Brahms: String Quartet in C minor / Schönberg: Verklärte Nacht
Johannes Brahms · 2011
63 min · 5 tracks
Elevation
Our rating, out of 100 — and why.
AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.
InstrumentalThe quartet’s four-part architecture and Schönberg’s continuous, chromatic string poem make a purposeful pairing; the recording’s execution is hard to assess from the available de…
What we noticed
- The first four tracks form one four-movement quartet, moving from an Allegro through a slow Romanza and Allegretto to a final Allegro.
- The fifth track switches to Schönberg’s single, continuous Verklärte Nacht, replacing the quartet’s movement breaks with a sustained dramatic span.
- Composition 25% of the score
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8/10
- Craft 20% of the score
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6/10
- Durability 25% of the score
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7/10
- Distinctiveness 18% of the score
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6/10
- Sequencing 12% of the score
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7/10
the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics
production, performance, arrangement
whether it rewards returning to it
whether it sounds like itself
running order, pacing, length
Known within its scene. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
- 1 String Quartet: I. Allegro 11:11
- 2 String Quartet: II. Romanza, Poco adagio 7:29
- 3 String Quartet: III. Allegretto 8:27
- 4 String Quartet: IV. Allegro 6:33
- 5 Verklärte Nacht, op. 4 29:30
Reference: MusicBrainz
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