Three twentieth century masterpieces:
Schönberg and the start of a revolution, Bartók and the rediscovery of real folk music, and Shostakovich and the quartet as both eye-witness account and personal document.
I. Mäβig [Moderately] (0.00)
II. Sehr rasch [Very fast] (7:20)
III. Litanei [Litany](14:47)
IV. Entrückung [Rapture] (20.37)
(text translation is built in to the video)
00:00 – I. Allegro
06:57 – II. Prestissimo, con sordino
10:12 – III. Non troppo lento
16:30 – IV. Allegretto pizzicato
19:48 – V. Allegro molto
00:00 – I. Largo
05:36 – II. Allegro molto
08:18 – III. Allegretto
12:39 – IV. Largo
18:36 – V. Largo
The Art of Listening 