Classical · 1993 · 8 tracks

At the Grave of Richard Wagner

A somber, precise exploration of the Second Viennese School. High-fidelity strings capture the decaying beauty of romanticism shifting into modern atonality.

September 28, 1993 · Elektra Nonesuch

A disciplined and intellectually rigorous mourning for the end of the Romantic era.

Tracklist · 8 Tracks

01

At the Grave of Richard Wagner

2:54

02

String Quartet, op. 3: I

9:08

03

String Quartet, op. 3: II

10:08

04

Five Pieces, op. 5: I

2:31

05

Five Pieces, op. 5: II

2:28

06

Five Pieces, op. 5: III

0:42

07

Five Pieces, op. 5: IV

1:48

08

Five Pieces, op. 5: V

3:29

Moments Worth Listening For

The opening Liszt piece where the harp and piano create a ghostly, mourning haze around the strings.

The sudden, jarring shifts in dynamics during the first movement of Berg's Op. 3 that feel like a nervous breakdown.

The third movement of Webern's Op. 5 where the music vanishes into a whisper after only forty-two seconds of frantic energy.

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