextuor à Cordes de Paris 1993 May-June............................... Arditti Quartet 1993 October 8-9........................... Paris Chamber Ensemble [1994]............................................. Bartók Quartet 1994 November.............................. Chicago Symphony Orchestra members 1995............................................... Die Kammermusiker Zürich 1996 June 5-6 & 1997 July 20-22... Neues Leipziger Streichquartett [1997]............................................ [string sextet] 1997 July 21-25.............................. The Duke Quartet 1998 June 13-18............................. Brandis Quartet 1999 May 20-21............................. Schoenberg Quartet 1999 June 8-13............................... Christian Tetzlaff, et al. 1999 October................................. Czech Philharmonic Sextet 2000 Spring & Fall.......................... Concertante Chamber Players 2002 June 29.................................. Belcea Quartet & Cstagneri Quartet 2006 April 27-28 & 2007 January 9-10 Prazak Quartet
- Spencer Dyke String Quartet (Spencer Dyke, violin; Edwin Quaife, violin; Ernest Tomlinson, viola; Bertie Patterson Parker, violoncello); James Lockyer, viola; Edward J. Robinson, violoncello (recorded: October 1924 - January 1925)
- *National Gramophonic Society M/P mono (1924) 80-rpm discs
- Hollywood String Quartet (Felix Slatkin, violin; Paul Shure, violin; Paul Robyn, viola; Eleanor Aller, violoncello); Alvin Dinkin, viola; Kurt Reher, violoncello (recorded: Hollywood, CA, 21-22 August 1950) (28:26)
- *Capitol L 8118 mono (1950) 10" LP
- Capitol CCL 7507 mono (1951?) 10" LP
- Capitol CTL 7096 mono (1955?) LP
- *Capitol P 8304 mono (1955) LP
- Capitol K 80313 mono (1960?) LP
- *EMI Voix de Son Maître (PM 322) 7610561 mono (1987) LP
- *Testament SBT 1031 mono ADD (1993) CD (2:57 + 9:35 + 2:30 + 9:30 + 4:21 = 29:02)
- Gramophone 931 cover CD (GCD0900?) stereo? ADD (2000) CD (excerpt)
- Ramor Quartet (Andres Sandor, violin; Erwin Ramor, violin; Zoltan Thirring, viola; Vera Nogrady, violoncello); Edith Lörinz, viola; Zsolt Deaky, violoncello (recorded: 1960) (27:32)
- *Vox DL 530 mono (1960) LP
- *Vox STDL 500 530 stereo (1963) LP
- *Turnabout TVS 34032 stereo (1965?) LP
- *Turnabout TV 4032 mono (1966) LP
- Turnabout TV 4014 (erroneous number reported in Gramophone 12-67)
- Turnabout TVS 34014 (erroneous number reported in Gramophone 12-67)
- *Turnabout TVC 37012 stereo (1979) LP
- *Turnabout CT 7012 stereo (1980) cassette
- *Tuxedo Music TUXCD 1037 stereo ADD (1990) CD
- Marlboro Music Festival (Felix Galimir, violin; Ernestine Briesmeister, violin; Harry Zaratzian, viola; Samuel Rhodes, viola; Michael Grebanier, violoncello; Judith Rosen, violoncello) (recorded: Marlboro, VT) (27:38)
- *Columbia ML 5644 mono (1961) LP
- *Columbia MS 6244 stereo (1961) LP
- *Philips A 01 520 L mono (1962?) LP
- Domaine Musical Ensemble, Paris (Parrenin Quartet (Jacques Parrenin, violin; Marcel Charpentier, violin; Denés Marton, viola; Pierre Penassou, violoncello); Serge Collot, viola; Michel Tournus, violoncello); Pierre Boulez, cd (28:52)
