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Webern Five Movements, op 5

1969
The Borodin String Quartet plays Webern's early work for String Quartet, the Five Movements, op 5.
Composer Anton Webern
Ensemble Borodin String Quartet
Genre Chamber music

Webern wrote his Five Movement in 1909, when he was 26.  They come some years before he adopted the 12-note technique, but they display a leanness and austerity characteristic of his work. In 1928 he made a version for string orchestra.

Anton Webern (1883 – 1945)

Five Movements for String Quartet

  1. Heftig bewegt
  2. Sehr langsam
  3. Sehr lebhaft
  4. Sehr langsam
  5. In zarter Bewegung

The recording was made in 1969.

It is from the Saul Collection at Music Preserved.

  • The Borodin String Quartet

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