| At the Grave of Richard Wagner | ||||
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| Released | 24 September 1993 | |||
| Genre | Contemporary classical | |||
| Label | Nonesuch (#79318) | |||
| Producer | Judith Sherman | |||
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At the Grave of Richard Wagner is a studio album by the Kronos Quartet, containing works by Alban Berg and Anton Webern, and a brief "romantic elegy" [1] by Franz Liszt.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "At the Grave of Richard Wagner" | Franz Liszt | 2:47 |
| 2. | "String Quartet, Op. 3: I" | Alban Berg | 9:03 |
| 3. | "String Quartet, Op. 3: II" | Berg | 10:00 |
| 4. | "Five Pieces, Op. 5: I" | Anton Webern | 2:26 |
| 5. | "Five Pieces, Op. 5: II" | Webern | 2:22 |
| 6. | "Five Pieces, Op. 5: III" | Webern | 0:38 |
| 7. | "Five Pieces, Op. 5: IV" | Webern | 1:43 |
| 8. | "Five Pieces, Op. 5: V" | Webern | 3:29 |
According to Alan Artner, writing in the Chicago Tribune , "Few other recorded performances have had qualities of tone conveying as beautifully the scores' ripe, fibrillating atmosphere." [2] Daniel Webster, in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , wrote that " In traditional repertoire, the Kronos Quartet has its own distinctive voice. It plays Liszt's romantic elegy, 'At the Grave of Richard Wagner,' with rich, dark sounds. The performance of Berg's 'String Quartet (Op. 3)' is precise and the quartet makes Webern's 'Five Pieces (Op 5). sound easy to play as the compositions seem to appear magically, shift color and vanish." [1]
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