- New Vienna String Quartet (Zlatko Topolski, violin; Tomislav Sestak, violin; Fritz Händschke, viola; Wolfgang Herzer, violoncello); Siegfried Führlinger, viola; Fritz Hiller, violoncello (32:14)
- *Deutsche Grammophon SLPM 139 361 stereo (1969) LP
- Deutsche Grammophon 923 099 stereo (1970?) cassette
- *Deutsche Grammophon L 9361 stereo (1970?) 4-track tape
- Philips 839 737/39 LY stereo (1970?) LP
- *Philips 839 738 LY stereo (1970?) LP
- Philips (Japan) SFL-8623 stereo (pre 1978) LP
- *Philips 6570 576 stereo (1982?) LP
- Philips 7310 576 stereo (1982?) cassette
- Philips 6514 187 stereo (1983?) LP
- *Philips 6851 132 stereo (1983) LP
- Philips Duo 462 309-2 PM2 stereo A?D (1998?) CD
- Mari Iwamoto String Quartet (recorded: 1972?) (28:24)
- London Sinfonietta (Nona Liddell, violin; Joan Atherton, violin; Donald McVay, viola; Kenneth Essex, viola; Jennifer Ward Clarke, violoncello; Christopher van Kampen, violoncello) (recorded: All Saints’, Petersham, England, 17 October - December 1973) (29:30)
- *Decca SXLK 6660/64 stereo (1974) LP
- London SXLK 6660/64 stereo (1974?) LP
- Telefunken 6.35268 HM stereo (1975?) LP
- *Decca SDD 519 stereo (1977) LP
- London (Japan) SLC 2453/57 stereo (pre 1978) LP
- Ensemble Instrumental de France members (Jean-Pierre Wallez, violin; Jean Estournet, violin; Jean-Philippe Vasseur, viola; Tasso Adamopoulos, viola; Francky Dariel, violoncello; Manfred Stilz, violoncello); Jean-Pierre Wallez, director (28:55)
- Solistes de Marseille (Devy Erlih, violin; Fernand Bourdon, violin; Alain Jeanneau, viola; Maite Douet-Perinelli, viola; Geneviève Teulieres, violoncello; Émile Caillol, double bass) (recorded: La Faculté des Lettres, Avignon, France, 1976?) (30:20)
- *Syrinx 0276-001 stereo (1978?) LP
- Chilingirian String Quartet (Levon Chilingirian, violin; et al.); Roger Best, viola; Jennifer Ward Clarke, violoncello (segment from letter U to W) (recorded: Henry Wood Hall, London, England, July 1977)
- *Open University A308 OU37 stereo (1978) LP
- Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival (Ani Kavafian, violin; Yuuko Shioko Shiokawa, violin; Walter Trampler, viola; Heiichiro Ohyama, viola; Ralph Kirshbaum, violoncello; Timothy Eddy, violoncello) (recorded: Vanguard Studios, Masonic Hall, New York, NY, 4-6 September 1981) (27:38)
- LaSalle Quartet (Walter Levin, violin; Henry Meyer, violin; Peter Kamnitzer, viola; Lee Fiser, violoncello); Donald McInnes, viola; Jonathan Pegis, violoncello (recorded: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg, West Germany, November 1982) (27:36)
- *Deutsche Grammophon 410 962-1 GH stereo (1984) LP
- *Deutsche Grammophon 410 962-4 GH stereo (1984) cassette
- *Deutsche Grammophon 423 250-2 GC stereo DDD (1988?) CD
- *Deutsche Grammophon 427 726-4 GW stereo (1989?) cassette
- *Deutsche Grammophon 439 470-2 10 G CL stereo DDD (1994) CD
- *Deutsche Grammophon 439 470-2 G CL stereo ADD & DDD (1994) CD (27:39)
- Schönberg Ensemble (Janneke van der Meer, violin; Wim de Jong, violin; Henk Guittart, viola; Sigiswald Kuyken, viola; Hans Woudenberg, violoncello; Richte van der Meer, violoncello) (recorded: Maria Minor Ood Katholieke Kerk, Utrecht, Holland, March 1983) (30:07)
- *Philips 416 306-1 PH digital stereo (1986) LP
