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Gringolts Quartet

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The Gringolts Quartet’s overwhelming technique and rich expression in Schoenberg’s String Quartets No. 1 and No. 3! The Russian virtuoso Ilia Gringolts is known for her energetic performances and recordings. In addition to her solo activities, she is also active in chamber music and has made many recordings with her own quartet. After five years since her recording of Schoenberg’s Nos. 2 and 4 (BIS SA-2267), she has finally recorded Nos. 1 and 3! Schoenberg, one of the most influential composers of the 20th century as the founder of twelve-tone music, began experimenting with atonal music around 1908, but his No. 1 is from 1905. Although based on tonality, this early work is notable for its counterpoint and its experimentation with a single-movement form. Although it is in a single movement, this performance is a 46-minute long piece. The orchestra never loses its concentration in this ten