LaSalle Quartet
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Biography
The LaSalle Quartet was a string quartet active from 1946 to 1987. It was founded by first violinist Walter Levin. The LaSalle's name is attributed to an apartment on LaSalle Street in Manhattan, where some of its members lived during the quartet's inception. The quartet played on a donated set of Amati instruments. The LaSalle Quartet was best known for its espousal of the Second Viennese School of Schoenberg, Berg and Webern, and of the European modernists who derived from that tradition, though they also performed standard classical and romantic literature. The Quartet gave the premiere of Witold LutosÅawski's String Quartet in Stockholm in 1965. György Ligeti dedicated his Second String Quartet to the group, and they premiered it in Baden-Baden on December 14, 1969. The quartet has been credited with the "Zemlinsky Renaissance," as Zemlinsky remained largely unknown until they performed his works. The quartet won the Deutscher Schallplattenpreis for their recording of his four string quartets. They also recorded Beethoven's late quartets, Mendelssohn's first two quartets, Schubert's String Quintet D956 with Lynn Harrell, Brahms' first two quartets, and the Ravel and Debussy quartets. The LaSalle Quartet was the quartet-in-residence at the University of Cincinnati â College-Conservatory of Music, and cellist Lee Fiser taught there until his retirement in 2017.
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LaSalle Quartet
Ligeti: String Quartet No. 2 / Brown: String Quartet / Rosenberg: String Quartet No. 3
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LaSalle Quartet
Lutoslawski: String Quartet; Penderecki: Quartetto Per Archi; Mayuzumi: Prelude For String Quartet
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Top Tracks
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- Schoenberg: String Trio, Op. 45 - 1st Episode featuring Peter Kamnitzer
- Schoenberg: String Trio, Op. 45 - 2nd Episode featuring Peter Kamnitzer
- Schoenberg: String Trio, Op. 45 - Part I featuring Peter Kamnitzer
- Lyric Suite For String Quartet (1926): IV. Adagio appassionato
- Lyric Suite For String Quartet (1926): I. Allegretto gioviale by LaSalle Quartet
- Lyric Suite For String Quartet (1926): III. Allegro misterioso - Trio estatico by LaSalle Quartet
- 2. Canzonetta: Allegretto
- Zemlinsky: String Quaret No. 3, Op. 19 - 4. Burleske. Sehr lebhaft
- Zemlinsky: String Quaret No. 3, Op. 19 - 3. Romanze. Sehr mäÃige Achtel - attacca:
- Zemlinsky: String Quaret No. 3, Op. 19 - 1. Allegretto
- Zemlinsky: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 15 - 4. Allegro molto - Langsam - Andante
- Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 - Version For String Sextet - III. Schwer betont featuring Donald McInnes
- Zemlinsky: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 15 - 3. Schnell
- String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 7: 4. MäÃig (heiter)
- Zemlinsky: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 15 - 2. Moderato - Andante mosso - Allegretto
- Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 - Version For String Sextet - I. Sehr langsam featuring Donald McInnes
- Zemlinsky: String Quartet No. 1 In A Major, Op. 4 - 4. Vivace con fuoco
- Zemlinsky: String Quartet No. 1 In A Major, Op. 4 - 3. Breit und kräftig
- Zemlinsky: String Quartet No. 1 In A Major, Op. 4 - 2. Allegretto
- Zemlinsky: String Quartet No. 1 In A Major, Op. 4 - 1. Allegro con fuoco
- String Quartet, Op. 28: 3. Sehr fliessend
- String Quartet, Op. 28: 2. Gemächlich
- Webern: 6 Bagatelles for String Quartet, Op. 9 - 6. Fliessend
- Brahms: String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51 No. 1 - 2. Romanze (Poco adagio) featuring Peter Kamnitzer