- *Philips 416 306-2 PH stereo DDD (1986) CD
- *Philips 416 306-4 PH digital stereo (1986) cassette
- *Philips 446 051-2 stereo DDD (1994) CD
- Ensemble InterContemporain (Charles-André Linale, violin; Maryvonne Le Dizès-Richard, violin; Jean Sulem, viola; Garth Knox, viola; Philippe Muller, violoncello; Pierre Strauch, violoncello); Pierre Boulez, director (recorded: IRCAM, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, 6 November 1983) (29:13)
- *CBS IM 39566 digital stereo (1985) LP
- *CBS IMT 39566 digital stereo (1985) cassette
- *CBS MK 39566 stereo ?DD (1985) CD
- *Sony Classical SMK 48465 stereo ?DD (1993) CD
- *Sony Classical SSK 6343 stereo ?DD (1996) CD (excerpt)
- *Sony Classical SSK 6344 stereo ?DD (1996) CD (excerpt)
- *Sony Classical SSK 6346 stereo ?DD (1996) CD (excerpt)
- *Sony Classical [s.n.] stereo ?DD (1998) CD (excerpt)
- I Solisti Veneti (Marco Fornaciari, violin; Kazuki Sasaki, violin; Jodi Levitz, viola; Demetrio Comuzzi, viola; Susan Moses, violoncello; Gianantonio Viero, violoncello); Claudio Scimone, conductor (recorded: Villa Contarini, Piazzola sul Brenta, Italy, June 1984) (28:35)
- *Erato NUM 75263 (RC 350) digital stereo (1986) LP
- *Erato MCE 75263 (RC 490) digital stereo (1986) cassette
- *Erato ECD 88211 (RC 650) stereo DDD (1986) CD
- Erato ZL 30999 AW digital stereo (1986?) LP
- RCA ZL 30999 AW digital stereo (1987?) LP
- RCA ECD 88211 QA stereo DDD (1987?) CD
- Sextuor à Cordes de l’Orchestre National de France (Jacques Duhem, violin; Luc Hery, violin; Raymond Glatard, viola; Michèle Gallien, viola; Jean-Luc Bourré, violoncello; Jean-Philippe Martignoni, violoncello) (recorded: Église Evangelique Lutherienne Saint-Pierre, Paris, France, January 1988) (30:55)
- Talich Quartet (Petr Messiereur, violin; Jan Kvapil, violin; Jan Talich, viola; Evzen Rattay, violoncello); Jiri Najnar, viola; Václav Bernásek, violoncello (recorded: 1989) (27:08)
- *Calliope CAL 9217 stereo DDD (1989) CD
- *Calliope CAL 7217 stereo (1989) cassette
- *Harmonia Mundi France HMUK986004 stereo ??D (1999) CD
- *Calliope Approche CAL 5217 stereo DDD (2003) CD
- Wiener Streichsextett (Erich Höbarth, violin; Peter Matzka, violin; Thomas Riebl, viola; Siegfried Führlinger, viola; Rudolf Leopold, violoncello; Susanne Ehn, violoncello) (recorded: Landgasthof, Riehen, Switzerland, 4-8 December 1989) (27:06)
- *EMI Electrola (567) (CDC) (PM 518) 7 54140 2 stereo DDD (1990) CD
- Raphael Ensemble (Anthony Marwood, violin; Elizabeth Wexler, violin; Sally Beamish, viola; Roger Tapping, viola; Andrea Hess, violoncello; Rhydian Shaxson, violoncello) (recorded: 12-14 April 1990) (30:27)
- Nash Ensemble (Marcia Crayford, violin; Elizabeth Layton, violin; Roger Chase, viola; Yuko Inoue, viola; Christopher van Kampen, violoncello; Moray Welsh, violoncello) (recorded: St. Martin’s Church, East Woodhay, England, May 1990) (2:52 + 5:21 + 6:50 + 9:10 + 4:44 = 28:58)
- *Virgin Classics VC 7 91478-2 (261 603) stereo DDD (1991) CD
- *Virgin Classics (7243) 5 61760 2 (7) stereo DDD (2000) CD (28:56)
- Berliner Solisten (Bernhard Hartog, violin; Bernd Gellermann, violin; Rainer Moog, viola; Walter Küssner, viola; Jörg Baumann, violoncello; Christoph Igelbrink, violoncello) (recorded: Siemensvilla, Berlin, Germany, June 1990) (28:24)
- *Teldec 2292-46277-2 stereo DDD (1990) CD
- Teldec 46277-2 stereo DDD (1991?) CD
- Boston Chamber Music Society (Stephanie Chase, violin; Lynn Chang, violin; Marcus Thompson, viola; Katherine Murdock, viola; Ronald Thomas, violoncello; Michelle Djokic, violoncello) (recorded: Methuen Memorial Music Hall, Methuen, MA, December 1990) (28:50)
- *Northeastern Classical Arts NR 249-CD stereo ??D (1994) CD
- Juilliard Quartet (Robert Mann, violin; Joel Smirnoff, violin; Samuel Rhodes, viola; Joel Krosnick, violoncello); Walter Trampler, viola; Yo-Yo Ma, violoncello (recorded: American Institute and Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY, 3-5 April 1991) (6:14 (Sehr langsam (mm. 1-99)) + 5:37 (Breiter (mm. 100-200)) + 2:13 (Schwer betont (mm. 201-228)) + 10:07 (Sehr breit und langsam (mm. 229-369)) + 4:29 (Sehr ruhig (mm. 370-end)) = 28:51)
- *Sony SK 47690 stereo DDD (1992) CD
- *Sony Classical SMK 62019 stereo DDD (1995) CD
- *Sony Classical SM4K 62364 (SMK 62019-022) stereo DDD (1996) 4 CD
- *Sony Classical SM2K 62709 stereo DDD (1996) CD
- Sextuor à Cordes de Paris (Yvon Carracilly, violin; Geneviève Simonot, violin; Françoise Gneri, viola; Olivier Kaspar, viola; Francine Thirion, violoncello; Philippe Bary, violoncello) (recorded: Studio Sofreson, France) (28:35)
- Arditti Quartet (Irvine Arditti, violin; David Alberman, violin; Garth Knox, viola; Rohan de Saram, violoncello); Thomas Kakuska, viola; Valentin Erben, violoncello (recorded: BBC Maida Vale, London, England, May-June 1993) (6:35 (mm. 1-99) + 5:51 (mm. 100-200) + 2:08 (mm. 201-228) + 9:12 (mm. 229-369) + 4:02 (mm. 370-end) = 27:49)
- *Auvidis Montaigne MO 782025 stereo DDD (1995) CD
- Paris Chamber Ensemble (Christophe Poiget, violin; Jean-Claude Bouveresse, violin; Joël Soultanian, viola; Philippe Dussol, viola; Odile Bourin, violoncello; Hugh Mackenzie, violoncello); Armin Jordan, conductor (recorded: Fondation Eugène Napoléon, Paris, France, 8-9 October 1993) (6:59 (Sehr langsam) + 7:48 (Etwas ruhiger) + 4:03 (Sehr breit und langsam) + 2:30 (Ritenuto...) + 7:41 (Etwas bewegt) = 29:01)
- *Gallo CD-827 stereo DDD (1996) CD
- Bartók Quartet (Péter Komlós, violin; Géza Hargitai, violin; Géza Németh, viola; László Mezö, violoncello); Sándor Devich, viola; Csaba Onczay, violoncello (26:25)
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra members (Rubén González, violin; Joseph Golan, violin; Charles Pikler, viola; Li-Kuo Chang, viola; John Sharp, violoncello; Stephen Balderston, violoncello); Daniel Barenboim, conductor (recorded: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, IL, November 1994) (6:36 (mm. 1-99) + 4:56 (mm. 100-187) + 3:05 (mm. 188-228) + 10:04 (mm. 229-369) + 5:29 (mm. 370-end) = 29:21)
- *Teldec 4509-98256-2 stereo DDD (1995) CD
- Die Kammermusiker Zürich (Jürg Dähler, violin; Andreas Pfenninger, violin; Valérie Dähler-Mulet, viola; Cornel Anderes, viola; Raffaele Altwegg, violoncello; Luciano Pezzani, violoncello) (recorded: 1995) (6:36 + 6:11 + 2:12 + 10:13 + 4:08 = 29:32)
- *Jecklin JD 702-2 stereo DDD (1995) CD
- Neues Leipziger Streichquartett (Andreas Seidel, violin; Tilman Büning, violin; Ivo Bauer, viola; Matthias Moosdorf, violoncello); Hartmut Rohde, viola; Michael Sanderling, violoncello (recorded: Landau, Germany, 5-6 June 1996 & 20-22 July 1997) (29:16)
- *Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm MDG 307 0773-2 stereo DDD (1998) CD
- string sextet (excerpts) (4:43; 1:06; 1:03)
- The Duke Quartet (Louisa Fuller, violin; Rick Koster, violin; John Metcalfe, viola; Ivan McCready, violoncello); Helen Kamminga, viola; Sophie Harris, violoncello (recorded: Forde Abbey, Chard, Somerset, England, 21-25 July 1997) (30:55)
- *Collins Classics 15062 stereo DDD (1997) CD
- Brandis Quartet (Thomas Brandis, violin; Peter Brem, violin; Wilfried Strehle, viola; Wolfgang Boettcher, violoncello); Walter Küssner, viola; Dietmar Schwalke, violoncello (recorded: Teldec Studio, Berlin, Germany, 13-18 June 1998) (7:00 (mm: 1-99) + 6:05 (mm. 100-200) + 2:25 (mm. 201-228) + 10:00 (mm. 229-369) + 4:11 (mm. 370-end) = 29:43)
- *Nimbus NI 5614 stereo DDD (1999) CD
- Schoenberg Quartet (Janneke van der Meer, violin; Wim de Jong, violin; Henk Guittart, viola; Viola de Hoog, violoncello); Jan Erik van Regteren Altena, viola; Taco Kooistra, violoncello (recorded: Waalse Kerk, Amsterdam, Holland, 20-21 May 1999) (3:02 (Sehr langsam) + 9:44 (C) + 2:18 (Schwer betont) + 9:54 (Sehr breit und langsam) + 4:05 (Sehr ruhig) = 29:04)
- *Chandos CHAN 9939 (5) stereo DDD (2001) CD
- Christian Tetzlaff, violin; Anette Behr-König, violin; Tatjana Masurenko, viola; Isabelle van Keulen, viola; Tanja Tetzlaff, violoncello; Nikolai Schneider, violoncello (recorded: live, Heimbach Chamber Music Festival, Heimbach, Germany, 8-13 June 1999) (26:43)
- *EMI Classics (7243) (CMS) (PM 617) 5 57037 2 (9) stereo DDD (2000) CD
- Czech Philharmonic Sextet (Bohumil Kotmel, violin; Ota Bartos, violin; Jaroslav Pondelícek, viola; Jan Simon, viola; Frantisek Host, violoncello; Josef Spacek, violoncello) (recorded: Domovina Studio, Prague, Czech Republic, October 1999) (27:12)
- *Ultraphon UP 0019-2 131 stereo (1999) CD
- Concertante Chamber Players (Xiao-Dong Wang, violin; Odin Rathnam, violin; Kirsten Johnson, viola; Rachel Shapiro, viola; Zvi Plesser, violoncello; Alexis Pia Gerlach, violoncello) (recorded: The Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY, Spring & Fall 2000) (28:14)
- *Kleos Classics KL 5111 stereo DDD (2001) CD
- Belcea Quartet (Corina Belcea, violin; Laura Samuel, violin; Raluca Matei, viola; Alasdair Tait, violoncello); Quatuor Castagneri (Jean-Marc Bourret, violin; Martial Gauthier, violin; Emmanuel Haratyk, viola; Yovan Markovitch, violoncello) (recorded: live, festival "Les Musicaves", church of Poncey, Givry Poncey, Saône-et-Loire, France, 8:00 pm, 29 June 2002) (27:58)
- *Musicaves 2002 stereo DDD (2002) 2 CD
- Prazák Quartet ( Václav Remes, violin; Vlastimil Holek, violin; Josef Kluson, viola; Michal Kanka, violoncello; Vladimir Bukac, viola; Petr Prause, violoncello) (recorded: Domovina Studio, Prague, Czech Republic, 2006 April 27-28 & 2007 January 9-10) (8:36 + 7:56 + 7:39 + 7:54 = 32:16)
- *Praga PR 90572 Multi-channel/stereo DDD (2007) SACD
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